Census Data for Buncombe

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

• Bluff City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Former name for Bluff City:
  • Zollicoffer
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
• Bristol
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bristol is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <1>
• Watauga
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Watauga is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
• Elizabethton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethton is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethton <1>
• Johnson City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Johnson City is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
  • Former names for Johnson City:
  • Blue Plum Station
  • Haynesville
  • Johnsons Depot
  • Johnsons Tank
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
• Kingsport
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Kingsport is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsport
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsport <1>
• Jonesborough
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jonesborough is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesborough
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesborough <1>
• Mount Carmel
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mount Carmel is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <1>
• Unicoi
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Unicoi is located in Unicoi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unicoi
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unicoi <1>
• Church Hill
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Church Hill is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Hill <1>
• Erwin
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Erwin is located in Unicoi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <1>
• Mountain City
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Mountain City is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <1>
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  • Surgoinsville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Surgoinsville is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surgoinsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surgoinsville <1>
  • Elk Park
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk Park is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Park <1>

Sullivan County ...

Buncombe is located in Sullivan County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Buncombe ...

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 Sullivan County or the community of Buncombe:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Buncombe:
  • GNIS ID for Buncombe: 1278998
  • GNIS ID for Sullivan County: 1639793
  • 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: 163 (Sullivan County)
  • Place Code: 09620 (Buncombe)
  • State & County Code: 47/163 (Tennessee / Sullivan County)
  • State & Place Code: 47/09620 (Tennessee / Buncombe)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Buncombe 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 Buncombe.