Census Data for Prospect
As far as we can tell, Prospect 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 Prospect, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Sebastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carthage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Chunky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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- Morton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
Newton County ...
Prospect is located in Newton County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Newton County.
Miscellaneous Information for Prospect ...
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 Newton County or the community of Prospect:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Prospect:
- GNIS ID for Prospect: 692160
- GNIS ID for Newton County: 695773
- GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Prospect 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 Prospect.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |