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Census Data for Jenkins Ford

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

  • Clifton Forge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Covington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Iron Gate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
  • Hillsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Marlinton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Falling Spring
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
  • Goshen
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Lewisburg
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lexington
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Fincastle
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

Alleghany County ...

Jenkins Ford is located in Alleghany County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Jenkins 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 Alleghany County or the community of Jenkins Ford:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Jenkins Ford:
    • GNIS ID for Jenkins Ford: 1495005
    • GNIS ID for Alleghany County: 1673675
    • GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Jenkins 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 Jenkins Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Jenkins Ford may originally have been Jenkin's Ford. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jenkins Ford might be written as Jenkin Ford. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Jenkins Ford.
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<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Alleghany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.