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Census Data for Grays Ferry

As far as we can tell, Grays Ferry<1> 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 Grays Ferry, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

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Philadelphia County ...

Grays Ferry is located in Philadelphia County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Grays Ferry ...

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 Philadelphia County or the community of Grays Ferry:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Grays Ferry:
    • GNIS ID for Grays Ferry: 1202876
    • GNIS ID for Philadelphia County: 1209187
    • GNIS ID for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 1779798
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Grays Ferry is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Grays Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Grays Ferry may originally have been Gray's Ferry. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Ferry might be written as Gray Ferry. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Grays Ferry.
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<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Philadelphia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.