Southampton County

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Southampton County Courthouse
Southampton County Courthouse
administration
US state : Virginia
Administrative headquarters : Courtland
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 400
Courtland, VA 23837-0400
Foundation : 1749
Made up from: Isle of Wight County
Area code : 001 757
Demographics
Residents : 17,482  (2000)
Population density : 11.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1560 km²
Water surface : 7 km²
map
Map of Southampton County within Virginia
Website : www.southamptoncounty.org


Southampton County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . In 2000 , the county had 17,482 residents and a population density of 11 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Courtland .

geography

Southampton County is located in southeast Virginia, bordering North Carolina to the south and has an area of ​​1,560 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Isle of Wight County , Greensville County , Sussex County, and Surry County .

history

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

It was formed in 1749 from parts of Isle of Wight County. The first English settlers came to the area in the 17th century, shortly after the Jamestown settlement was founded in 1607 . In 1634 the colony of Virginia was divided into 8 Shires, then with around 5000 inhabitants. Southampton County was part of the Warrosquyoake Shire , which was renamed Isle of Wight County in 1637. In 1749 part of Isle of Wight County, west of the Blackwater River , became Southampton County. It was named either after the English city of Southampton or after the founder of the Virginia colony, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton .

On 21/22 August 1831, Southampton County was the scene of the largest slave rebellion in America to date, led by the slave Nat Turner . 58 whites and an unknown number of slaves were killed in this uprising. Turner and his supporters were captured, sentenced, and 20 of them hanged.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1790 12,864 -
1800 13,925 8.2%
1810 13,497 -3.1%
1820 14,170 5%
1830 16,074 13.4%
1840 14,525 -9.6%
1850 13,521 -6.9%
1860 12,915 -4.5%
1870 12,285 -4.9%
1880 18,012 46.6%
1890 20,078 11.5%
1900 22,848 13.8%
1910 26,302 15.1%
1920 27,555 4.8%
1930 26,870 -2.5%
1940 26,442 -1.6%
1950 26,522 0.3%
1960 27,195 2.5%
1970 18,582 -31.7%
1980 18,731 0.8%
1990 17,550 -6.3%
2000 17,482 -0.4%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Note on the home of John Y. Mason on US Route 58
Southampton County
Age Pyramid

Southampton County had a population of 17,482 people as of the 2000 census . 1,565 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 6,279 households and 4,502 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 55.96 percent white, 42.87 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.25 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.53 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.66 percent of the population.

Of the 6,279 households, 30.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.1 percent were married couples living together, 13.5 percent were single mothers, 28.3 percent were non-families, 24.9 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.02.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.7 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 111.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 112.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,995 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,324. Males had a median income of $ 32,436 versus $ 20,831 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,930. 11.7 percent of families and 14.6 percent of the population are below the poverty line. These included 19.9 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 14.5 percent of residents aged 65 or over.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Southampton 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. Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ^ Southampton County, Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Southampton County  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Coordinates: 36 ° 43 ′  N , 77 ° 7 ′  W