Census Data for Dorchester

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

• Norton
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Norton is located in Norton City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
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• Wise
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wise is located in Wise County
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• Appalachia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Appalachia is located in Wise County
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• Big Stone Gap
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Stone Gap is located in Wise County
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• Coeburn
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Coeburn is located in Wise County
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• Dungannon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dungannon is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
• Pound
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pound is located in Wise County
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• Jenkins
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
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• Lynch
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lynch is located in Harlan County (KY)
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• Whitesburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesburg is located in Letcher County (KY)
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• Benham
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Benham is located in Harlan County (KY)
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• Fleming - Neon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County (KY)
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  • Clintwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clintwood is located in Dickenson County
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  • Duffield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Duffield is located in Scott County
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  • Nickelsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Nickelsville is located in Scott County
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Wise County ...

Dorchester is located in Wise County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Dorchester ...

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 Wise County or the community of Dorchester:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Dorchester:
  • GNIS ID for Dorchester: 1496877
  • GNIS ID for Wise County: 1496656
  • 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: 195 (Wise County)
  • Place Code: 23040 (Dorchester)
  • State & County Code: 51/195 (Virginia / Wise County)
  • State & Place Code: 51/23040 (Virginia / Dorchester)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Dorchester 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 Dorchester.