Clarke County | |
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County | |
Coordinates: 39°07′N78°00′W / 39.12°N 78°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
Founded | 1836 |
Named for | George Rogers Clark |
Seat | Berryville |
Largest town | Berryville |
Area | |
• Total | 178 sq mi (460 km2) |
• Land | 176 sq mi (460 km2) |
• Water | 2.2 sq mi (6 km2) 1.2% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 14,783 |
• Density | 83/sq mi (32/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 6th |
Website | clarkecounty |
Clarke County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,783. [1] Its county seat is Berryville. [2] Clarke County is included in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The first settlement of the Virginia Colony in the future Clarke County was in 1736 by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron who built a home, Greenway Court, on part of his 5 million acres (20,000 km2) property, near what is now the village of White Post. White Post was named for the large signpost pointing the way to Lord Fairfax's home.
As it lay just west of the Blue Ridge border demarcated under Governor Spotswood at Albany in 1722, the area was claimed along with the rest of the Shenandoah Valley by the Six Nations Iroquois (who had overrun it during the later Beaver Wars in around 1672), until the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744, when it was purchased from them by Governor Gooch.
Many of the early settlers of what became Clarke County were children of Tidewater planters, who settled on large land grants from Lord Fairfax. Two thirds of the county was settled by the plantation group, and the plantation lifestyle thrived until the Civil War. County status came in 1836, when it was divided off from Frederick County. Clarke County was known for its large crops of wheat.
During the American Civil War, John S. Mosby, "the Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy, raided General Philip Sheridan's supply train in the summer of 1864, in Berryville. The Battle of Cool Spring was fought in Clarke County on July 17 and 18, 1864, followed by the Battle of Berryville on September 3, 1864.
In 1881 was founded the Bank of Clarke County, a still-functional regional bank with headquarters in Berryville. [3]
Early in the 20th century, the future Virginia politician Harry F. Byrd Sr. and his wife established their first home near Berryville, where he undertook extensive agricultural activity growing peaches and apples. Byrd became a state senator in the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly, served a term as a Governor of Virginia, and was a United States senator for over 30 years. He headed the powerful Byrd Organization, which dominated state politics between the mid-1920s and the 1960s.
In 1996, Forrest Pritchard revitalized Smithfield Farm by starting a grass-fed, sustainable livestock operation. Renamed 'Smith Meadows', it is currently one of the oldest fully grass-finished farms in the United States, and its story was chronicled in the New York Times bestseller Gaining Ground.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 178 square miles (460 km2), of which 176 square miles (460 km2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) (1.2%) is water. [4] It is the third-smallest county in Virginia by total area.
Clarke County is represented by Republican Jill Holtzman Vogel in the Virginia Senate, Republican Dave LaRock and Democrat Wendy Gooditis in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican Ben Cline in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 5,192 | 55.61% | 3,920 | 41.98% | 225 | 2.41% |
2016 | 4,661 | 56.75% | 3,051 | 37.15% | 501 | 6.10% |
2012 | 4,296 | 55.35% | 3,239 | 41.73% | 227 | 2.92% |
2008 | 3,840 | 51.68% | 3,457 | 46.52% | 134 | 1.80% |
2004 | 3,741 | 57.51% | 2,699 | 41.49% | 65 | 1.00% |
2000 | 2,883 | 54.56% | 2,166 | 40.99% | 235 | 4.45% |
1996 | 2,201 | 48.17% | 1,906 | 41.72% | 462 | 10.11% |
1992 | 1,994 | 42.90% | 1,811 | 38.96% | 843 | 18.14% |
1988 | 2,502 | 62.24% | 1,478 | 36.77% | 40 | 1.00% |
1984 | 2,529 | 67.21% | 1,215 | 32.29% | 19 | 0.50% |
1980 | 1,876 | 57.44% | 1,156 | 35.39% | 234 | 7.16% |
1976 | 1,440 | 51.54% | 1,276 | 45.67% | 78 | 2.79% |
1972 | 1,816 | 69.13% | 715 | 27.22% | 96 | 3.65% |
1968 | 1,127 | 42.62% | 768 | 29.05% | 749 | 28.33% |
1964 | 1,068 | 48.41% | 1,136 | 51.50% | 2 | 0.09% |
1960 | 804 | 46.31% | 923 | 53.17% | 9 | 0.52% |
1956 | 785 | 48.91% | 725 | 45.17% | 95 | 5.92% |
1952 | 809 | 52.88% | 716 | 46.80% | 5 | 0.33% |
1948 | 384 | 33.16% | 482 | 41.62% | 292 | 25.22% |
1944 | 415 | 33.58% | 816 | 66.02% | 5 | 0.40% |
1940 | 333 | 24.13% | 1,043 | 75.58% | 4 | 0.29% |
1936 | 198 | 17.35% | 940 | 82.38% | 3 | 0.26% |
1932 | 124 | 12.74% | 841 | 86.43% | 8 | 0.82% |
1928 | 248 | 25.10% | 740 | 74.90% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 76 | 9.76% | 687 | 88.19% | 16 | 2.05% |
1920 | 154 | 15.78% | 774 | 79.30% | 48 | 4.92% |
1916 | 49 | 7.66% | 590 | 92.19% | 1 | 0.16% |
1912 | 39 | 6.19% | 576 | 91.43% | 15 | 2.38% |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1840 | 6,353 | — | |
1850 | 7,352 | 15.7% | |
1860 | 7,146 | −2.8% | |
1870 | 6,670 | −6.7% | |
1880 | 7,682 | 15.2% | |
1890 | 8,071 | 5.1% | |
1900 | 7,927 | −1.8% | |
1910 | 7,468 | −5.8% | |
1920 | 7,165 | −4.1% | |
1930 | 7,167 | 0.0% | |
1940 | 7,159 | −0.1% | |
1950 | 7,074 | −1.2% | |
1960 | 7,942 | 12.3% | |
1970 | 8,102 | 2.0% | |
1980 | 9,965 | 23.0% | |
1990 | 12,101 | 21.4% | |
2000 | 12,652 | 4.6% | |
2010 | 14,034 | 10.9% | |
2020 | 14,783 | 5.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] 1790–1960 [7] 1900–1990 [8] 1990–2000 [9] 2010 [10] 2020 [11] |
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010 [10] | Pop 2020 [11] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 12,387 | 12,309 | 88.26% | 83.26% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 742 | 564 | 5.29% | 3.82% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 35 | 33 | 0.25% | 0.22% |
Asian alone (NH) | 121 | 210 | 0.86% | 1.42% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 5 | 15 | 0.04% | 0.10% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 15 | 89 | 0.11% | 0.60% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 239 | 676 | 1.70% | 4.57% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 490 | 887 | 3.49% | 6.00% |
Total | 14,034 | 14,783 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the census [12] of 2000, there were 12,652 people, 4,942 households, and 3,513 families residing in the county. The population density was 72 inhabitants per square mile (28/km2). There were 5,388 housing units at an average density of 30 units per square mile (12 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 91.15% White, 6.73% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.55% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. 1.46% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
By 2005 90.1% of Clarke County's population was non-Hispanic whites. 6.3% were African-American. 0.2% Native American. 0.6% Asian. 2.6% were Latino.
There were 4,942 households, out of which 29.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.20% were married couples living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 27.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.60 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $51,601, and the median income for a family was $59,750. Males had a median income of $40,254 versus $30,165 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,844. About 4.20% of families and 6.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.10% of those under age 18 and 11.10% of those age 65 or over.
The Norfolk Southern Railway's H-Line runs the perimeter of Clarke County.
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