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Census Data for Williams Ferry

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

  • Goodman
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Durant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pickens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sallis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lexington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • West
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Kosciusko
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tchula
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tchula is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
  • Canton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Eden
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Eden is located in Yazoo County
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  • Carthage
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ethel
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
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      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lena
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    • Yazoo City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

Attala County ...

Williams Ferry is located in Attala County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Williams 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 Attala County or the community of Williams Ferry:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Williams Ferry:
    • GNIS ID for Williams Ferry: 688186
    • GNIS ID for Attala County: 695728
    • GNIS ID for State of Mississippi: 1779790
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Williams 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 Williams Ferry.

Footnotes ...

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