Afton

human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q4690824
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Afton

Summary

Afton is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Afton ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Afton is located in Nelson County[3].
  • Afton is located in Albemarle County[4].
  • Afton is in the country of United States[5].
  • Afton's image is recorded as Amtrak on Afton Mountain.jpg[6].
  • Afton's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[7].
  • Afton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139912344[8].
  • Afton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2005040746[9].
  • Afton's postal code is recorded as 22920[10].
  • Afton's Commons category is recorded as Afton, Virginia[11].
  • Afton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 18386704[12].
  • Afton's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[13].
  • Afton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1499043[14].
  • Afton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2807430[15].
  • Afton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.0322, 'lon': -78.8392}[16].
  • Afton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043q_vn[17].
  • Afton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 51-00484[18].
  • Afton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 134da6dd-49eb-4109-a260-36281d69a079[19].
  • Afton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+313'}[20].
  • Afton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+185'}[21].
  • Afton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4743971[22].
  • Afton's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Afton, Virginia[23].
  • Afton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+415'}[24].
  • Afton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.85'}[25].
  • Afton's Quora topic ID is recorded as Afton-VA[26].
  • Afton's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1125794099[27].

Body

Geography

Afton is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Nelson County[3], a county of Virginia[28], in United States[29], founded in 1807[30] and Albemarle County[4], a county of Virginia[31], in United States[32], founded in 1744[33].

Physical Characteristics

Afton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.85'}[25]. Afton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+415'}[24]. Afton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+313'}[20].

Designation and Status

Afton's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[7].

Why It Matters

Afton ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] Afton is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . 2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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