Pendleton County, West Virginia
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of 2000, there were 8,196 people, 3,350 households, and 2,355 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 12 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 5,102 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.34% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 2.12% Black
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or African American
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, 0.27% Native American
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, 0.18% Asian
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, 0.04% Pacific Islander
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, 0.28% from other races
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, and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.89% of the population were Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race.
There were 3,350 households out of which 28.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the county, the population was spread out with 21.80% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 27.00% from 25 to 44, 26.10% from 45 to 64, and 17.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 101.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $30,429, and the median income for a family was $34,860. Males had a median income of $25,342 versus $16,753 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the county was $15,805. About 8.00% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.60% of those under age 18 and 12.50% of those age 65 or over.
History
In an April 1758 surprise raid of Fort SeybertFort Seybert
Fort Seybert was an 18th century frontier fort in the Allegheny Mountains in what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. In a 1758 surprise raid occasioned by the French and Indian War , most of the 30 white settlers sheltering there were massacred by Shawnee and Delaware warriors and the...
and nearby Fort Upper Tract occasioned by the French and Indian War
French and Indian War
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(1754–63), most of the 60 white settlers sheltering there were massacred by Shawnee
Shawnee
The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...
and Delaware
Lenape
The Lenape are an Algonquian group of Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands. They are also called Delaware Indians. As a result of the American Revolutionary War and later Indian removals from the eastern United States, today the main groups live in Canada, where they are enrolled in the...
warriors and the forts were burned.
Pendleton County was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1788 from parts of Augusta
Augusta County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 65,615 people, 24,818 households, and 18,911 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile . There were 26,738 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...
, Hardy
Hardy County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,669 people, 5,204 households, and 3,564 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile . There were 7,115 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...
, and Rockingham
Rockingham County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 67,725 people, 25,355 households, and 18,889 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 27,328 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...
Counties and was named for Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was a Virginia politician, lawyer and judge, active in the American Revolutionary War. -Early years:...
, a distinguished Virginia statesman and jurist
Jurist
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. Pendleton County was strongly pro-Confederate
Confederate States of America
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during the American Civil War
American Civil War
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, but was included by the federal government in the new state of West Virginia against the inhabitants' wishes.
Sites on the National Register of Historic Places
| Site | Year Built | Address | Community | Listed |
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| Bowers House Bowers House (Sugar Grove, West Virginia) Bowers House is a historic home located at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a large, 2 1/2-story Queen Anne style frame dwelling... |
late 19th century | Brandywine-Sugar Grove Road | Sugar Grove Sugar Grove, West Virginia Sugar Grove is an American government communications site located in Pendleton County, West Virginia operated by the National Security Agency. According to a in the New York Times, the site intercepts all international communications entering the Eastern United States.The site was first developed... |
1985 |
| Circleville School Circleville School Circleville School is a historic school building located at Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1937-1938, as a project of the federal Works Progress Administration. It is a two-story masonry building in the Georgian Revival style. It was built on the foundation of a... |
1930s | WV 28 | Circleville Circleville, West Virginia Circleville is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Circleville was named for a Mr. Zirkle who once kept a store here. The old Circleville School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.... |
1995 |
| Cunningham-Hevener House Cunningham-Hevener House Cunningham-Hevener House is a historic home located at Upper Tract, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped Greek Revival / Italian Villa style masonry dwelling. It features a full width, two-story porch supported by Ionic order columns.It was... |
late 19th century | US 220 | Upper Tract Upper Tract, West Virginia Upper Tract is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. The community lies along U.S. Highway 220 at the confluence of Reeds Creek and the South Branch Potomac River.... |
1985 |
| Franklin Historic District Franklin Historic District (Franklin, West Virginia) Franklin Historic District is a national historic district located at Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 111 contributing buildings, mostly residences. It also includes the central business district, much of it rebuilt after a fire in 1924... |
19th-20th centuries | US 33, Main Street, South Branch Potomac River, & High Street | Franklin Franklin, West Virginia Franklin is a town in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 797 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pendleton County... |
1986 |
| McCoy House McCoy House (Franklin, West Virginia) The McCoy House, also known as Franklin Town Office or Pendleton County Library, is a historic home located at Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1848, and is a two- to three-story, "L"-shaped, brick building in the Greek Revival-style. It features a one bay entrance... |
1848 | Main Street | Franklin Franklin, West Virginia Franklin is a town in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 797 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pendleton County... |
1982 |
| McCoy Mill McCoy Mill McCoy Mill is a historic grist mill located near Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1845, with a late 19th-early 20th century addition. It replaced a mill that operated on the site as early as 1766. It is a 2 1/2-story, "T"-shaped, frame building... |
early 19th century | Johnstown Road | Franklin Franklin, West Virginia Franklin is a town in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 797 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pendleton County... |
1986 |
| Old Judy Church Old Judy Church Old Judy Church, also known as Old Log Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church building located near Petersburg, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built between 1836 and 1838, and is a rectangular hewn-log building measuring 24 feet wide and 28 feet deep. It was abandoned in 1910,... (Old Log Church) |
