Census Data for Spear

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

Crossnore
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crossnore is located in Avery County
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Newland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newland is located in Avery County
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Bakersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bakersville is located in Mitchell County
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Spruce Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spruce Pine is located in Mitchell County
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Elk Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Park is located in Avery County
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Grandfather
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
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Sugar Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
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Banner Elk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banner Elk is located in Avery County
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Seven Devils
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Devils is located in Avery County
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Beech Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Mountain is located in Avery County
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Burnsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnsville is located in Yancey County
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Blowing Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blowing Rock is located in Caldwell County
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- Unicoi
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  - Unicoi is located in Unicoi County (TN)
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- Boone
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  - Boone is located in Watauga County
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- Marion
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  - Marion is located in McDowell County
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Avery County ...

Spear is located in Avery County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Spear ...

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 Spear:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Spear:
- GNIS ID for Spear: 1022728
- 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: 63700 (Spear)
- State & County Code: 37/011 (North Carolina / Avery County)
- State & Place Code: 37/63700 (North Carolina / Spear)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Spear 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 Spear.

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.