Keysville, Virginia

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Keysville is a town in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States. The population was 817 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Keysville is located at 37°2′24″N, 78°29′1″W (37.039991, -78.483524)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 817 people, 359 households, and 194 families residing in the town. The population density was 267.3/km² (694.0/mi²). There were 398 housing units at an average density of 130.2/km² (338.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 64.75% White, 33.54% African American, 0.12% Asian, 1.10% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.10% of the population.

There were 359 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.0% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7% were non-families. 43.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the town the population was spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 30.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 67.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 67.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,750, and the median income for a family was $34,667. Males had a median income of $27,750 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,560. About 10.9% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.0% of those under age 18 and 21.1% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

The town of Keysville was an on location site (the train station served as a recreated Warm Springs, GA) for filming during the production of the 1976 TV movie Eleanor & Franklin, starring Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann.