Census Data for Heaton

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

Elk Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Park is located in Avery County
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Beech Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Mountain is located in Avery County
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Banner Elk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Banner Elk is located in Avery County
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Sugar Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
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Newland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newland is located in Avery County
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Grandfather
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
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Seven Devils
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Seven Devils is located in Avery County
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Crossnore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crossnore is located in Avery County
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Blowing Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blowing Rock is located in Caldwell County
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Boone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Boone is located in Watauga County
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Bakersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bakersville is located in Mitchell County
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Spruce Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Spruce Pine is located in Mitchell County
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- Elizabethton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  - Elizabethton is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Mountain City
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  - Mountain City is located in Johnson County (TN)
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- Unicoi
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  - Unicoi is located in Unicoi County (TN)
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Avery County ...

Heaton is located in Avery County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Heaton ...

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 Avery County or the community of Heaton:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Heaton:
- GNIS ID for Heaton: 1011954
- GNIS ID for Avery County: 1008536
- 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: 011 (Avery County)
- Place Code: 30480 (Heaton)
- State & County Code: 37/011 (North Carolina / Avery County)
- State & Place Code: 37/30480 (North Carolina / Heaton)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Heaton 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 Heaton.

Footnotes ...

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