Census Data for Howells Ferry
As far as we can tell, Howells Ferry<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 Howells Ferry, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lucedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Semmes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saraland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chickasaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prichard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Citronelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Satsuma
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leakesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mobile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
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- Creola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Creola is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Moss Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bayou La Batre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
George County ...
Howells Ferry is located in George County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for George County.
Miscellaneous Information for Howells Ferry ...
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 George County or the community of Howells Ferry:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Howells Ferry:
- GNIS ID for Howells Ferry: 687104
- GNIS ID for George County: 695744
- GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Howells Ferry 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 Howells Ferry.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Howells Ferry may originally have been Howell's Ferry. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Howells Ferry might be written as Howell Ferry. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Howells Ferry. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including George, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |