Coordinates: 37°42′31″N 82°11′2″W

Delbarton, West Virginia

Delbarton is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United
States. The population was 579 at the 2010 census. Delbarton, West Virginia
Town

Contents
History
Geography
Demographics
2010 census
2000 census Rockhouse Drive in Delbarton
Attractions
References
External links

History
Location of Delbarton in Mingo County,
Delbarton was incorporated September 6, 1946, by the Mingo
West Virginia.
County Circuit Court.

The name Delbarton comes from the New Jersey country estate
of Luther Kountze, a Wall Street financier and part owner of the
United Thacker Land Company, a large coal mining company.
Currently a Catholic high school with the same moniker, the
Delbarton School, is located on this site. The estate and town and
school all derive their name from a portmanteau of syllables in
the names of Kountze's three children (DELancey, BARclay and
LivingsTON).[6]
Delbarton,
Prior to being incorporated as a town, Delbarton was a coal camp West
built and owned by the Thacker company. Thacker needed such Virginia
camps; soon after, in 1909, acting for the company, Luther
Location within the state of West
Kountze arranged the purchase of thousands of acres in the area Virginia
from Jane Hatfield, a woman widowed by the murder of her
husband, Ellison Hatfield in the famed Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
Jane required money for herself and her children and sold
cheaply, unaware of the fantastic mineral wealth she was losing
out on. After this acquisition of land Delbarton, was created for Delbarton,
West
the needed miners who were recruited and brought in to work the Virginia
soon to be opened coal mines.[6]

The town is located in the heart of the richest coal area of the
Delbarton, West Virginia (the United
state, The Williamson Coalfield.[7]
States)
Poverty is endemic in the town of Delbarton, as it is in Mingo Coordinates: 37°42′31″N 82°11′2″W
County where it is located. US Census Bureau estimates as of Country United States
2018 put the residents living below the poverty line percentages
State West Virginia
at 36.5% for Delbarton and 28.7% for Mingo County. These
County Mingo
rates compare to 17.8% for West Virginia and 15% for the USA
overall.[8] Economists attribute the most significant cause of this Area[1]
high level of poverty to be the drastic decline in the number of • Total 1.99 sq mi
jobs in the local coal mining industry. The loss of such (5.15 km2 )
employment which has been going on for several decades is • Land 1.99 sq mi
blamed on two factors: the reduction in the amount of coal being (5.15 km2 )
extracted in the area and the ever increasing use of less labor • Water 0.00 sq mi
(0.00 km2 )
intensive removal methods for what coal is still mined.[9]
Elevation 764 ft (233 m)
Some commercial buildings in town, no longer needed for their
Population (2010)[2]
original purposes of retail or mining administration, are now used
• Total 579
to cater to the growing tourist industry. Recent Youtube clips
• Estimate (2019)[3] 497
produced by The Appalachian Project show a town that, while
• Density 250.13/sq mi
markedly hardscrabble, is also not in complete economic
(96.57/km2 )
despair.[10]
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern
(EST))
Geography • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code 25670
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a Area code(s) 304
total area of 2.01 square miles (5.21 km2 ), all land.[11]
FIPS code 54-20980[4]
GNIS feature ID 1538117[5]
Demographics Website Town of
Delbarton (htt
Historical population p://delbartonwv.
Census Pop. %±
2010 census us)
1950 1,353 —
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 579 people, 260 households, and
1960 1,122 −17.1% 150 families living in the town. The population density was 288.1
1970 903 −19.5% inhabitants per square mile (111.2/km2 ). There were 326 housing units at
1980 981 8.6% an average density of 162.2 per square mile (62.6/km2 ). The racial
1990 705 −28.1% makeup of the town was 96.4% White, 0.7% African American, 0.2%
2000 474 −32.8% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 2.6% from two or more races.
2010 579 22.2%
2019 (est.) 497 [3] −14.2% There were 260 households, of which 27.7% had children under the age
of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together,
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a
male householder with no wife present, and 42.3% were non-families.
39.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% 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 2.99.

The median age in the town was 39.3 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.2% were between
the ages of 18 and 24; 29.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.8% were from 45 to 64; and 11.6% were 65 years of age
or older. The gender makeup of the town was 54.1% male and 45.9% female.

2000 census
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 474 people, 190 households, and 125 families living in the town. The
population density was 239.8 inhabitants per square mile (92.4/km2 ). There were 239 housing units at an
average density of 120.9 per square mile (46.6/km2 ). The racial makeup of the town was 98.31% White,
0.21% African American, 0.63% Native American, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of
any race were 0.21% of the population.

There were 190 households, out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7%
were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7%
were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone
who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from
25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years.
For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $21,875, and the median income for a family was
$26,625. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $20,250 for females. The per capita income for the
town was $11,237. Although Delbarton is located in the heart of the richest coal area of West Virginia, about
30.1% of families and 34.3% of the population live below the poverty line, including 48.8% of those under
age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

Attractions
Buffalo Mountain Trail

References
1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files" (https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/201
9_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_54.txt). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7,
2020.
2. "U.S. Census website" (https://www.census.gov). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved
2013-01-24.
3. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/da
ta/tables.2019.html). United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
4. "U.S. Census website" (https://www.census.gov). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved
2008-01-31.
5. "US Board on Geographic Names" (http://geonames.usgs.gov). United States Geological
Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
6. Hardesty, Ryan (December 10, 2014). "Hatfields & McCoys Revisited Part 7" (https://blueridgec
ountry.com/archive/hatfields-mccoys-revisited-blog/winners-and-losers-feudists-and-financier
s/). BlueRidge Country Magazine. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
7. Della Mea, Chris (2001–2020). "Southern West Virginia Coalfields" (http://www.coalcampusa.c
om/sowv/index.html). Coal Camps USA. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
8. "Delbarton West Virginia - Profile" (https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US5420980-delbar
ton-wv/). Census Reporter. 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
9. Brown, Dylan (June 9, 2016). "COAL: Killing in 'Bloody Mingo' Casts Shadow Across
Appalachia" (https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060038554). E&E News. Retrieved April 23,
2020.
10. Delbarton, West Virginia - in the heart of coal country (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVd4
SSdVCTw). The Appalachian Project. Posted to Youtube August 13, 2017. Retrieved April 23,
2020.
11. "US Gazetteer files 2010" (https://www.webcitation.org/64vfLAeJ2?url=http://www.census.gov/g
eo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt). United States Census Bureau. Archived from
the original (https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt) on
2012-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
12. "Census of Population and Housing" (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-cen
sus.html). Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

External links
Town website (http://www.delbartonwv.us)
A Drive Through Town (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVd4SSdVCTw)

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