Census Data for Alston

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

Peak
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
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- Peak is located in Newberry County
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Jenkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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- Jenkinsville is located in Fairfield County
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Chapin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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- Chapin is located in Lexington County
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Little Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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- Little Mountain is located in Newberry County
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Pomaria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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- Pomaria is located in Newberry County
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Prosperity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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- Prosperity is located in Newberry County
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Irmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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- Irmo is located in Lexington County
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Winnsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Winnsboro is located in Fairfield County
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Newberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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- Newberry is located in Newberry County
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Lexington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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- Lexington is located in Lexington County
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Blythewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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- Blythewood is located in Richland County
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Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
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- Ridgeway is located in Fairfield County
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- Gilbert
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
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  - Gilbert is located in Lexington County
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- Silverstreet
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
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  - Silverstreet is located in Newberry County
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- Springdale
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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  - Springdale is located in Lexington County

Fairfield County ...

Alston is located in Fairfield County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Alston ...

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 Fairfield County or the community of Alston:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Alston:
- GNIS ID for Alston: 1231002
- GNIS ID for Fairfield County: 1248000
- GNIS ID for State of South Carolina: 1779799

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 45 (South Carolina)
- County Code: 039 (Fairfield County)
- Place Code: 01135 (Alston)
- State & County Code: 45/039 (South Carolina / Fairfield County)
- State & Place Code: 45/01135 (South Carolina / Alston)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Alston 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 Alston.

Footnotes ...

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