Census Data for Lanes Ford

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

Amherst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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- Amherst is located in Amherst County
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Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Buena Vista City
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Waynesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
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- Waynesboro is located in Waynesboro City
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Lynchburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
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- Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
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Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
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- Lexington is located in Lexington City
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Glasgow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
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- Glasgow is located in Rockbridge County
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Scottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Scottsville is located in Albemarle County
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Staunton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
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- Staunton is located in Staunton City
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Appomattox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
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- Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
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Nelson County ...

Lanes Ford is located in Nelson County<4>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Lanes 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 Nelson County or the community of Lanes Ford:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Lanes Ford:
- GNIS ID for Lanes Ford: 1484659
- GNIS ID for Nelson County: 1500936
- 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: 125 (Nelson County)
- Place Code: 43805 (Lanes Ford)
- State & County Code: 51/125 (Virginia / Nelson County)
- State & Place Code: 51/43805 (Virginia / Lanes Ford)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Lanes 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 Lanes Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Lanes Ford may originally have been Lane's Ford. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lanes Ford might be written as Lane Ford. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Lanes 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 Nelson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.