Census Data for Mechanicsville

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

Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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- Richmond is located in Richmond City
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Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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- Ashland is located in Hanover County
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Hopewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
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- Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
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Colonial Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
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Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
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- Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
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Bowling Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
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- Bowling Green is located in Caroline County
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Hanover County ...

Mechanicsville is located in Hanover County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Mechanicsville ...

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 Hanover County or the community of Mechanicsville:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Mechanicsville:
- GNIS ID for Mechanicsville: 1499727
- GNIS ID for Hanover County: 1480132
- 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: 085 (Hanover County)
- Place Code: 50856 (Mechanicsville)
- State & County Code: 51/085 (Virginia / Hanover County)
- State & Place Code: 51/50856 (Virginia / Mechanicsville)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>	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.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Hanover, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.