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Census Data for Beards Fork

As far as we can tell, Beards Fork<1> 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 Beards Fork, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Fayetteville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Oak Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gauley Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ansted
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Montgomery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pax is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pax
  • Thurmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Handley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Handley is located in Kanawha County
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  • Mount Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pratt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
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  • Glasgow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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    • Cedar Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • East Bank
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
    • Whitesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

Fayette County ...

Beards Fork is located in Fayette County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Beards Fork ...

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 Beards Fork:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Beards Fork:
    • GNIS ID for Beards Fork: 1553820
    • GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1560095
    • GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Beards Fork 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 Beards Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Beards Fork may originally have been Beard's Fork. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Beards Fork might be written as Beard Fork. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Beards Fork.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.