Census Data for Damascus
As far as we can tell, Damascus 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 Damascus, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chunky
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scooba
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Noxapater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shuqualak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Sebastopol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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- Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Emelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Kemper County ...
Damascus is located in Kemper County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Kemper County.
Miscellaneous Information for Damascus ...
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 Kemper County or the community of Damascus:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Damascus:
- GNIS ID for Damascus: 691799
- GNIS ID for Kemper County: 695758
- GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Damascus 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 Damascus.
Footnotes ...
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