Census Data for Backus
As far as we can tell, Backus 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 Backus, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Meadow Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Thurmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beckley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mabscott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
- Rainelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
- Rupert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sophia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
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- Lester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Alderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ansted
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fayette County ...
Backus is located in Fayette County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fayette County.
Miscellaneous Information for Backus ...
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 Fayette County or the community of Backus:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Backus:
- GNIS ID for Backus: 1553774
- GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1560095
- GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Backus 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 Backus.
Footnotes ...
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