Census Data for Sands
As far as we can tell, Sands 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 Sands, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Boone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blowing Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seven Devils
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Banner Elk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Grandfather
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfather
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- Newland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crossnore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
- Cedar Rock has also been known as:
- Cedar Rock village
Watauga County ...
Sands is located in Watauga County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Watauga County.
Miscellaneous Information for Sands ...
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 Watauga County or the community of Sands:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sands:
- GNIS ID for Sands: 1022483
- GNIS ID for Watauga County: 1008594
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sands 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 Sands.
Footnotes ...
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