Hedgesville, West Virginia

Up to the 18th Century, the area was home to the Tuscarora people.{{cite news|title=Indian History of Present Day Berkeley County, West Virginia |url=https://nativeheritageproject.com/2015/09/13/indian-history-of-present-day-berkeley-county-west-virginia| access-date= March 19, 2019}} The Hedgesville area was subsequently settled by William Snodgrass, who arrived in the American colonies in 1700. William Snodgrass is buried in the cemetery of Tuscarora Presbyterian Church in Berkeley County, West Virginia.

Officially established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on February 11, 1836,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KvBQAQAAMAAJ&q=1836+hedgesville&pg=PA27|title=Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia |date= January 1, 1836|publisher=J. E. Goode|pages=360 |language=en}} the Town of Hedgesville was laid out in 1832 along the old Warm Springs Road (now West Virginia Route 9) and named for the prominent local Hedges family.{{cite book |title= Chronicles of Old Berkeley: A Narrative History of a Virginia County from Its Beginnings to 1926 |last=Kenny |first= Hamill |chapter= West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains |url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=332;size=125 |year=1945 |publisher= The Place Name Press |location= Piedmont, WV |page=304}} In 1854, Hedgesville was officially incorporated by the General Assembly. The act of incorporation provided for a town council consisting of seven trustees, but the act was amended in 1858 so that a mayor could be added to the council.{{Cite book |first=Ann |last=Gardiner |title= Chronicles of Old Berkeley: A Narrative History of a Virginia County from Its Beginnings to 1926 |publisher= The Seeman Press |year=1938 |pages=41–42 |language=en}} Hedgesville is a National Register Historic District.

File:2016-08-25 15 32 26 View east along West Virginia State Route 9 (Hedgesville Road) at Rumbling Rock Road in Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia.jpg

Two primary highways serve Hedgesville. The more prominent of these is West Virginia Route 9. WV 9 travels southeastward to Martinsburg and provides connections to Interstate 81. To the northwest, WV 9 connects to U.S. Route 522 in Berkeley Springs. The other primary highway serving Hedgesville is West Virginia Route 901, which heads east from its western end at WV 9 in Hedgesville to I-81 at Falling Waters.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|0.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}

{{US Census population

|1880= 383

|1890= 448

|1900= 342

|1910= 328

|1920= 379

|1930= 361

|1940= 403

|1950= 419

|1960= 342

|1970= 274

|1980= 217

|1990= 227

|2000= 240

|2010= 318

|2020= 346

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

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As of the census{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 24, 2013}} of 2010, there were 318 people, 119 households, and 82 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|2446.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 135 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1038.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.3% White, 5.3% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 1.6% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population.

There were 119 households, of which: 46.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 42.9% were married couples living together; 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present; 5.0% had a male householder with no wife present; and, 31.1% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67, and the average family size was 3.07.

The median age in the town was 31.2 years. 29.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 32.4% were from 25 to 44; 20.1% were from 45 to 64; and 8.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.2% male and 52.8% female.

As of the census of 2000, there were 240 people, 88 households, and 65 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|772.2|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}. There were 99 housing units at an average density of {{convert|816.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 92.08% White, 3.75% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.42% Pacific Islander, and 3.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.83% of the population.

There were 88 households, of which 43.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 20.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 34.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 75.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,375, and the median income for a family was $46,563. Males had a median income of $31,042 versus $21,985 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,772. About 2.8% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.7% of those 65 or over.

• Andy Boarman — bluegrass and folk musician
• Gale Catlett — basketball player and coach
• James G. Leyburn (1902–1993) — American sociologist, author, and professor{{Cite web |title=The James Graham Leyburn Papers, 1902–1993 WLU Coll. 0288 |url=https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=wl-ley/vilxw00002.xml |website=Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library, Special Collections and Archives}}
• David O'Brien Martin — former US Congressman

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15263/15263-h/15263-h.htm The Underground Railroad, by William Still, digitized online.]

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• [http://www.hedgesvillewv.us/ Corporation of Hedgesville Website]

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