Census Data for Goodwins Ferry

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

Pembroke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke is located in Giles County
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Pearisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearisburg is located in Giles County
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Radford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Radford is located in Radford City
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Blacksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blacksburg is located in Montgomery County
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Dublin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Pulaski County
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Narrows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Narrows is located in Giles County
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Christiansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg is located in Montgomery County
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Rich Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Giles County
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Peterstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peterstown is located in Monroe County (WV)
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Glen Lyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
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Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Pulaski County
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Oakvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
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- Union
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  - Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
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- Athens
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Athens is located in Mercer County (WV)
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- Princeton
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  - Princeton is located in Mercer County (WV)
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Giles County ...

Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Goodwins Ferry ...

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 Giles County or the community of Goodwins Ferry:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Goodwins Ferry:
- GNIS ID for Goodwins Ferry: 1501394
- GNIS ID for Giles County: 1494551
- 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: 071 (Giles County)
- Place Code: 31904 (Goodwins Ferry)
- State & County Code: 51/071 (Virginia / Giles County)
- State & Place Code: 51/31904 (Virginia / Goodwins Ferry)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Goodwins Ferry 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 Goodwins Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Goodwins Ferry may originally have been Goodwin's Ferry. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Goodwins Ferry might be written as Goodwin Ferry. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Goodwins Ferry.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Giles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.