Census Data for Nelson

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

• Sylvester
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sylvester is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester
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• Whitesville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitesville is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
  • Former names for Whitesville:
  • Jarrods Valley
  • Pritchard City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <1>
• Madison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Madison is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
• Chesapeake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
• Danville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Danville is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <1>
• Belle
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Belle is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle <1>
• Marmet
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Marmet is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmet
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmet <1>
• Cedar Grove
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• East Bank
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
• Glasgow
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Glasgow is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasgow <1>
• Handley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Handley is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
• Pratt
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
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  • Montgomery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Montgomery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
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  • Smithers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithers is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithers
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithers <1>
  • Charleston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Charleston is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <1>

Boone County ...

Nelson is located in Boone County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Nelson ...

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 Boone County or the community of Nelson:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Nelson:
  • GNIS ID for Nelson: 1555197
  • GNIS ID for Boone County: 1550009
  • 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: 005 (Boone County)
  • Place Code: 57988 (Nelson)
  • State & County Code: 54/005 (West Virginia / Boone County)
  • State & Place Code: 54/57988 (West Virginia / Nelson)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Nelson 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 Nelson.