Census Data for Sun
As far as we can tell, Sun 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 Sun, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Saint Paul
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Coeburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dungannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Clinchco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nickelsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clintwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haysi
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Honaker
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Norton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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- Pound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abingdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Abingdon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Jenkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Russell County ...
Sun is located in Russell County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Russell County.
Miscellaneous Information for Sun ...
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 Russell County or the community of Sun:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sun:
- GNIS ID for Sun: 1500191
- GNIS ID for Russell County: 1497573
- 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: 167 (Russell County)
- Place Code: 76608 (Sun)
- State & County Code: 51/167 (Virginia / Russell County)
- State & Place Code: 51/76608 (Virginia / Sun)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sun 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 Sun.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Russell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |