Census Data for Platform
As far as we can tell, Platform 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 Platform, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Athalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Athalia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
- Crown City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crown City is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
- Proctorville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chesapeake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barboursville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Huntington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ceredo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
- Kenova
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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- Catlettsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ironton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bellefonte
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bellefonte is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
Lawrence County ...
Platform is located in Lawrence County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lawrence County.
Miscellaneous Information for Platform ...
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 Lawrence County or the community of Platform:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Platform:
- GNIS ID for Platform: 1063425
- GNIS ID for Lawrence County: 1074056
- GNIS ID for State of Ohio: 1085497
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 39 (Ohio)
- County Code: 087 (Lawrence County)
- Place Code: 63149 (Platform)
- State & County Code: 39/087 (Ohio / Lawrence County)
- State & Place Code: 39/63149 (Ohio / Platform)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Platform is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Platform.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |