Census Data for Shelton
As far as we can tell, Shelton 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 Shelton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Seminary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hattiesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Petal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sumrall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Soso
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Bassfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Taylorsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Purvis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
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- Richton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
Jones County ...
Shelton is located in Jones County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Jones County.
Miscellaneous Information for Shelton ...
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 Jones County or the community of Shelton:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shelton:
- GNIS ID for Shelton: 692224
- GNIS ID for Jones County: 695757
- GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Shelton 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 Shelton.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Jones, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |