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Census Data for Fords Creek

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

Pearl River County ...

Fords Creek is located in Pearl River County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Fords Creek ...

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 Pearl River County or the community of Fords Creek:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Fords Creek:
    • GNIS ID for Fords Creek: 670079
    • GNIS ID for Pearl River County: 695777
    • GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Fords Creek 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 Fords Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Fords Creek may originally have been Ford's Creek. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fords Creek might be written as Ford Creek. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Fords Creek.
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<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Pearl River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.