Lock bridge county (Virginia)

Virginia lock bridge county
Lock bridge county Government building in Lexington City
Position in Virginia of the county
Position in the United States of America of the state
The establishment	1777
Origin of the county name	Natural bridge
County seat	Lexington
Area  - Total area  - The land  - Water	1,557 km2 (601 mi2) 1,554 km2 (600 mi2) 3 km2 (1 mi2), 0.22%
Population  - (2010)  - Density	22,307 people 13 /km2 (34 /mi2)
Standard time	The eastern part: UTC-5/-4
Website	www.co.rockbridge.va.us

A lock bridge county (British: Rockbridge County) is a county located in the central part of United States of America Virginia. It was 22,307 people, and the population in the 2010 national census rose 7.2% from 20,808 people of 2000 [¹]. County seat is the Lexington city which is an independent city (a population of 7,042 people ^[2]), but, with another independent city Buena Vista (a population of 6,650 people ^[3]), is not included in the population of the county. But the domain of the county contains both cities.

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History

 

It is to Maple hall, a house put up before the Civil War, the north of Lexington City

The lock bridge county put parts of Augusta county and the ボトトート county that were adjacent in October, 1777 together and was established. The first election was held in May, 1778. The county name was adopted by the natural bridge which became the well-known mark in the southern part of county. It was a state legislature that a county was established and reduced distance to move to the nearest county Government building and found you so that a trial was performed justly, and it was intended to form a county among friends than a foreigner. The county's first administrative committee was held in a house of Samuel Wallace on April 7, 1778.

Cyrus McCormick invented the reaping machine of cereals in the north end of the county, bar neighborhood of stealing it.

Geography

If depend on the United States of America Bureau of the Census, the county area entire surface product is 601 square mile (1,557 km²);, of these, in the land 600 square mile (1,553 km²), the area of the sea, area of the sea rate is 0.22% at 1 square mile (4 km²) [⁴]. I do not include the Buena Vista city of the independent city and the area of Lexington City in the land area mentioned above.

Main highly specified road

•   Expressway Route 64 between states
•   Expressway Route 81 between states
•   American National highway No. 11
•   American National highway No. 60
•   American National highway No. 501
•   Virginia way Route 39
•   Virginia way Route 56
•   Virginia way Route 130
•   Virginia way Route 251
•   Virginia way Route 252

Adjacent county and independent city

 

Morley river, Lexington City

• Bus county - northwest
• The Augusta county - northeast
• The Nelson county - east
• Amherst county - southeast
• The Bedford county - south
• ボトトート county - southwest
• The ant gay knee county - west
• The Lexington City - center (I contain it in a county)
• The east (I contain it in a county) of the Buena Vista city - center

National protection area

• Blue ridge parkway (partially)
• Forest (partially) of George Washington Kunitachi
• United States of America electric wave stop zone (partially)
• Forest (partially) of Jefferson Kunitachi

Population dynamics

Year	Population		%±
1790	6,548		—
1800	8,945		36.6%
1810	10,318		15.3%
1820	11,945		15.8%
1830	14,244		19.2%
1840	14,284		0.3%
1850	16,045		12.3%
1860	17,248		7.5%
1870	16,058		−6.9%
1880	20,003		24.6%
1890	23,062		15.3%
1900	21,799		−5.5%
1910	21,171		−2.9%
1920	20,626		−2.6%
1930	20,902		1.3%
1940	22,384		7.1%
1950	23,359		4.4%
1960	24,039		2.9%
1970	16,637		−30.8%
1980	17,911		7.7%
1990	18,350		2.5%
2000	20,808		13.4%
2010	22,307		7.2%

It is the population statistics data by the national census of 2000 as follows.

