Census Data for Big Ridge

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

• Forest Hills
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
  • Forest Hills has also been known as:
  • Forest Hills village
  • Village of Forest Hills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <1>
• Highlands
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Highlands is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highlands <1>
• Webster
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Webster is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
• Sylva
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sylva is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylva <1>
• Dillsboro
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dillsboro is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillsboro
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillsboro <1>
• Rosman
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Rosman is located in Transylvania County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosman
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosman <1>
• Franklin
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Franklin is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <1>
• Hazelwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
• Sky Valley
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sky Valley is located in Rabun County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sky Valley <1>
• Brevard
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Brevard is located in Transylvania County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brevard <1>
• Waynesville
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Waynesville is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesville <1>
• Maggie Valley
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Maggie Valley is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maggie Valley <1>
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  • Salem
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Salem is located in Oconee County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
  • Dillard
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Dillard is located in Rabun County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillard <1>
  • Clyde
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Clyde is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <1>

Jackson County ...

Big Ridge is located in Jackson County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Big Ridge ...

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 Jackson County or the community of Big Ridge:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Big Ridge:
  • GNIS ID for Big Ridge: 1019160
  • GNIS ID for Jackson County: 1008566
  • 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: 099 (Jackson County)
  • Place Code: 05820 (Big Ridge)
  • State & County Code: 37/099 (North Carolina / Jackson County)
  • State & Place Code: 37/05820 (North Carolina / Big Ridge)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Big Ridge 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 Big Ridge.