Census Data for Sandy Plains

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

Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Polk County
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Landrum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
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Tryon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tryon is located in Polk County
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Campobello
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Campobello is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
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Rutherfordton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherfordton is located in Rutherford County
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Ruth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
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Spindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spindale is located in Rutherford County
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Alexander Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
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Inman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
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Forest City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City is located in Rutherford County
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Saluda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saluda is located in Henderson County
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Chesnee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chesnee is located in Cherokee County (SC)
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- Lake Lure
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Lake Lure is located in Rutherford County
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- Bostic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Bostic is located in Rutherford County
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- Chimney Rock
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Chimney Rock is located in Rutherford County
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Polk County ...

Sandy Plains is located in Polk County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Sandy Plains ...

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 Polk County or the community of Sandy Plains:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sandy Plains:
- GNIS ID for Sandy Plains: 994293
- GNIS ID for Polk County: 1008579
- 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: 149 (Polk County)
- Place Code: 59220 (Sandy Plains)
- State & County Code: 37/149 (North Carolina / Polk County)
- State & Place Code: 37/59220 (North Carolina / Sandy Plains)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sandy Plains 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 Sandy Plains.

Footnotes ...

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