Census Data for Packs Branch

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

Pax
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pax is located in Fayette County
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Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
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Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Fayette County
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Beckley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beckley is located in Raleigh County
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Mabscott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
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Thurmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thurmond is located in Fayette County
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Fayetteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Fayette County
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Lester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
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Sophia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sophia is located in Raleigh County
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Whitesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Boone County
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- Former names for Whitesville:
- Jarrods Valley
- Pritchard City
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Ansted
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ansted is located in Fayette County
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Gauley Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gauley Bridge is located in Fayette County
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- Montgomery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  - Montgomery is located in Fayette County
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- Smithers
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  - Smithers is located in Fayette County
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- Sylvester
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  - Sylvester is located in Boone County
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Fayette County ...

Packs Branch is located in Fayette County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Packs Branch ...

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 Packs Branch:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Packs Branch:
- GNIS ID for Packs Branch: 1544505
- GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1560095
- 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: 019 (Fayette County)
- Place Code: 61564 (Packs Branch)
- State & County Code: 54/019 (West Virginia / Fayette County)
- State & Place Code: 54/61564 (West Virginia / Packs Branch)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Packs Branch 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 Packs Branch.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Packs Branch may originally have been Pack's Branch. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Packs Branch might be written as Pack Branch. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Packs Branch.
<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.