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Census Data for Wiscoal

As far as we can tell, Wiscoal 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 Wiscoal, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Vicco
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Vicco is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
  • Blackey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackey is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
  • Hazard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hindman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pippa Passes
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
  • Whitesburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hyden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Benham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
  • Wheelwright
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
  • Lynch
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
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    • Wayland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wayland is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Jenkins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Buckhorn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

Knott County ...

Wiscoal is located in Knott County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Knott County.

Miscellaneous Information for Wiscoal ...

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 Wiscoal:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Wiscoal:
    • GNIS ID for Wiscoal: 509388
    • GNIS ID for Knott County: 516906
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
    • County Code: 119 (Knott County)
    • Place Code: 83982 (Wiscoal)
    • State & County Code: 21/119 (Kentucky / Knott County)
    • State & Place Code: 21/83982 (Kentucky / Wiscoal)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Wiscoal 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 Wiscoal.

Footnotes ...

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<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.