Census Data for Governors Grove
As far as we can tell, Governors Grove<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 Governors Grove, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Alexandria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Heights is located in Prince George's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Heights
- Arlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falls Church
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Capitol Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- District Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morningside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morningside is located in Prince George's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
- Somerset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Somerset is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Occoquan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chevy Chase Section Three
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chevy Chase Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chevy Chase Village is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Village
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- Chevy Chase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Colmar Manor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colmar Manor is located in Prince George's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmar Manor
- Cottage City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage City is located in Prince George's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
Fairfax County ...
Governors Grove is located in Fairfax County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fairfax County.
Miscellaneous Information for Governors Grove ...
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 Fairfax County or the community of Governors Grove:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Governors Grove:
- GNIS ID for Governors Grove: 2080242
- GNIS ID for Fairfax County: 1480119
- GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Governors Grove 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 Governors Grove.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Governors Grove may originally have been Governor's Grove. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Governors Grove might be written as Governor Grove. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Governors Grove. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Fairfax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |