Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia

Woodlawn, Virginia
CDP

Location of Woodlawn, Virginia
Coordinates: 36°43′58″N 80°48′7″W / 36.73278°N 80.80194°W / 36.73278; -80.80194Coordinates: 36°43′58″N 80°48′7″W / 36.73278°N 80.80194°W / 36.73278; -80.80194
Country United States
State Virginia
County Carroll
Area
 • Total 19.5 sq mi (50.6 km2)
 • Land 19.5 sq mi (50.6 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 2,520 ft (768 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,343
 • Density 120/sq mi (46/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 24381
Area code(s) 276
FIPS code 51-87408[1]
GNIS feature ID 1476952[2]

Woodlawn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carroll County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,343 at the 2010 census. Woodlawn is musically notable as the home of Heritage Shoppe and Heritage Records, a store and record label owned by Bobby Patterson, a musician from a regionally important family of performers. Heritage Records specializes in local musicians, and also releases recordings from the Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Virginia.[3]

History

The area of present day Woodlawn, located in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, began as a land grant to James Wood of Frederick County, Virginia in 1756. His son, James Wood (governor), served as governor of Virginia from 1796-1799. The Treaty of Lochaber, between British representative John Stuart (loyalist) and the Cherokee, made the land available for settlement about 1770. The original James Wood willed the land to his wife Mary who willed it to her grandsons. It is thought that none of the Wood family ever lived in Woodlawn.[4]

Geography

Woodlawn is located at 36°43′58″N 80°48′7″W / 36.73278°N 80.80194°W / 36.73278; -80.80194 (36.732719, -80.801934).[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 19.5 square miles (50.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,249 people, 847 households, and 597 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 115.1 people per square mile (44.4/km²). There were 926 housing units at an average density of 47.4/sq mi (18.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.58% White, 0.49% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 0.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.93% of the population.

There were 847 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 19.5% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,044, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $24,942 versus $18,991 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,494. About 4.4% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over.

Interesting Sites

Woodlawn is home to the Harmon's Museum, where visitors can see the two headed calf and a large collection of arrow heads and Native American artifacts. A collection of items from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency is also housed at the museum.

Woodlawn is the site of the former Woodlawn High School (Woodlawn, Virginia). The school was the first public high school in Carroll County and was among the earliest in Virginia. In 1914 it became the first public secondary school in the United States to offer agricultural education classes under the Smith-Hughes Act. The original building that housed the agriculture department still stands. [6]

The Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area is located just outside of Woodlawn. This area includes over 1,600 acres of mountain land with six miles of stocked trout streams providing opportunities for fishing, hunting, hiking, wildflower photography and wildlife watching. [7]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Fussell, pg. 89
  4. ↑ Woodlawn. (2006, Spring) Vol. 25. Carroll County Chronicles. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  6. ↑ Worrell, A. (2009, January) Woodlawn School Tabbed for Historical Marker. The Carroll News. Retrieved from http://www.thecarrollnews.com/view/full_story/5528284/article-Woodlawn-School-tabbed-for-historical-marker.
  7. ↑ Virginia is for Lovers. Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area. Retrieved from http://www.virginia.org/Listings/OutdoorsAndSports/CrookedCreekWildlifeManagementArea/.
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