Census Data for Colony

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

• Lynchburg
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
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• Amherst
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Amherst is located in Amherst County
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• Appomattox
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
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• Altavista
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Altavista is located in Campbell County
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• Bedford
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Bedford is located in Bedford City
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• Glasgow
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Glasgow is located in Rockbridge County
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• Hurt
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
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• Buena Vista
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Buena Vista is located in Buena Vista City
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• Brookneal
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Brookneal is located in Campbell County
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• Pamplin City
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pamplin City is located in Appomattox County
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• Phenix
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Phenix is located in Charlotte County
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Amherst County ...

Colony is located in Amherst County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Colony ...

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 Amherst County or the community of Colony:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Colony:
  • GNIS ID for Colony: 1495416
  • GNIS ID for Amherst County: 1480095
  • 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: 009 (Amherst County)
  • Place Code: 18560 (Colony)
  • State & County Code: 51/009 (Virginia / Amherst County)
  • State & Place Code: 51/18560 (Virginia / Colony)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Colony 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 Colony.