Editing Hurt, Virginia

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|official_name            = Hurt, Virginia
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Houses on Prospect Road
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Virginia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Virginia|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania]]

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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = [[Council-Manager]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Gary Hodnett
|leader_title1            = [[Town Council]]
|leader_name1             = Bob Majure<br/>Gary Poindexter<br/>Paul Johnson<br/>Michael Blackstock<br/>Kathy Keesee<br/>Steve Worley
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|unit_pref  = Imperial
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 3.51
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|population_as_of          = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes      = 
|population_total          = 1267
|population_density_sq_mi  = 364.08
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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_ft             = 748
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 24563
|area_code                = [[Area code 434|434]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 51-39224<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1468433<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.townofhurtva.gov/}}
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2020
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|population_est = 1267
|area_total_km2 = 9.10
|area_land_km2 = 9.00
|area_water_km2 = 0.09
|population_density_km2 = 141
}}
'''Hurt''' is a town in [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania County]], [[Virginia]], United States. The population was 1,269 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is included in the [[Danville, Virginia]] [[Danville, Virginia metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The community bears the name of Colonel John R. Hurt, an early citizen.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moyer |first1=Armond |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=69 |title=The origins of unusual place-names |last2=Moyer |first2=Winifred |publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates |year=1958 |page=66}}</ref>

[[Hill Grove School]] and [[Locust Hill (Hurt, Virginia)|Locust Hill]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 3.51&nbsp;square miles (9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).

The sole major road to pass through the town is [[U.S. Route 29 in Virginia|U.S. Route 29]], via a business spur that also goes through [[Altavista, Virginia|Altavista]]; the main road bypasses both towns to the west.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1970= 1434
|1980= 1481
|1990= 1294
|2000= 1276
|2010= 1304
|2020= 1267

|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>
}}
'''2000'''
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,276 people, 541 households, and 385 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was 487.2 people per square mile (188.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 592 housing units at an average density of 226.0 per square mile (87.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 86.52% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 12.07% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.39% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.31% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.55% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 541 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 24.8% 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 2.36 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,467, and the median income for a family was $40,938. Males had a median income of $29,219 versus $21,675 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,875. About 9.3% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Stacy Compton]], [[NASCAR]] driver

==References==

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{{Pittsylvania County, Virginia}}
{{Virginia towns}}

[[Category:Towns in Pittsylvania County, Virginia]]