Elkins, West Virginia Elkins, West Virginia Davis Avenue in downtown Elkins in 2006 Davis Avenue in downtown Elkins in 2006 Location of Elkins, West Virginia Location of Elkins, West Virginia State West Virginia Elkins is a town/city in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA.
Senator from West Virginia.
It is the governmental center of county of Randolph County. Elkins is home to Davis and Elkins College and to the Mountain State Forest Festival, held in early October every year.[not verified in body] Before its primary development, the region that would turn into Elkins was known as Leadsville, and was the site of a several scattered homesteads a place where the small-town farmers' corn crop was loaded onto boats and floated down the Tygart Valley River.
The City of Elkins was advanced by U.S.
Senators Henry Gassaway Davis (1823 1916) and Stephen Benton Elkins (1841 1911) and titled for the latter in 1890.
(Elkins was Davis' son-in-law.) The two framers developed barns lines, coal mines, and timbering businesses.
Together, they assembled the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway into Elkins in 1889, opening a vast territory to industrialized evolution by the late 1890s.
After an intense political "war" with close-by Beverly, where the new county courthouse building was burned down in 1897 under suspicious circumstances, Elkins became the governmental center of county in 1899.
In 1904 the new Randolph County Courthouse designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style was instead of in Elkins.
Where the view of the new town was most delightful and picturesque, Davis and Elkins each assembled permanent places of residence, known as Graceland (1893) and Halliehurst (1890), in the order given. Today, Elkins has an active economic evolution authority, chamber of commerce, downtown company organization and various social, fraternal and service organizations that sponsor annual affairs like the Mountain State Forest Festival, which brings thousands of citizens into the town/city every year. As of the census of 2010, there were 7,094 citizens , 3,038 homeholds, and 1,756 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.5% White, 1.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,038 homeholds of which 26.0% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 40.6% were married couples residing together, 12.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.2% were non-families.
20.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 26.1% were from 45 to 64; and 17.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,032 citizens , 2,988 homeholds, and 1,756 families living in the city.
There were 2,988 homeholds out of which 25.0% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 43.4% were married couples residing together, 11.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 14.4% of families and 19.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.
Elkins is positioned at the confluence of the Tygart Valley River and Leading Creek. The average altitude is 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.43 square miles (8.88 km2), all land. Elkins is command posts for the Monongahela National Forest, a 910,155-acre (368,327 ha) federal reserve encompassing the "High Alleghenies" region to the east of the city.
In 1995, a second version of The 100 Best Small Towns in America, written by Norman Crampton, featured Elkins among the special places in the United States.
Crampton quoted then Editor Emerita of The Inter-Mountain, Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum, "You can stand on any street in Elkins and turn in all directions and see forest veiled mountain ranges rimming the city.
Climate data for Elkins, West Virginia (1981 2010 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 12.7 10.5 6.9 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 .5 3.8 10.0 47.7 Attracting musicians and pupils from around the world, it is held on the Davis and Elkins College ground and in town over 5 consecutive weeks every summer, typically in July and August.
Mountain State Forest Festival an annual, early fall festival and fair held on the streets of Elkins and on the Davis and Elkins College Campus.
Randolph County International Ramp Cookoff and Festival an annual festival at town/city park and on the Davis & Elkins College ground at the end of April.
Heading west of the city, US 33 is Corridor H, a primary four-lane highway connecting to Interstate 79 at Weston.
Long-term plans call for Corridor H to be extended further past Elkins eventually to Interstate 81 at Strasburg, Virginia.
Elkins Randolph County Airport (Jennings Randolph Airfield) (code KEKN) is a county-wide airport with two large runways, each over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long with plans for lengthening the runways by at least 500 feet (150 m).
William Wallace "Wally" Barron former West Virginia governor, who was later indicted for bribery and jury tampering.
Senator from West Virginia in 1871 1883 and 1904 Democratic candidate for Vice-President Stephen Benton Elkins U.S.
Senator from West Virginia in 1895 1911, Secretary of War and namesake of the town Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum first female editor of a everyday journal in West Virginia and interviewer of U.S.
Jae Spears West Virginia state legislator United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Elkins, West Virginia".
"Elkins, West Virginia Area Code".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer.
Crampton, Norman, The 100 Best Towns in America, 2nd Edition, Mc - Millan, Inc., New York City, 134-37.
Mountain State Forest Festival Randolph County Festival Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elkins, West Virginia.
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