Southampton County, Virginia
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Congressional districts | 4th, 2nd |
Website | www |
Southampton County is a
History
In the early 17th century, the explorer Captain John Smith founded the settlement of Jamestown; in the next decades of the colony's history, Jamestown settlers explorer and began settling the regions adjacent to Hampton Roads. The Virginia Colony was divided into eight shires (or counties) with a total population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants in 1634. Most of Southampton County was originally part of Warrosquyoake Shire. The shires were soon to be called counties. In 1637 Warrosquyoake Shire was renamed Isle of Wight County.[3]
In 1749, the portion of Isle of Wight County west of the Blackwater River was organized as Southampton County. Later, part of Nansemond County, which is now the Independent City of Suffolk, was added to Southampton County. This area was cultivated for tobacco and later for mixed crops, dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans after a relatively short period when many white indentured servants came to the colony.[citation needed]
In August 1831, an enslaved preacher named Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Southampton County against local white residents, killing about 60 people (mainly women and children). The rebellion was crushed, and Turner and his rebels were tried, convicted, and executed. Meanwhile, white mobs had seized and lynched nearly 200 black residents of Southampton County, most of them enslaved.[4]
Southampton County may have been named by Virginian settlers for Southampton, a major port city in Hampshire. Alternatively, it may have been named for Henry Wriothesley, one of the founders of the Virginia Company.[citation needed]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 602 square miles (1,560 km2), of which 599 square miles (1,550 km2) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) (0.5%) is water.[5]
Southampton County is bounded by the
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Major highways
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1790 | 12,864 | — | |
1800 | 13,925 | 8.2% | |
1810 | 13,497 | −3.1% | |
1820 | 14,170 | 5.0% | |
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% | |
2010 | 18,570 | 6.2% | |
2020 | 17,996 | −3.1% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1790–1960[7] 1900–1990[8] 1990–2000[9] 2010–2020[10] |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[11] | Pop 2020[10] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
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11,138 | 10,959 | 59.98% | 60.90% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
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6,893 | 5,908 | 37.12% | 32.83% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
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52 | 56 | 0.28% | 0.31% |
Asian alone (NH) | 46 | 67 | 0.25% | 0.37% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 5 | 20 | 0.03% | 0.11% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 13 | 50 | 0.07% | 0.28% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 220 | 604 | 1.18% | 3.36% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 203 | 332 | 1.09% | 1.84% |
Total | 18,570 | 17,996 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
2010 Census
As of the
There were 6,279 households, out of which 30.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.10% were married couples living together, 13.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.70% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 111.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $33,995, and the median income for a family was $41,324. Males had a median income of $32,436 versus $20,831 for females. The
Public service
Blackwater Regional Library is the regional library system that provides services to the citizens of Southampton.
Communities
Towns
Census-designated places
Other unincorporated communities
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 5,730 | 58.55% | 3,969 | 40.56% | 87 | 0.89% |
2016 | 5,035 | 56.75% | 3,595 | 40.52% | 242 | 2.73% |
2012 | 4,733 | 51.09% | 4,437 | 47.90% | 94 | 1.01% |
2008 | 4,583 | 50.55% | 4,402 | 48.55% | 82 | 0.90% |
2004 | 4,018 | 53.63% | 3,431 | 45.80% | 43 | 0.57% |
2000 | 3,293 | 49.05% | 3,359 | 50.03% | 62 | 0.92% |
1996 | 2,275 | 33.88% | 3,454 | 51.44% | 986 | 14.68% |
1992 | 2,844 | 41.37% | 3,199 | 46.54% | 831 | 12.09% |
1988 | 3,439 | 52.96% | 3,000 | 46.20% | 54 | 0.83% |
1984 | 4,669 | 57.99% | 3,300 | 40.99% | 82 | 1.02% |
1980 | 2,997 | 45.50% | 3,347 | 50.81% | 243 | 3.69% |
1976 | 2,366 | 40.18% | 3,399 | 57.72% | 124 | 2.11% |
1972 | 3,225 | 67.09% | 1,498 | 31.16% | 84 | 1.75% |
1968 | 1,376 | 26.15% | 1,803 | 34.26% | 2,083 | 39.59% |
1964 | 1,520 | 37.16% | 2,566 | 62.74% | 4 | 0.10% |
1960 | 1,263 | 30.62% | 2,804 | 67.98% | 58 | 1.41% |
1956 | 1,290 | 35.29% | 2,039 | 55.79% | 326 | 8.92% |
1952 | 1,166 | 36.70% | 2,000 | 62.95% | 11 | 0.35% |
1948 | 339 | 16.14% | 1,462 | 69.62% | 299 | 14.24% |
1944 | 284 | 14.99% | 1,599 | 84.38% | 12 | 0.63% |
1940 | 213 | 12.29% | 1,508 | 87.02% | 12 | 0.69% |
1936 | 148 | 8.11% | 1,673 | 91.62% | 5 | 0.27% |
1932 | 182 | 11.69% | 1,357 | 87.15% | 18 | 1.16% |
1928 | 648 | 43.43% | 844 | 56.57% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 203 | 14.46% | 1,119 | 79.70% | 82 | 5.84% |
1920 | 250 | 15.80% | 1,314 | 83.06% | 18 | 1.14% |
1916 | 128 | 10.91% | 1,045 | 89.09% | 0 | 0.00% |
1912 | 95 | 9.38% | 861 | 85.00% | 57 | 5.63% |
Notable people
- John Brown, fugitive slave
- Anthony W. Gardiner, ninth president of Liberia, established as a US colony in West Africa for free blacks; emigrated there from Southampton County
- S. Bernard Goodwyn, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
- railroad builder, U.S. Senator, and Confederategeneral
- Dred Scott, slave immortalized by the Dred Scott Decision of the US Supreme Court, which limited the rights of African Americans
- George Henry Thomas, US Army officer
- Na Turner, leader of a rebellion of enslaved people
- Bill Bailey (dancer) African-American tap dancer, the first person recorded doing the moonwalk (dance) and older brother of actress and singer Pearl Bailey
See also
References
- ^ "Southampton County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Isle of Wight County". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ISBN 0-06-091670-2.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Southampton County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Southampton 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.
External links
- Southampton County Website
- Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance – serving Southampton County
- Newsoms Peanut Shop
- Turtle Creek Horse Transportation