Census Data for Sam
As far as we can tell, Sam 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 Sam, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Bluefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pocahontas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Bluefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bramwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Anawalt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Tazewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matoaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Northfork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gary is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Kimball
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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- Welch
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- War
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Tazewell County ...
Sam is located in Tazewell County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Tazewell County.
Miscellaneous Information for Sam ...
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 Tazewell County or the community of Sam:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sam:
- GNIS ID for Sam: 1493523
- GNIS ID for Tazewell County: 1497748
- 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: 185 (Tazewell County)
- Place Code: 70135 (Sam)
- State & County Code: 51/185 (Virginia / Tazewell County)
- State & Place Code: 51/70135 (Virginia / Sam)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sam 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 Sam.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Tazewell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |