Hampshire County (West Virginia)
Hampshire County is a county located in the state of West Virginia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Romney.
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme northeast of West Virginia, on the east by Virginia, to the north by Maryland and covers an area of 1670 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Allegany County ( Maryland), Morgan County, Frederick County (Virginia), Hardy County and Mineral County.
History
Hampshire County was born on December 13, 1753, formed from parts of Frederick County and the Augusta County, both in Virginia. It was named after the English county of Hampshire.
Demographic data
1900-1990
According to the census in 2000 lived in Hampshire County 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 made up 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 Islander, and 0.12 percent from other races groups; 0.59 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.55 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,955 households out of which 31.3 percent have children 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 of all households and 10.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.94.
Based on the county the population was spread from 25.1 percent population under 18 years, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 31,666, and the median income for a family was $ 37,616. Males had a median income of $ 28,884, women $ 19,945. The per capita income was $ 14,851. 12.9 percent of families and 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 22.7 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 13.1 percent of those 65 years.
Cities
Remember My Completed towns
- Capon Bridge
- Romney
Unincorporated towns
- Augusta
- Barnes Mill
- Bloomery
- Blues Beach
- Bubbling Spring
- Capon Lake
- Capon Springs
- Capon Springs Station
- Coldstream
- Creekvale
- Davis Ford
- Delray
- Dillons Run
- Donaldson
- Forks of Cacapon
- Frenchburg
- Glebe
- Good
- Grace
- Green Spring
- Hainesville
- Hanging Rock
- Higginsville
- Highview
- Hooks Mills
- Hoy
- Intermont
- Jericho
- Junction
- Kirby
- Largent
- Lehew
- Levels
- Little Cacapon
- Loom
- Mechanicsburg
- Millbrook
- Millen
- Millesons Mill
- Neals 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