Lewis County (West Virginia)
Lewis County is a county located in the state of West Virginia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Weston.
Geography
The County is located in the central north east of West Virginia and has an area of 1009 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Harrison County, Upshur County, Webster County, Braxton County, Gilmer County and Doddridge County.
History
Lewis County was formed on December 18, 1816 from parts of Harrison County. It was named after Charles Lewis, a soldier who was killed during the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Demographic data
1900-1990
According to the census in 2000 lived in Lewis County 16,919 people in 6,946 households and 4,806 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.59 percent White, 0.13 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian, and 0.08 percent from other races; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.50 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 6,946 households out of which 28.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 30.8 percent were non-families, 26.9 percent of all households and 13.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.88.
Based on the county the population was spread from 22.1 percent population under 18 years, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.9 percent between 45 and 64 years and 16.4 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 27,066, and the median income for a family was $ 32,431. Males had a median income of $ 27,906, women $ 18,733. The per capita income was $ 13,933. 19.9 percent of the population and 16.3 percent of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 27.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.2 percent of those 65 years.
Cities and Towns
- Aberdeen
- Alkires Mills
- Alum Bridge
- Arnold
- Aspinall
- Bablin
- Bealls Mills
- Ben Dale
- Bennett
- Berlin
- Brownsville
- Butcher Ville
- Camden
- Churchville
- Copley
- Cox Town
- Crawford
- Emmart
- Freemansburg
- Gaston
- Georgetown
- Homewood
- Ireland
- Jackson Mill
- Jacksonville
- Jane Lew
- Kitsonville
- Lightburn
- McGuire Park
- Orlando
- Pickle Street
- Roanoke
- Turner Town
- Walkerville
- Valley Chapel
- Vadis
- Weston