Census Data for Backbone

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

• White Sulphur Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • White Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur Springs
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• Covington
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Covington is located in Covington City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <1>
• Lewisburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lewisburg is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisburg <1>
• Ronceverte
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ronceverte is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronceverte
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ronceverte <1>
• Clifton Forge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Clifton Forge is located in Alleghany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Forge
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton Forge <1>
• New Castle
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • New Castle is located in Craig County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Castle <1>
• Falling Spring
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
• Iron Gate
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
• Fincastle
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Fincastle is located in Botetourt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fincastle <1>
• Union
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
• Hillsboro
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Hillsboro is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsboro <1>
• Alderson
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Alderson is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <1>
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  • Troutville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Troutville is located in Botetourt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troutville <1>

Alleghany County ...

Backbone is located in Alleghany County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Backbone ...

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 Alleghany County or the community of Backbone:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Backbone:
  • GNIS ID for Backbone: 1495217
  • GNIS ID for Alleghany County: 1673675
  • GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 51 (Virginia)
  • County Code: 005 (Alleghany County)
  • Place Code: 03930 (Backbone)
  • State & County Code: 51/005 (Virginia / Alleghany County)
  • State & Place Code: 51/03930 (Virginia / Backbone)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Backbone 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 Backbone.