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Census Data for Matthews Ferry

As far as we can tell, Matthews Ferry<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

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Tate County ...

Matthews Ferry is located in Tate County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Matthews 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 Tate County or the community of Matthews Ferry:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Matthews Ferry:
    • GNIS ID for Matthews Ferry: 684858
    • GNIS ID for Tate County: 695789
    • GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Matthews 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 Matthews Ferry.

Footnotes ...

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