| Glen Dale, West Virginia | |||
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| Motto: Montani Semper Liberi | |||
| Location of Glen Dale, West Virginia | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
| State | West Virginia | ||
| County | Marshall | ||
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| • Total | 1.1 sq mi (3.0 km2) | ||
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 692 ft (211 m) | ||
| Population (2000) | |||
| • Total | 1,552 | ||
| • Density | 1,940.8/sq mi (749.4/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP code | 26038 | ||
| Area code(s) | 304/681 | ||
| FIPS code | 54-31492[1] | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1560592[2] | ||
Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,552 at the 2000 census. Glen Dale was incorporated in 1924.
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Glen Dale is located at (39.948594, -80.754922)[3].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (3.0 km²), of which, 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²) of it (30.43%) is water.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,552 people, 697 households, and 469 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,940.8 people per square mile (749.0/km²). There were 757 housing units at an average density of 946.6 per square mile (365.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.65% White, 1.96% African American, 0.32% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.08% of the population.
There were 697 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.75.
In the city the population was spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $49,306. Males had a median income of $40,352 versus $25,588 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,409. About 5.4% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.
Glen Dale is home to the historic Cockayne Farmstead. Samuel Cockayne (1768–1854) migrated from the east and settled on the land that now comprises Glen Dale in 1798. The Cockayne Family operated a large farm, which was inherited by Samuel's sons, Benjamin Bennett Cockayne (1805–1875) and Vincent Lowe Cockayne (1807–1886), upon his death in 1854. Benjamin Bennett Cockayne, known by Bennett, built the farmhouse in 1850.
Ownership of the farmhouse and the surrounding farmland passed down through the direct bloodline of Bennett Cockayne, who married Sarah Price (1809–1884) in 1826. Samuel Andrew Jackson Cockayne (1841–1904), son of Bennett and Sarah (Price) Cockayne, was the next member of the family to inherit the farm. Samuel Andrew Jackson Cockayne married Hannah Jane Alexander (1840–1917) in 1863. Samuel A. J. Cockayne raised American Merino sheep on the farm during his tenure as owner and made it internationally known for its production of Merino wool. Hannah Jane (Alexander) Cockayne gave the name "Glen Dale Farm" to the Cockayne Farmstead, and it is from the name of the farm in which the city of Glen Dale derived its name.
Samuel Alexander Cockayne (1874–1953), son of Samuel A. J. Cockayne and Hannah Jane (Alexander) Cockayne, inherited the farm upon his mother's death in 1917. He married Beulah Smith (1881–1945) in 1919, and they had two sons - Samuel Andrew Jackson Cockayne (1921–2001) and John Bennett Cockayne (1923–1996). Ownership of the farmstead passed to Samuel A. J. Cockayne upon his father's death in 1953. Samuel A. J. Cockayne, who served in the US Army during World War II in the South Pacific, continued to farm the land until 1967 when most of the farmland was sold for the construction of nearby John Marshall High School. Samuel A. J. Cockayne lived out the rest of his life unmarried in the farmhouse until his death in 2001. In his will, he bequeathed the farmhouse and its contents to the City of Glen Dale. The city leased the property to the Marshall County Historical Society, who undertook a major restoration project in an effort to preserve the farmhouse, its contents and the remaining land that comprises the farmstead.
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