| Eleanor, West Virginia | |
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| — Town — | |
| Location of Eleanor, West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Putnam |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 604 ft (184 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,518 |
| • Density | 1,787.1/sq mi (690/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 25070 |
| Area code(s) | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-24292[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1538590[2] |
Eleanor is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, U.S., along the Kanawha River.[3] Its population was 1,518 at the 2010 census.[4] The town was established as a New Deal project in the 1930s and named for Eleanor Roosevelt.[5] Like other FDR towns around the nation (such as Greenbelt, Greenhills, Greendale, Hanford, or Norris), it was a "sundown town", for whites only.[6]
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Eleanor was established in 1934, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the county and developed it as a test site for families. It was one of three resettlement communities in West Virginia, the others being Arthurdale and Tygart Valley. When the town was developed, the houses were built to look very similar to one another and are now referred to as old Eleanor houses. There are two schools in Eleanor, George Washington Elementary School and George Washington Middle School. G.W. Middle was burned down in 2000 by three students who attended the school at the time.
Eleanor is located at (38.539037, -81.931046)[7].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.2 km²), all land.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,345 people, 574 households, and 416 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,597.1 inhabitants per square mile (618.2/km²). There were 608 housing units at an average density of 722.0 per square mile (279.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.55% White, 0.07% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.15% Asian, and 0.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.
There were 574 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the town the population was spread out with 21.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $35,284, and the median income for a family was $43,274. Males had a median income of $35,000 versus $21,198 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,104. About 5.6% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.
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