Census Data for Bales Ford

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

Sneedville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sneedville is located in Hancock County
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Tazewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tazewell is located in Claiborne County
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Bean Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bean Station is located in Grainger County
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Wallins Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
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- The population in 2016 was estimated at 146 people. This represents a 6.41% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 156 people.
Harrogate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harrogate is located in Claiborne County
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New Tazewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Tazewell is located in Claiborne County
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Harlan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Harlan County (KY)
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Loyall
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County (KY)
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Cumberland Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Gap is located in Claiborne County
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Evarts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Evarts is located in Harlan County (KY)
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Middlesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Middlesboro is located in Bell County (KY)
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Rogersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Hawkins County
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- Pineville
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  - Pineville is located in Bell County (KY)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
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- Rutledge
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  - Rutledge is located in Grainger County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutledge <2>
- Morristown
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  - Morristown is located in Hamblen County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <2>

Hancock County ...

Bales Ford is located in Hancock County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Bales Ford ...

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 Hancock County or the community of Bales Ford:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Bales Ford:
- GNIS ID for Bales Ford: 1314623
- GNIS ID for Hancock County: 1648577
- GNIS ID for State of Tennessee: 1325873

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 47 (Tennessee)
- County Code: 067 (Hancock County)
- Place Code: 03015 (Bales Ford)
- State & County Code: 47/067 (Tennessee / Hancock County)
- State & Place Code: 47/03015 (Tennessee / Bales Ford)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Bales Ford is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Bales Ford may originally have been Bale's Ford. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bales Ford might be written as Bale Ford. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Bales Ford.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.