Census Data for Pera
As far as we can tell, Pera 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 Pera, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glasgow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lynchburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
Amherst County ...
Pera is located in Amherst County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Amherst County.
Miscellaneous Information for Pera ...
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 Amherst County or the community of Pera:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Pera:
- GNIS ID for Pera: 1493416
- GNIS ID for Amherst County: 1480095
- 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: 009 (Amherst County)
- Place Code: 61730 (Pera)
- State & County Code: 51/009 (Virginia / Amherst County)
- State & Place Code: 51/61730 (Virginia / Pera)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Pera 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 Pera.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amherst, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |