Census Data for Soft Shell
As far as we can tell, Soft Shell has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Soft Shell, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Hindman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pippa Passes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Wayland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Wheelwright
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Vicco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Martin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hazard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
- Blackey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
- Fleming - Neon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
- Whitesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Prestonsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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- Coal Run Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Jenkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Knott County ...
Soft Shell is located in Knott County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Knott County.
Miscellaneous Information for Soft Shell ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Knott County or the community of Soft Shell:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Soft Shell:
- GNIS ID for Soft Shell: 509089
- GNIS ID for Knott County: 516906
- GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Soft Shell is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Soft Shell.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Knott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |