Ellenboro, West Virginia Ellenboro, West Virginia Location of Ellenboro, West Virginia Location of Ellenboro, West Virginia State West Virginia Ellenboro is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
Route 50 and West Virginia Route 16; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town. The town was titled for Ellen Mariah Williamson, the eldest daughter of the family that granted a right of way for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to build their line through the town; an earlier name for the improve was Shumley. Ellenboro was incorporated in 1903. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.13 square miles (2.93 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 363 citizens , 160 homeholds, and 109 families living in the town.
There were 160 homeholds of which 24.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.4% were married couples residing together, 13.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 31.9% were non-families.
28.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town was 48.4 years.
19.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20% were from 25 to 44; 39.3% were from 45 to 64; and 14.9% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 158 homeholds out of which 27.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.4% were married couples residing together, 12.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families.
27.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $22,500, and the median income for a family was $26,563.
About 26.7% of families and 30.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 49.3% of those under age 18 and 18.0% of those age 65 or over.
West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains.
West Virginia Blue Book.
Municipalities and communities of Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States
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