Basic data Population: 20,808 people The number of the households: 8,486 households The number of the families: 6,075 families Population density: 13 /km2 (35 /mi2) The number of the houses: 9,550 houses House density: Six /km2 (16 /mi2) Population composition according to the race White: 95.42% An African is American: 2.97% A native is American: 0.26% Asian: 0.44% Other races: 0.12% Mixed blood: 0.78% Hispanic Latin system: 0.58%

Age-specific population composition Under 18 years old: 22.2% 18-24 years old: 7.9% 25-44 years old: 27.2% 45-64 years old: 27.1% 65 years old or older: 15.7% Median age: 40 years old Sex ratio (population of the man per 100 women) Total population: 100.4 18 years old or older: 98.0 A household and family (the number of the households) There is a child younger than 18 years: 29.2% Marriage, the couple who lives together: 57.5% A single divorce, bereavement woman is family nurturer: 9.5% A nonfamily household: 28.4% It is a household alone: 23.9% An old man alone living 65 years or older: 9.9% The mean constitution number of people A household: 2.43 people A family: 2.84 people

Income An income and the family budget Median income A household: 36,035The U.S. dollar A family: 41,324 U.S. dollars Sex A man: 28,217 U.S. dollars A woman: 19,946 U.S. dollars An income per a population of one: 18,356 U.S. dollars Lower than poverty line Anti-population: 9.6% The number of the anti-families: 6.6% Under 18 years old: 9.4% 65 years old or older: 9.6%

Town

• Glasgow
• Go Shen
• Browns Bergh (town of non-admission)
• Ruffin (town of non-admission)
• Fairfield (town of non-admission)
• Natural bridge station (town of non-admission)

The Buena Vista Buena Vista city of the independent city and the Lexington city which is county seat are not in the lock bridge county in political division. Lexington City and the lock bridge county share three people of the sheriff who is a government official prescribed by a constitution, a circuit court administrative official and the state prosecutor. The Buena Vista city does not have the joint ownership of the government official who is prescribed with Lexington City with the lock bridge county by a constitution.

Media

• "The lock bridge アドボケイト" [⁵], monthly
• "Lock bridge forum" [⁶], the place that people of a country discuss on the Web
• "The news gusset" [⁷], weekly paper
• I acquire it, and a news gusset is closed down in "lock bridge weekly" [⁸], weekly paper, July, 2012
• "The lock bridge report" [⁹], broadcast of the weekly publication and website, Washington and Lee University student run it
• EyeOnVirginia.com^[10], a video and interview

Well-known person

• It was born in Samuel Houston (from 1793 to 1863), a lock bridge county and won by the only person who became Texas and the 2, Tennessee horn governor, a fight of San Jacinto and acted as President Texas republic, Senator United States of America
• I lived in stone wall Jackson, the general of the Confederate Army, Lexington City
• Robert E Lee, a commander-in-chief, the postwar period of the Confederate Army are Washington and Lee university presidents
• Sally Man (1951 -), photographer
• I won the championship at the World Series with baseball player, Phillies which I played in Charlie maniere, United States and Japan
• Pat Robertson, Christianity televangelist
• Cy Twombly, painter, sculptor

Footnote

1. ^ Quickfacts.census.gov - Rockbridge County - accessed 2011-12-06.
2. ^ Quickfacts.census.gov - Lexington, Virginia - accessed 2011-12-06.
3. ^ Quickfacts.census.gov - Buena Vista, Virginia - accessed 2011-12-06.
4. ^ "Census 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties." United States Census. April 13, 2013 reading.
5. ^ The Rockbridge Advocate
6. ^ Rockbridge Forum
7. ^ The News-Gazette
8. ^ Rockbridge Weekly
9. ^ The Rockbridge Report
10. ^ EyeOnVirginia.com

Outside link

Wiki media Commons has the category in conjunction with the lock bridge county (Virginia).

• Rockbridge County Tourism Website - dining, lodging, events and attractions

Coordinate: 37°49'N 79°27'W / 37.81 degrees N 79.45 degrees W / 37.81, -79.45

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