early 19th century | US 220 | near Petersburg Petersburg, West Virginia Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:... |
1976 |
| Old Probst Church Old Probst Church Old Probst Church, also known as Propst Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran church located near Brandywine, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built about 1887, and is a rectangular frame building with clapboard siding on a cut stone foundation. The church was in use until 1920, then... |
late 18th century | CR 21/9 | Brandywine Brandywine, West Virginia Brandywine is an unincorporated census-designated place located on U.S. Highway 33 in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. The town lies along the South Fork South Branch Potomac River at its confluence with Hawes Run... |
1986 |
| Pendleton County Poor Farm Pendleton County Poor Farm Pendleton County Poor Farm is a historic poor farm house located at Upper Tract, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built about 1900, and is a large, 2 1/2-story frame building. It features a full width front porch and hipped roof with dormers.... |
early 20th century | US 220 | Upper Tract Upper Tract, West Virginia Upper Tract is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. The community lies along U.S. Highway 220 at the confluence of Reeds Creek and the South Branch Potomac River.... |
1986 |
| Priest Mill Priest Mill Priest Mill is a historic sawmill and early electric power plant located near Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1900, with an addition built in 1916 to house a generator and hydro-electric power plant. Electric power was generated at the mill starting in 1911, and in 1913,... |
early 20th century | Off US 220, near Low-Water Bridge | Franklin Franklin, West Virginia Franklin is a town in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 797 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pendleton County... |
2000 |
| Sites Homestead Sites Homestead The Sites Homestead, also known as the Wayside Inn or the Sites Inn, is located near Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. The log house was built by Jacob Sites circa 1839 below the Seneca Rocks ridge. The house was expanded in the mid-1870s with a frame addition, remaining in the Sites family until it was... (Wayside Inn) |
early 19th century | Seneca Rocks Visitor Center | Seneca Rocks Seneca Rocks, West Virginia Seneca Rocks is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. The community of Seneca Rocks — formerly known as Mouth of Seneca — lies along West Virginia Route 28/West Virginia Route 55 near the confluence of Seneca Creek and the North Fork South Branch Potomac... |
1993 |
Cities and towns
Unincorporated communities
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Dry Run, West Virginia Dry Run is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Dry Run lies along Snowy Mountain Road .... Entry, West Virginia Entry is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Entry lies on the eastern flank of Entry Mountain to the west of Franklin.... Fame, West Virginia Fame is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... Fort Seybert, West Virginia Fort Seybert is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. This town was named for Captain Jacob Seybert who built an early stockade here. It was captured by Native Americans in 1758, who spared only eleven lives... Harper, Pendleton County, West Virginia Harper is an unincorporated community on the South Branch Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Harper is located along U.S. Route 220.... Ketterman, West Virginia Ketterman is an unincorporated community on the South Branch Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... Kline, West Virginia Kline is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Originally known as Clines Cross Roads, its name was changed to Kline in about 1875. The name comes from Samuel Kline who was perhaps the town's first postmaster.Kline is located in Greenawalt Gap along Mill Run,... |
Macksville, West Virginia Macksville is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Macksville is located along U.S. Route 33/West Virginia Route 28 on the North Fork South Branch Potomac River.... Miles, West Virginia Miles is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Miles is located along County Route 3 in the George Washington National Forest.... Mitchell, West Virginia Mitchell is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... Moatstown, West Virginia Moatstown is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... Moyers, West Virginia Moyers is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Moyers is located at the junction of County Routes 23 and 25.... Mozer, West Virginia Mozer is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... |
Oak Flat, West Virginia Oak Flat is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Oak Flat lies along U.S. Highway 33.... Oak Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia Oak Grove is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Oak Grove lies on Smith Creek near its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River.... Onego, West Virginia Onego is an unincorporated community located along Seneca Creek on U.S. Highway 33 in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Onego lies within the Monongahela National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains, near Seneca Rocks.... Propstburg, West Virginia Propstburg is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... Riverton, West Virginia Riverton is an unincorporated town on the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Riverton lies along U.S. Highway 33/West Virginia Route 28 in the Monongahela National Forest.... Ruddle, West Virginia Ruddle is an unincorporated community on the South Branch Potomac River located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Ruddle lies along U.S. Highway 220. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Ruddle was originally known by the names of Ruddle Mill and Ruddle's Mill.... |
Seneca Rocks, West Virginia Seneca Rocks is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. The community of Seneca Rocks — formerly known as Mouth of Seneca — lies along West Virginia Route 28/West Virginia Route 55 near the confluence of Seneca Creek and the North Fork South Branch Potomac... Simoda, West Virginia Simoda is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.... Sugar Grove, West Virginia Sugar Grove is an American government communications site located in Pendleton County, West Virginia operated by the National Security Agency. According to a in the New York Times, the site intercepts all international communications entering the Eastern United States.The site was first developed... Teterton, West Virginia Teterton is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Teterton lies within the Monongahela National Forest.... Upper Tract, West Virginia Upper Tract is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. The community lies along U.S. Highway 220 at the confluence of Reeds Creek and the South Branch Potomac River.... Zigler, West Virginia Zigler is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Zigler is located on Smith Creek.... |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pendleton County, West VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Pendleton County, West VirginiaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pendleton County, West Virginia.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States...
- Pendleton County SchoolsPendleton County SchoolsYou may also be looking for the schools in Pendleton County, KentuckyPendleton County Schools is the operating school district within Pendleton County, West Virginia...
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management AreaThorn Creek Wildlife Management AreaThorn Creek Wildlife Management Area, is located about 7 miles south of Franklin, West Virginia in Pendleton County. Thorn Creek WMA is located on of steep terrain along hills above Thorn Creek. The WMA is accessed from Thorn Creek Road about 4 miles off of U.S...