Lunenburg County, Virginia
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Congressional district | 5th |
Website | www |
Lunenburg County is a
History
Lunenburg County was established on May 1, 1746, from
Among the earliest settlers of the county was William Taylor, born in
In 1760 Taylor purchased three adjoining tracts of land in Lunenburg County totaling 827 acres (3.35 km2). Taylor soon became one of the county's leading citizens, representing Lunenburg in the
Taylor was succeeded as County Clerk by his son William Henry Taylor, who held the office for another 32 years—from 1814 until 1846. Another son, General
During much of the American Civil War, the family of Missionary Bishop Henry C. Lay lived in Lunenberg County, where Mrs. Lay (the former Eliza Withers Atkinson) grew up. Both of Bishop Lay's brothers served as Confederate colonels, and Mrs. Lay's uncle, Thomas Atkinson was bishop of North Carolina.
Cases surrounding an 1895 Lunenburg County murder are the subject of historian
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 432 square miles (1,120 km2), of which 432 square miles (1,120 km2) is land and 1 square mile (2.6 km2) (0.16%) is water.
Adjacent counties
- Brunswick County(east)
- Charlotte County(west)
- Mecklenburg County(south)
- Nottoway County(northeast)
- Prince Edward County(north)
Major highways
- US 360(Eastbound Only – Three-Sixty Hwy)
- SR 40 (Lunenburg County Rd; joins SR 49 and becomes Courthouse Rd; Court St and Main St in Victoria; K-V Rd; Main St and S Broad St in Kenbridge, Blackstone Rd)
- SR 49 (Falls Rd; joins SR 40 in Victoria and becomes Main St; Courthouse Rd
- SR 137 (E 5th Ave; S Hill Rd; Dundas Rd)
- SR 138 (E 5th Ave; S Hill Rd)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1790 | 8,959 | — | |
1800 | 10,381 | 15.9% | |
1810 | 12,265 | 18.1% | |
1820 | 10,662 | −13.1% | |
1830 | 11,957 | 12.1% | |
1840 | 11,055 | −7.5% | |
1850 | 11,692 | 5.8% | |
1860 | 11,983 | 2.5% | |
1870 | 10,403 | −13.2% | |
1880 | 11,535 | 10.9% | |
1890 | 11,372 | −1.4% | |
1900 | 11,705 | 2.9% | |
1910 | 12,780 | 9.2% | |
1920 | 15,260 | 19.4% | |
1930 | 14,058 | −7.9% | |
1940 | 13,844 | −1.5% | |
1950 | 14,116 | 2.0% | |
1960 | 12,523 | −11.3% | |
1970 | 11,687 | −6.7% | |
1980 | 12,124 | 3.7% | |
1990 | 11,419 | −5.8% | |
2000 | 13,146 | 15.1% | |
2010 | 12,914 | −1.8% | |
2020 | 11,936 | −7.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[10] 1790–1960[11] 1900–1990[12] 1990–2000[13] 2010[14] 2020[15] |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010[14] | Pop 2020[15] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH)
|
7,730 | 7,016 | 59.86% | 58.78% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
4,451 | 3,773 | 34.47% | 31.61% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
37 | 32 | 0.29% | 0.27% |
Asian alone (NH) | 25 | 25 | 0.19% | 0.21% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 3 | 5 | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 9 | 31 | 0.07% | 0.26% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 189 | 465 | 1.46% | 3.90% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 470 | 589 | 3.64% | 4.93% |
Total | 12,914 | 11,936 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2000 Census
As of the census
There were 4,998 households, out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.50% were married couples living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 28.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.30% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 25.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 113.80 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 115.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $27,899, and the median income for a family was $34,302. Males had a median income of $26,496 versus $20,237 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,951. About 14.90% of families and 20.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.30% of those under age 18 and 22.80% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Lunenburg County Public Schools operates the following schools:
- Kenbridge Elementary School- Kenbridge, VA
- Victoria Elementary School- Victoria, VA
- Lunenburg Middle School- Victoria, VA
- Central High School- Victoria, VA
There are no private or independent schools in Lunenburg County, and no colleges or universities are located there. Kenston Forest School in Nottoway County, approximately 20 minutes away, offers the closest K-12 private education available to Lunenburg County residents.
Communities
Towns
Census-designated place
Other unincorporated communities
Notable people
- Wright Brothers, though there is no historical evidence.
- Justice Paul Carrington (1733–1818), second member appointed of the Virginia Supreme Court.
- Roy Clark, born in Meherrin, he became a highly acclaimed country musician and a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
- Governor of Alabama, from 1849 to 1853.
- Alfred L. Cralle, born in the county, became an inventor and businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best remembered for inventing the lever-operated ice cream scoop in 1897.
- Anthony Davis, an NFL football player, currently for the New Orleans Saints(beginning 2009). From Lunenburg County, he attended Central High School in Victoria, Virginia.
- Alabama Supreme Court(1819–1826).
- James Greene Hardy, a county native, was elected Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, serving from 1855 to 1856.
- John A. Murrell (1806?–1844), born in the county, bandit, known for the Mystic Clan or Mystic Confederacy and Murrell Insurrection Conspiracy
- Verner Moore White (1863–1923), born in the county, was a noted landscape and portrait artist.
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 3,537 | 58.95% | 2,418 | 40.30% | 45 | 0.75% |
2016 | 3,204 | 57.36% | 2,227 | 39.87% | 155 | 2.77% |
2012 | 2,969 | 51.78% | 2,684 | 46.81% | 81 | 1.41% |
2008 | 2,900 | 51.33% | 2,703 | 47.84% | 47 | 0.83% |
2004 | 2,858 | 54.49% | 2,362 | 45.03% | 25 | 0.48% |
2000 | 2,510 | 54.67% | 2,026 | 44.13% | 55 | 1.20% |
1996 | 2,063 | 46.26% | 1,995 | 44.73% | 402 | 9.01% |
1992 | 2,227 | 45.34% | 2,082 | 42.39% | 603 | 12.28% |
1988 | 2,530 | 56.27% | 1,870 | 41.59% | 96 | 2.14% |
1984 | 2,713 | 59.94% | 1,754 | 38.75% | 59 | 1.30% |
1980 | 2,045 | 49.44% | 1,958 | 47.34% | 133 | 3.22% |
1976 | 1,816 | 49.73% | 1,739 | 47.62% | 97 | 2.66% |
1972 | 2,464 | 69.14% | 1,044 | 29.29% | 56 | 1.57% |
1968 | 1,181 | 29.44% | 1,180 | 29.41% | 1,651 | 41.15% |
1964 | 1,847 | 62.04% | 1,128 | 37.89% | 2 | 0.07% |
1960 | 838 | 35.22% | 1,451 | 60.99% | 90 | 3.78% |
1956 | 580 | 24.80% | 1,111 | 47.50% | 648 | 27.70% |
1952 | 837 | 35.27% | 1,528 | 64.39% | 8 | 0.34% |
1948 | 251 | 14.61% | 1,126 | 65.54% | 341 | 19.85% |
1944 | 184 | 13.21% | 1,205 | 86.50% | 4 | 0.29% |
1940 | 144 | 10.60% | 1,213 | 89.26% | 2 | 0.15% |
1936 | 77 | 5.62% | 1,291 | 94.23% | 2 | 0.15% |
1932 | 92 | 7.38% | 1,141 | 91.50% | 14 | 1.12% |
1928 | 314 | 20.75% | 1,199 | 79.25% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 130 | 12.55% | 686 | 66.22% | 220 | 21.24% |
1920 | 208 | 20.08% | 818 | 78.96% | 10 | 0.97% |
1916 | 110 | 11.74% | 814 | 86.87% | 13 | 1.39% |
1912 | 66 | 10.51% | 508 | 80.89% | 54 | 8.60% |
See also
References
- ^ "Lunenburg County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 192.
- ISBN 9780806306230. Google Books.
- ^ Admissions to the College of St. John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, Part III, Robert Forsyth Scott, The University Press, Cambridge, 1903
- ^ Listing: "Rev. Daniel Taylor", Virginia Magazine of History and biography, Vol. VIII, Virginia Historical Society, Printed by William Ellis Jones, Richmond, Va., 1901
- ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. I, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1915
- ^ At his death in 1820, a Richmond newspaper noted in its obituary of William Taylor that he was the last man known to be alive who had heard Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in the Virginia House of Burgesses.[1]
- ^ Pattie B. Seay, Survey Report, The Taylor Cemetery Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Library of Virginia Digital Collection
- US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ a b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lunenburg County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lunenburg County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved December 9, 2020.