Editing Bradshaw, West Virginia

{{short description|Town in West Virginia, United States}}
{{for|the community in Logan County|Bradshaw, Logan County, West Virginia}}
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'''Bradshaw''' is a town in [[McDowell County, West Virginia|McDowell County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. The population was 337 at the 2010 census. Bradshaw was [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] in December 1979 and named for a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=155|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press   |location=Piedmont, WV|page=127}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.80|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.77|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{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 }}</ref>

Bradshaw is on the [[Sandy River (West Virginia)|Sandy River]] and is serviced by the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] (former [[Norfolk and Western]]) network. The town has [[River View High School (West Virginia)]] one of only two [[high school]]s in the County.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1990= 394
|2000= 289
|2010= 337
|estyear=2019
|estimate=271
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{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}}</ref>
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The median income for a household in the town was $12,083, and the median income for a family was $14,750. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $25,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $9,458. About 43.7% of families and 54.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 87.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 31.0% of those 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, Mayor Lawrence Crigger there were 337 people, 131 households, and 97 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|437.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 166 housing units at an average density of {{convert|215.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.6% from two or more races.

There were 131 households, of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26.0% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.98.

The median age in the town was 40.6 years. 25.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.9% were from 25 to 44; 30.2% were from 45 to 64; and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.

==References==
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{{McDowell County, West Virginia}}
{{West Virginia municipalities}}

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[[Category:Towns in McDowell County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Towns in West Virginia]]
[[Category:Coal towns in West Virginia]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1979]]