Census Data for Hams Ford

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

Bowling Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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- Bowling Green is located in Caroline County
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Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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- Fredericksburg is located in Fredericksburg City
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Port Royal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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- Port Royal is located in Caroline County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Royal <2>
Mineral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Mineral is located in Louisa County
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Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
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- Ashland is located in Hanover County
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Louisa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Louisa is located in Louisa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <2>

Spotsylvania County ...

Hams Ford is located in Spotsylvania County<4>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Hams Ford ...

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 Spotsylvania County or the community of Hams Ford:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Hams Ford:
- GNIS ID for Hams Ford: 1477391
- GNIS ID for Spotsylvania County: 1480172
- 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: 177 (Spotsylvania County)
- Place Code: 35085 (Hams Ford)
- State & County Code: 51/177 (Virginia / Spotsylvania County)
- State & Place Code: 51/35085 (Virginia / Hams Ford)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Hams Ford 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 Hams Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Hams Ford may originally have been Ham's Ford. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hams Ford might be written as Ham Ford. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Hams Ford.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Spotsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.