Census Data for Peterson
As far as we can tell, Peterson 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 Peterson, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Burnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Erwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unicoi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spruce Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson City is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Former names for Johnson City:
- Blue Plum Station
- Haynesville
- Johnsons Depot
- Johnsons Tank
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
- Elk Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossnore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabethton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
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- Watauga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Watauga is located in Carter County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Tusculum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Marshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Mitchell County ...
Peterson is located in Mitchell County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mitchell County.
Miscellaneous Information for Peterson ...
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 Mitchell County or the community of Peterson:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Peterson:
- GNIS ID for Peterson: 1014353
- GNIS ID for Mitchell County: 1008571
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Peterson 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 Peterson.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Mitchell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |