Census Data for Forks of Coal
As far as we can tell, Forks of Coal 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 Forks of Coal, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Dunbar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Saint Albans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Charleston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nitro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marmet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Poca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chesapeake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Madison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Hamlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hurricane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Kanawha County ...
Forks of Coal is located in Kanawha County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Kanawha County.
Miscellaneous Information for Forks of Coal ...
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 Kanawha County or the community of Forks of Coal:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Forks of Coal:
- GNIS ID for Forks of Coal: 1554490
- GNIS ID for Kanawha County: 1550026
- GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Forks of Coal 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 Forks of Coal.
Footnotes ...
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