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:
- Sebastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Decatur
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
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- Pelahatchie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chunky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Polkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
Scott County ...
Damascus is located in Scott County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Scott 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 Scott 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: 691798
- GNIS ID for Scott County: 695782
- 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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