Moundsville, West Virginia

Moundsville, West Virginia
—  City  —
Jefferson Avenue in downtown Moundsville in 2006
Location of Moundsville, West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°55′17″N 80°44′22″W / 39.92139°N 80.73944°W / 39.92139; -80.73944Coordinates: 39°55′17″N 80°44′22″W / 39.92139°N 80.73944°W / 39.92139; -80.73944
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Marshall
Area
- Total	3.4 sq mi (8.7 km2)
- Land	2.9 sq mi (7.6 km2)
- Water	0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	9,998
- Density	3,399.0/sq mi (1,312.3/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	26041
Area code(s)	304
FIPS code	54-56020[1]
GNIS feature ID	1543607[2]
Website	http://www.cityofmoundsville.com/

Moundsville is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,998 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marshall County^[3]. The city was named for the Grave Creek Mound.^[4] Moundsville was settled in 1771 by Samuel & James Tomlinson. (Elizabethtown, as Tomlinson's community was called, was incorporated in 1830. Nearby, the town of Mound City was incorporated in 1832. (The two towns combined in 1865.) ^[5] Fostoria Glass Company (specializing in hand blown glassworks) was headquartered in Moundsville from 1891 to 1986. The retired West Virginia State Penitentiary operated in Moundsville from 1867 to 1995.^[6]

Geography

Moundsville is located at 39°55′17″N 80°44′22″W / 39.92139°N 80.73944°W / 39.92139; -80.73944 (39.921490, -80.739368)^[7].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km²), of which, 2.9 square miles (7.6 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (12.50%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 9,998 people, 4,122 households, and 2,662 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,399.0 people per square mile (1,313.0/km²). There were 4,461 housing units at an average density of 1,516.6 per square mile (585.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.13% White, 0.73% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.16% of the population.

There were 4,122 households out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the city the population was spread out with 20.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,107, and the median income for a family was $30,534. Males had a median income of $26,242 versus $19,348 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,997. About 18.1% of families and 22.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.2% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	445		—
1860	515		15.7%
1870	1,500		191.3%
1880	1,774		18.3%
1890	2,688		51.5%
1900	5,362		99.5%
1910	8,918		66.3%
1920	10,669		19.6%
1930	14,411		35.1%
1940	14,168		−1.7%
1950	14,772		4.3%
1960	15,163		2.6%
1970	13,560		−10.6%
1980	12,419		−8.4%
1990	10,753		−13.4%
2000	9,998		−7.0%

Notable residents

• Davis Grubb, novelist and story writer who wrote The Night of the Hunter
• Arch A. Moore, Jr., former governor of West Virginia
• Frank De Vol, actor and composer who grew up in Canton, Ohio and wrote the theme song for The Brady Bunch
• Delf Norona, noted WV historian, expert on history of the US Postal Service, and authority on the Grave Creek Mound and the Delf Norona Museum
• Steve Crabtree, former Kentucky television news anchor, Republican nominee for Kentucky Secretary of State in 1995
• Adrian Melott, astrophysicist and astrobiologist who helped explain the large-scale structure of the Universe, and studied causes of mass extinctions

See also

• List of cities and towns along the Ohio River
• Grave Creek Mound
• Moundsville Bridge
• West Virginia State Penitentiary
• New Vrindaban
• Prabhupada's Palace of Gold

Gallery

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  Grave Creek Mound.

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  Moundsville Bridge.

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  West Virginia State Penitentiary.

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  Prabhupada's Palace of Gold.

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  New Vrindaban.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
4. ^ Comins, Linda S. (2006). "Moundsville". In Ken Sullivan (ed.). The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council. pp. 505. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5. 
5. ^ Marshall County Historical Society. History of Marshall County, West Virginia. Marceline, Mo., Walsworth, 1984. 975.416 M367m.
6. ^ Bumgardner, Stan (2006). "Moundsville Penitentiary". In Ken Sullivan (ed.). The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council. pp. 505. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5. 
7. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 

External links

• City's official website
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Moundsville". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.