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Census Data for Wards Ferry

As far as we can tell, Wards 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 Wards Ferry, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

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    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Jackson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ridgeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Brandon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Richland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clinton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Florence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Byram
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Byram is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byram
    • The population in 2015 was estimated at 11,509 people. This represents a 0.17% increase since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 11,489 people.
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byram <2>
  • Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Flora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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    • Pelahatchie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Raymond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bolton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Bolton is located in Hinds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton

Hinds County ...

Wards Ferry is located in Hinds County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Wards 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 Hinds County or the community of Wards Ferry:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Wards Ferry:
    • GNIS ID for Wards Ferry: 688660
    • GNIS ID for Hinds County: 695748
    • GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Wards 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 Wards Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Wards Ferry may originally have been Ward's Ferry. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wards Ferry might be written as Ward Ferry. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Wards Ferry.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Hinds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.