Hampshire County (West Virginia)

Hampshire County Courthouse
administration
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Romney
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 806 Romney, WV 26757-0806
Foundation :	December 13, 1753
Made up from:	Frederick County , Virginia Augusta County , Virginia
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	23,964  (2010)
Population density :	14.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1670 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Hampshire County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Romney , the oldest city in the state.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northeast of West Virginia, borders Virginia to the east, Maryland to the north and has an area of ​​1,670 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Allegany County, Maryland, Morgan County , Frederick County, Virginia, Hardy County, and Mineral Counties .

history

Hampshire County was formed on December 13, 1753 from parts of Frederick County and Augusta Counties, both in Virginia. It was named after the English county of Hampshire .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	7346		-
1800	8348		13.6%
1810	9784		17.2%
1820	10,889		11.3%
1830	11,279		3.6%
1840	12,295		9%
1850	14,036		14.2%
1860	13,913		-0.9%
1870	7643		-45.1%
1880	10,336		35.2%
1890	11,419		10.5%
1900	11.806		3.4%
1910	11,694		-0.9%
1920	11,713		0.2%
1930	11,836		1.1%
1940	12,974		9.6%
1950	12,577		-3.1%
1960	11,705		-6.9%
1970	11,710		0%
1980	14,867		27%
1990	16,498		11%
2000	20,203		22.5%
2010	23,964		18.6%
Before 1900 1900-1990

Bethel United Methodist Church

Hampshire County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Hampshire County had 20,203 people in 7,955 households and 5,640 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.04 percent white, 0.83 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.12 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.59 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.55 percent of the population.

Of the 7,955 households, 31.3 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent were single households, and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.3 men.

The median income for a household in the 31,666 USD , and the median income for a family was 37,616 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,884 versus $ 19,945 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,851. 12.9 percent of families and 16.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 22.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 13.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Cities

Incorporated localities

• Capon Bridge
• Romney

Not incorporated localities

Augusta Barnes Mill Bloomery Blues Beach Bubbling Spring Capon Lake Capon Springs Capon Springs Station Cold stream Creekvale Davis Ford

Delray Dillon's Run Donaldson Forks of Cacapon Frenchburg Glebe Good Grace Green Spring Hainesville Hanging rock

Higginsville High view Hooks Mills Hoy Intermont Jericho Junction Kirby Largent Lehew Levels

Little Cacapon Loom Mechanicsburg Millbrook Millen Milleson's Mill Neal's run Nero North River Mills Okonoko Pancake

Pin Oak Pleasant Dale Points Purgitsville Rada Raven Rocks Ridgedale Rio Ruckman Sector Sedan

Shanks Shiloh Slanesville South Branch Depot Springfield Three Churches Vance Vanderlip Wappocomo Woodrow Yellow Spring

See also

• List of cities in West Virginia

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hampshire County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ^ Hampshire County, West Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Official Hampshire County Website
• Hampshire County 250th Anniversary homepage
• Hampshire Review Newspaper
• Hampshire County Arts Council
• Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce
• Hampshire County Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Hampshire County Schools & Board of Education
• Hampshire High School
• Hampshire County Office of Emergency Services
• Hampshire County Public Library
• Terry Gruber's Colonial Hampshire County Research Articles

Coordinates: 39 ° 19 ′  N , 78 ° 37 ′  W