Mannington (West Virginia)
| Mannington, West Virginia | |||
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Location in West Virginia
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | West Virginia | ||
| County : | Marion County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 32 ′ N , 80 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,124 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 708 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.0 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.0 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 297 m | ||
| Postal code : | 26582 | ||
| Area code : | +1 304 | ||
| FIPS : | 54-51100 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1542721 | ||
Mannington is a city in Marion County , West Virginia . Mannington's development was strongly influenced by the oil and gas boom in the 1890s. The 2000 census counted 2,124 residents.
Demographics
Mannington's 2,124 residents in the 2000 census lived in 884 households; including 625 families. The population density was 329.5 per km ². 990 residential units were recorded in the village. The population was 83.9% White and 2.54% African American; 0.71% said they belonged to several ethnic groups.
Of the 884 households, 28.3% had children under the age of 18; 52.7% were married couples living together. 14.4% of the households were led by single women, 29.2% were recorded as non-family households. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 2.40.
The population was distributed among 23.0% under 18 years of age, 7.8% between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.3% between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.7% between 45 and 64 years of age and 19.2% between 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years.
The median household income was $ 26,806 and the median family income was $ 31,852. The per capita income in Vienna was $ 13,036. 18.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Literary references
Mannington serves as the template for the fictional city of Grantville in the novel series 1632 (series) developed by Eric Flint . The focus of the plot are the residents of the American small town Grantville , which is transported from rural West Virginia in 2000 to the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War in Thuringia in 1631. The series, which can be assigned to the genre of alternative world stories, uses the Mannington of the year 2000 as a model of a real city in order to avoid that individual authors "discover" surprisingly extraordinary scientific, personnel or military resources within the fictitious city area thrown into the past.
In the past, writers and fans of the series have repeatedly held annual conventions in Mannington. The third took place in the summer of 2005, the fourth from August 4-6, 2006.
Individual evidence
- ^ Mannington City, West Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
- ↑ cf. z. B. minicon2006 ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
