Census Data for Best

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

Walnut Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
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La Grange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Grange is located in Lenoir County
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Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in Wayne County
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Seven Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs is located in Wayne County
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Snow Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Greene County
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Eureka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
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Pikeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville is located in Wayne County
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Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Wayne County
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Hookerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hookerton is located in Greene County
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Kinston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kinston is located in Lenoir County
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Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Wayne County
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Stantonsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stantonsburg is located in Wilson County
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- Calypso
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  - Calypso is located in Duplin County
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- Princeton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  - Princeton is located in Johnston County
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- Walstonburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  - Walstonburg is located in Greene County
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Wayne County ...

Best is located in Wayne County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Best ...

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 Wayne County or the community of Best:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Best:
- GNIS ID for Best: 981056
- GNIS ID for Wayne County: 1026128
- 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: 191 (Wayne County)
- Place Code: 05260 (Best)
- State & County Code: 37/191 (North Carolina / Wayne County)
- State & Place Code: 37/05260 (North Carolina / Best)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Best 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 Best.

Footnotes ...

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