Census Data for Hughes
As far as we can tell, Hughes 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 Hughes, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Newland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crossnore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grandfather
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfather
- Sugar Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Banner Elk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Devils
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spruce Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blowing Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Boone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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- Burnsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Unicoi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gamewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
Avery County ...
Hughes is located in Avery County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Avery County.
Miscellaneous Information for Hughes ...
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 Hughes:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Hughes:
- GNIS ID for Hughes: 1020860
- GNIS ID for Avery County: 1008536
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Hughes 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 Hughes.
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. |