Westmoreland County, Virginia
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Congressional district | 1st |
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Westmoreland County is a
History
As originally established by the
Westmoreland County on Northern Neck was the birthplace of
Colonel
Robert Carter's grandson, Robert Carter III, is known for voluntarily freeing almost 500 slaves from Nomini Hall, beginning in 1791. He also provided for their settlement on land that he bought for them in Ohio Country.[citation needed] This manumission was the largest known release of slaves in North America prior to the American Civil War and involved the largest number ever manumitted by an individual in the U.S.[5]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 253 square miles (660 km2), of which 229 square miles (590 km2) is land and 24 square miles (62 km2) (9.3%) is water.[6] Located on the Northern Neck, the county is within the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA winemaking appellation.
Adjacent counties
- Charles County, Maryland - north
- St. Mary's County, Maryland - northeast
- Northumberland County, Virginia - southeast
- Richmond County, Virginia - south
- Essex County, Virginia - southwest
- King George County, Virginia - northwest
National protected areas
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (part) Mothershead unit
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1820 | 6,901 | — | |
1830 | 8,396 | 21.7% | |
1840 | 8,019 | −4.5% | |
1850 | 8,080 | 0.8% | |
1860 | 8,282 | 2.5% | |
1870 | 7,682 | −7.2% | |
1880 | 8,846 | 15.2% | |
1890 | 8,399 | −5.1% | |
1900 | 9,243 | 10.0% | |
1910 | 9,313 | 0.8% | |
1920 | 10,240 | 10.0% | |
1930 | 8,497 | −17.0% | |
1940 | 9,512 | 11.9% | |
1950 | 10,148 | 6.7% | |
1960 | 11,042 | 8.8% | |
1970 | 12,142 | 10.0% | |
1980 | 14,041 | 15.6% | |
1990 | 15,480 | 10.2% | |
2000 | 16,718 | 8.0% | |
2010 | 17,454 | 4.4% | |
2020 | 18,477 | 5.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010[11] 2020[12] |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[11] | Pop 2020[12] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH)
|
11,087 | 11,758 | 63.52% | 63.64% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
4,855 | 4,470 | 27.82% | 24.19% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
64 | 67 | 0.37% | 0.36% |
Asian alone (NH) | 91 | 146 | 0.52% | 0.79% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 3 | 11 | 0.02% | 0.06% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 14 | 68 | 0.08% | 0.37% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 338 | 908 | 1.94% | 4.91% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1,002 | 1,049 | 5.74% | 5.68% |
Total | 17,454 | 18,477 | 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.
2000 Census
At the 2000
There were 6,846 households, of which 25.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.70% were married couples living together, 13.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.50% were non-families. 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.91.
23.00% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 23.90% from 25 to 44, 27.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.90 males.
The
Economy
The county's economy is largely based on agriculture. Tourism is another significant economic driver, related to historical sites such as
Northern Neck Coca-Cola Bottling Inc. (makers of Northern Neck Ginger Ale) and the weekly Westmoreland News are located in Montross.
Notable people
- Emmy Award-winning video engineer
- governor of Florida
- Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. Founding Father and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
- Laetitia Corbin Lee (1657–1706), American colonist
- Richard Henry Lee, a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, U.S. Senator, and sixth president of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of Confederation
- Richard "Squire" Lee, prominent Virginian colonist and American politician
- Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate Army general in the American Civil War
- Thomas Lee, leading political figure in colonial Virginia
- Thomas Marshall, grandfather of former U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Marshall
- James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth president of the United States
- U.S.A. trilogyand other works
- Nicholas Spencer, acting governor of Virginia, co-patentee of Mount Vernon estate
- Nathaniel Rochester, founder of Rochester, New York
- Thomas Sandford, American Revolutionary War soldier, Kentucky legislator , Member of the Eighth and Ninth U.S. Congress
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, founder and first president of the American Colonization Society, nephew of George Washington and inheritor of Mount Vernon
- George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States
- John Washington (1631-1677), great-grandfather of George Washington
- Sloan Wilson, author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Rob Wittman, U.S. Congressman
Communities
Towns
Politics
Westmoreland County is a notable bellwether for U.S. presidential politics, having voted for the winner in every election since 1928 except 1948, 1960, and 2020.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 5,318 | 53.54% | 4,501 | 45.31% | 114 | 1.15% |
2016 | 4,448 | 51.88% | 3,836 | 44.74% | 290 | 3.38% |
2012 | 3,731 | 45.95% | 4,295 | 52.89% | 94 | 1.16% |
2008 | 3,719 | 44.40% | 4,577 | 54.64% | 81 | 0.97% |
2004 | 3,433 | 50.13% | 3,370 | 49.21% | 45 | 0.66% |
2000 | 2,932 | 48.66% | 2,922 | 48.49% | 172 | 2.85% |
1996 | 2,333 | 40.31% | 2,949 | 50.95% | 506 | 8.74% |
1992 | 2,554 | 41.04% | 2,758 | 44.32% | 911 | 14.64% |
1988 | 2,974 | 55.38% | 2,311 | 43.04% | 85 | 1.58% |
1984 | 3,219 | 56.84% | 2,363 | 41.73% | 81 | 1.43% |
1980 | 2,510 | 50.31% | 2,271 | 45.52% | 208 | 4.17% |
1976 | 1,909 | 41.79% | 2,355 | 51.55% | 304 | 6.65% |
1972 | 2,331 | 66.00% | 1,113 | 31.51% | 88 | 2.49% |
1968 | 1,402 | 39.99% | 1,156 | 32.97% | 948 | 27.04% |
1964 | 1,181 | 47.26% | 1,312 | 52.50% | 6 | 0.24% |
1960 | 1,176 | 53.00% | 1,034 | 46.60% | 9 | 0.41% |
1956 | 1,033 | 54.45% | 695 | 36.64% | 169 | 8.91% |
1952 | 1,117 | 59.51% | 754 | 40.17% | 6 | 0.32% |
1948 | 568 | 44.51% | 503 | 39.42% | 205 | 16.07% |
1944 | 532 | 39.58% | 808 | 60.12% | 4 | 0.30% |
1940 | 357 | 29.68% | 845 | 70.24% | 1 | 0.08% |
1936 | 296 | 25.36% | 871 | 74.64% | 0 | 0.00% |
1932 | 212 | 24.74% | 641 | 74.80% | 4 | 0.47% |
1928 | 554 | 58.50% | 393 | 41.50% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 157 | 23.97% | 484 | 73.89% | 14 | 2.14% |
1920 | 133 | 25.09% | 396 | 74.72% | 1 | 0.19% |
1916 | 126 | 27.10% | 338 | 72.69% | 1 | 0.22% |
1912 | 69 | 15.16% | 341 | 74.95% | 45 | 9.89% |
See also
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- History of Popes Creek, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Westmoreland County, Virginia
- Stratford Hall Plantation
- Central Rappahannock Regional Library
- Westmoreland State Park
References
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he undertook the largest private emancipation in American history
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