Census Data for Fords Prairie
As far as we can tell, Fords Prairie<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 Fords Prairie, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Smithville is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <3>
- Flatonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Waelder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bastrop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Schulenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Giddings
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weimar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lockhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Round Top
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Fayette County ...
Fords Prairie is located in Fayette County<4>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fayette County.
Miscellaneous Information for Fords Prairie ...
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 Fayette County or the community of Fords Prairie:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Fords Prairie:
- GNIS ID for Fords Prairie: 1379785
- GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1383860
- GNIS ID for State of Texas: 1779801
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Fords Prairie is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Fords Prairie.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Fords Prairie may originally have been Ford's Prairie. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fords Prairie might be written as Ford Prairie. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Fords Prairie. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |