Census Data for Peterson

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

• Duffield
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Duffield is located in Scott County
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• Clinchport
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinchport is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
• Big Stone Gap
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Big Stone Gap is located in Wise County
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• Appalachia
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Appalachia is located in Wise County
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• Pennington Gap
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
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• Gate City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Gate City is located in Scott County
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• Mount Carmel
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel is located in Hawkins County (TN)
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• Weber City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Weber City is located in Scott County
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• Church Hill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Church Hill is located in Hawkins County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
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• Saint Charles
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Saint Charles is located in Lee County
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• Norton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Norton is located in Norton City
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• Lynch
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lynch is located in Harlan County (KY)
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  • Jonesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jonesville is located in Lee County
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  • Benham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Benham is located in Harlan County (KY)
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  • Surgoinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Surgoinsville is located in Hawkins County (TN)
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Scott County ...

Peterson is located in Scott County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Peterson ...

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 Scott County or the community of Peterson:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Peterson:
  • GNIS ID for Peterson: 1493421
  • GNIS ID for Scott County: 1498172
  • 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: 169 (Scott County)
  • Place Code: 61846 (Peterson)
  • State & County Code: 51/169 (Virginia / Scott County)
  • State & Place Code: 51/61846 (Virginia / Peterson)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Peterson 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 Peterson.