Halifax County, Virginia

The Halifax County Courthouse in Halifax, listed on the NRHP since 1982
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Halifax
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 134 South Main Street Halifax, VA 24558-3215
Foundation :	1752
Made up from:	Lunenburg County
Area code :	001 434
Demographics
Residents :	37,355  (2000)
Population density :	17.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2149 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map
Website : www.halifaxvirginia.com

Halifax County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . In 2000, the county had 37,355 residents and a population density of 18 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Halifax . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Halifax County is located in the extreme south of Virginia, bordering North Carolina and has an area of ​​2,149 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Charlotte County , Mecklenburg County , Pittsylvania County, and Campbell County .

The Roanoke River forms the border to Counties Campbell and Charlotte . The eastern border to Mecklenburg County also follows flowing waters ( Aarons Creek , Dan River and Roanoke River), which led to a special feature. Dan and Roanoke River originally ran parallel in a valley to the southeast before the two rivers joined near the town of Clarksville . After the valley was flooded by the John H. Kerr Reservoir in 1952 , this boundary remained unchanged. Therefore, Halifax County now has a strip around twelve kilometers long but only a few hundred meters wide in the upper Kerr Reservoir, while the nearby lake shores belong to Mecklenburg County.

history

It was formed in 1752 from parts of Lunenburg County. It was named after George Montague Dunk , Earl of Halifax.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	14,722		-
1800	19,377		31.6%
1810	22,133		14.2%
1820	19,060		-13.9%
1830	28,034		47.1%
1840	25,936		-7.5%
1850	25,962		0.1%
1860	26,520		2.1%
1870	27,828		4.9%
1880	33,588		20.7%
1890	34,424		2.5%
1900	37.197		8.1%
1910	40,044		7.7%
1920	41,374		3.3%
1930	41,283		-0.2%
1940	41,271		-0%
1950	41,442		0.4%
1960	33,637		-18.8%
1970	30,076		-10.6%
1980	30,599		1.7%
1990	29,033		-5.1%
2000	37,355		28.7%
2010	36,241		-3%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

DeJarnette's Tavern, listed on the NRHP .

Halifax County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Halifax County had 37,355 people in 15,018 households and 10,512 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 60.32 percent white, 38.02 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.44 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.77 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.23 percent of the population.

Of the 15,018 households, 28.6 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 51.2 percent were married couples living together, 14.8 percent were single mothers, 30.0 percent were non-families, 27.4 percent were single households, and 13.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.4 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 26.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 86.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,929 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,845. Males had a median income of $ 27,498 versus $ 20,684 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,353. 11.5 percent of families and 15.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 18.9 percent were children or young people under the age of 18 and 19.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82004563 Retrieved January 22, 2019
2. ↑ Halifax County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ^ Halifax County, Virginia , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Halifax County, Virginia  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 36 ° 46 ′  N , 78 ° 56 ′  W