Census Data for Dorcas

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

Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Grant County
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Moorefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield is located in Hardy County
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Harman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harman is located in Randolph County
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Davis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Davis is located in Tucker County
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Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Pendleton County
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Thomas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas is located in Tucker County
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Bayard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
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Broadway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Broadway is located in Rockingham County (VA)
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Timberville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Timberville is located in Rockingham County (VA)
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Mount Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
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Hendricks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
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Wardensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wardensville is located in Hardy County
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- Edinburg
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  - Edinburg is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
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- New Market
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  - New Market is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
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- Elk Garden
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  - Elk Garden is located in Mineral County
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Grant County ...

Dorcas is located in Grant County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Dorcas ...

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 Grant County or the community of Dorcas:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Dorcas:
- GNIS ID for Dorcas: 1538271
- GNIS ID for Grant County: 1697238
- GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 54 (West Virginia)
- County Code: 023 (Grant County)
- Place Code: 21916 (Dorcas)
- State & County Code: 54/023 (West Virginia / Grant County)
- State & Place Code: 54/21916 (West Virginia / Dorcas)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Dorcas 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 Dorcas.

Footnotes ...

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<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.