Census Data for Balfour

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

Hendersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hendersonville is located in Henderson County
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Laurel Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Park is located in Henderson County
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Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Henderson County
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Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Henderson County
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Mills River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mills River is located in Henderson County
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Saluda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saluda is located in Henderson County
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Biltmore Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
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Chimney Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Rock is located in Rutherford County
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Brevard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brevard is located in Transylvania County
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Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Polk County
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Lake Lure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lure is located in Rutherford County
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Tryon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tryon is located in Polk County
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- Asheville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  - Asheville is located in Buncombe County
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- Landrum
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  - Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
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- Black Mountain
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  - Black Mountain is located in Buncombe County
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Henderson County ...

Balfour is located in Henderson County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Balfour ...

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 Henderson County or the community of Balfour:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Balfour:
- GNIS ID for Balfour: 1018938
- GNIS ID for Henderson County: 1008562
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 37 (North Carolina)
- County Code: 089 (Henderson County)
- Place Code: 03220 (Balfour)
- State & County Code: 37/089 (North Carolina / Henderson County)
- State & Place Code: 37/03220 (North Carolina / Balfour)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Balfour is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Balfour.

Footnotes ...

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<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Henderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.