Census Data for Porters Curve
As far as we can tell, Porters Curve<1> 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 Porters Curve, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Osyka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kentwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Franklinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tangipahoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tylertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roseland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amite City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McComb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
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- Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Tickfaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Washington Parish ...
Porters Curve is located in Washington Parish<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Washington Parish.
Miscellaneous Information for Porters Curve ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county, parish and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Washington Parish or the community of Porters Curve:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Porters Curve:
- GNIS ID for Porters Curve: 555712
- GNIS ID for Washington Parish: 559557
- GNIS ID for State of Louisiana: 1629543
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Porters Curve is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Porters Curve.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Porters Curve may originally have been Porter's Curve. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Porters Curve might be written as Porter Curve. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Porters Curve. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |