Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°50′45″N 82°0′52″W / 37.84583°N 82.01444°W / 37.84583; -82.01444
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Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
GNIS
feature ID
2389511

Mount Gay-Shamrock is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Mount Gay-Shamrock has a 2020 population of 1,360. Mount Gay-Shamrock is currently declining at a rate of -2.51% annually. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census.[2]

The CDP includes the

Whitman Junction.[4][5]

A post office was established as Mount Gay in 1916.[6]

Geography

Mount Gay-Shamrock is located in west-central Logan County,[1] with the village of Mount Gay in the eastern part of the CDP at the confluence of Island Creek and the Copperas Mine Fork,[7] and the village of Shamrock just to the west in the valley of the Copperas Mine Fork. Settlements in the CDP run south up the valley of Island Creek, southwest up the valley of the Copperas Mine Fork, and west up the valley of the Mud Fork. The CDP is bordered to the east by the city of Logan, the county seat, and to the west by U.S. Route 119, a four-lane freeway which separates Mount Gay-Shamrock from Verdunville.

West Virginia Route 73 is the main road through the CDP, following the valley of the Mud Fork and connecting US-119 to the west with Logan to the east. West Virginia Route 44 leads south from Mount Gay up the valley of Island Creek. Old US Highway 119 runs up the valley of the Copperas Mine Fork, joining current US-119 at Holden.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.6 square miles (19.6 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.15%, are water.[1] The entire CDP is part of the Island Creek watershed, feeding the Guyandotte River in Logan and thence leading north to the Ohio River.

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.38% of the population.

There were 1,065 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,975, and the median income for a family was $22,946. Males had a median income of $21,328 versus $23,021 for females. The

poverty line
, including 49.0% of those under age 18 and 29.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

  1. ^ a b c "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Mount Gay-Shamrock CDP, West Virginia". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "TIGERweb: Mount Gay-Shamrock CDP, West Virginia". Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic map series: Holden quadrangle". ACME Mapper. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  7. ISBN 0-89933-246-3
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