Editing Brodnax, Virginia

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Brodnax, Virginia
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
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| image_caption      = Brodnax Town building on Main Street
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| map_caption        = Location of Brodnax, Virginia
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Virginia]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Virginia|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]], [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]]

<!-- Government -->| named_for          = [[William Henry Brodnax]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Don Dugger
| leader_title1      = 
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| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = 1915
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_51.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 0.71
| area_land_sq_mi    = 0.70
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 283
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = &minus;4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 125
| elevation_ft       = 410
| coordinates        = {{coord|36|42|12|N|78|1|54|W|region:US-VA_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 23920
| area_code          = [[Area code 434|434]]
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| blank_info         = {{FIPS|51|10072}}
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| area_total_km2     = 1.84
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'''Brodnax''' is a town in [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]] and [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. The population was 283 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Brodnax_town,_Virginia?g=160XX00US5110072 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Brodnax Station on the Atlantic and Danville Railway.jpg|thumb|left|Brodnax Train Station on the Atlantic and Danville Railway]]

Brodnax, Virginia was a stop on the [[Atlantic and Danville Railway]].<ref name="AmRails2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.american-rails.com/nfd.html#gallery[pageGallery]/3/|title=American Rails|last=Burns|first=Adam|access-date=June 18, 2020 }}</ref>   Due to Virginia Law, alcoholic spirits could not be sold on the [[Atlantic and Danville Railway]] train within two miles of Brodnax in 1896.<ref name="Delegates1895">{{cite book|author=Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates|title=Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UNNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA445|year=1895|publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia|page=445}}</ref>   The [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway Company]], which leased the A&D starting in 1899, made significant improvements to the passenger depot in Brodnax in 1904.<ref name="Commission1905">{{cite book|author=Virginia. State Corporation Commission|title=Annual Report of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. Compilations from Returns of Railroads, Canals, Electric Railways and Other Corporate Companies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6IkAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR14|year=1905|pages=14–15}}</ref> Today, the [[Tobacco Heritage Trail]] runs through the town on the old Atlantic and Danville Railway.<ref name="Tennis2014">{{cite book|author=Joe Tennis|title=Virginia Rail Trails: Crossing the Commonwealth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyZ3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT73|date=October 28, 2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated|isbn=978-1-62585-186-4|pages=73–74}}</ref>

The [[Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2004.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Brodnax is located on the border of Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties at {{coord|36|42|12|N|78|1|54|W|type:city}} (36.703422, &minus;78.031570).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 58 in Virginia|U.S. Route 58]] passes through the town, leading west {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[South Hill, Virginia|South Hill]] and [[Interstate 85 in Virginia|Interstate 85]] and east {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Emporia, Virginia|Emporia]] and [[Interstate 95 in Virginia|Interstate 95]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.84|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.83|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.94%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Brodnax town, Virginia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5110072 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212204601/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5110072 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1920 = 235
| 1930 = 365
| 1940 = 536
| 1950 = 499
| 1960 = 561
| 1970 = 569
| 1980 = 492
| 1990 = 388
| 2000 = 317
| 2010 = 298
| 2020 = 283
| 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>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 317 people, 122 households, and 80 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|450.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 139 housing units at an average density of {{convert|197.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 51.42% White and 48.58% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.89%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>

Of the 122 households 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were married couples living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 30.3% of households were one person and 18.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.29.

The age distribution was 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.

The median household income was $24,706 and the median family income was $38,750. Males had a median income of $22,045 versus $19,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,785. About 10.8% of families and 18.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.5% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Virginia towns}}
{{Brunswick County, Virginia}}
{{Mecklenburg County, Virginia}}

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[[Category:Towns in Virginia]]
[[Category:Towns in Brunswick County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Towns in Mecklenburg County, Virginia]]