Star City, West Virginia
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Star City is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,779 at the 2020 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is included in the Morgantown metropolitan area.
History
[edit]Star City was founded in 1907,<ref>Town of Star City Original Charter, compiled and copied under Order of Council by Thomas Ray Dille, Esq., September 1908</ref> and took its name from the local Star Glass Company.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Socialist Party government
[edit]By 1910 the Socialist Party of America had organized a branch in the town and within a year had won four out of five seats in the city council, as part of a wider national political movement of the time.<ref>Morgantown New Dominion, January 5, 1912, January 20, 1913, January 9, 1914, January 8, 1915 and January 7, 1916, footnoted in Cresswell, Stephen, "When The Socialists Ran Star City", (chapter) West Virginia History Volume 52 (1993), pp. 59-72, via West Virginia Division of Culture and History</ref><ref>Critchlow, Donald T., ed., Socialism in the Heartland: The Midwestern Experience, 1900-1925 (Notre Dame: Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1986); Judd,Richard W. , Socialist Cities: Municipal Politics and the Grass Roots of American Socialism (Albany: State Univ. of New York Press, 1989), footnoted in Cresswell</ref>
The Socialist Party would continue to be the dominant party in Star City politics through 1917, when its rival the Citizens' Party took over municipal government. To avoid un-American connotations that became associated with the name after World War I, the Socialist Party of Star City in 1918 renamed itself the Independent Citizens' party and won back local government, partly due to its opposition to the regressive "capitation tax" the Citizens' Party had imposed.<ref>Morgantown Post-Chronicle, January 1 and 5, 1917; Morgantown New Dominion, November 6, 1912, and January 5, 1917; Morgantown Weekly New Dominion, October 10 and 31 and December 12; Morgantown New Dominion January 3, 1918, and January 1, 1919; Frederick, Cinder Heads in the Hills: The Belgian Window Glass Workers of West Virginia (Charleston: West Virginia Educational Services, 1988), p. 7, footnoted in Cresswell</ref> However, in 1924, the People's party, formed two years earlier and composed largely of former Citizens' party supporters, took over.<ref>Minute Books, Star City Town Council, Star City town hall, I:163 (1919), II:63 (1922) and 133 (1924), footnoted in Cresswell</ref> Until that time, the Socialists were a mainstay of this working-class town, organizing the Workingmen's Co-operative Store and creating community pillars with Local Twenty-six of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union and the Young People's Socialist League.<ref>Morgantown Weekly New Dominion, October 7, 1914; Morgantown New Dominion, June 12, 1913, January 7 and December 27, 1915, and Barkey, Frederick Allan, "The Socialist Party in West Virginia from 1898 to 1920: a Study in Working Class Radicalism" (Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1971), p. 118, footnoted in Cresswell</ref>
Star City Volunteer Fire Department
[edit]The Star City Volunteer Fire Department was founded in the 1939. The department has an all-volunteer firefighting staff and a combination of paid and volunteer EMS staff. The agency responds to approximately 1,200 emergency calls per year and provides Firefighting and Rescue services to the town of Star City and surrounding unincorporated areas. It is designated as the district's Company 20 (Fire) and Station 20 (EMS).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]Star City is located at Template:Coord (39.657966, -79.986046).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]2010 census
[edit]As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2010, there were 1,825 people, 903 households, and 363 families living in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,001 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 88.7% White, 4.4% African American, 4.1% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population.
There were 903 households, of which 14.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.0% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 59.8% were non-families. 39.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.69.
The median age in the town was 29.9 years. 11.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 27.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.4% were from 25 to 44; 21.8% were from 45 to 64; and 11.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 50.7% male and 49.3% female.
2000 census
[edit]As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,366 people, 697 households, and 333 families living in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 753 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 93.56% White, 2.64% African American, 2.34% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.15% of the population.
There were 697 households, out of which 17.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.6% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 52.1% were non-families. 41.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96 and the average family size was 2.71.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 15.0% under the age of 18, 17.1% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $26,771, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,188 versus $21,838 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,003. About 12.1% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" />
Education
[edit]It is served by Monongalia County Schools.<ref>"Zoning Map." Star City. Retrieved on November 16, 2018.</ref> Zoned schools are Suncrest Elementary School,<ref>"Suncrest ES Zone Template:Webarchive" and "Star City Elementary Schools Template:Webarchive." - Derived from the Monongalia County School District Mapping program. Monongalia County Schools. Retrieved on November 16, 2018.</ref> Suncrest Middle School,<ref>"Suncrest MS Zone Template:Webarchive" and "Star City Middle Schools Template:Webarchive." - Derived from the Monongalia County School District Mapping program. Monongalia County Schools. Retrieved on November 16, 2018.</ref> and Morgantown High School.<ref>"Morgantown HS Overall Zone Template:Webarchive" and "Morgantown HS with Star City Template:Webarchive." - Derived from the Monongalia County School District Mapping program. Monongalia County Schools. Retrieved on November 16, 2018.</ref>
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