Editing St. Charles, Virginia

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'''St. Charles''' is a [[census-designated place]] and former [[List of towns in Virginia|town]] in [[Lee County, Virginia|Lee County]], [[Virginia]], United States. The population was 72 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 159 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].

==History==
A post office was established at Saint Charles in 1908.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=VA&county=Lee&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=Lee County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> The town was incorporated by the Lee County, Virginia Circuit Court on January 10, 1914.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/charters/st-charles/ | title=Town of St. Charles Charter | publisher=Virginia's Legislative Information System | access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref> The community was named for Charles Bondurant, a coal mining official.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA18|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=18}}</ref>

=== Disincorporation ===

In 2022, the [[Virginia General Assembly]] passed a bill to terminate the town's charter, citing that nobody had run for town office in the past two elections.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Markus |date=15 March 2022 |title=It's a wrap! |url=https://cardinalnews.org/2022/03/15/its-a-wrap/ |work=Cardinal News |location=Richmond |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
St. Charles is located in northern Lee County at {{coord|36|48|14|N|83|3|26|W|type:city}} (36.803858, &minus;83.057208).<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=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The town straddles a narrow hollow along Straight Creek (part of the [[Powell River (Tennessee River tributary)|Powell River]] watershed), just east of the [[Kentucky]]–Virginia state line. It is surrounded on all sides by rugged hills, including Lone Mountain to the northeast, and Little Black Mountain to the northwest. [[Virginia State Route 352|State Route 352]] connects St. Charles to [[U.S. Route 421]] near [[Pennington Gap, Virginia|Pennington Gap]] to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.46|sqkm|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 400
|1930= 457
|1940= 482
|1950= 550
|1960= 368
|1970= 368
|1980= 241
|1990= 206
|2000= 159
|2010= 128
|2020= 72
|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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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 159 people, 61 households, and 43 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was 962.3 people per square mile (361.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 72 housing units at an average density of 435.8 per square mile (163.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 99.37% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.63% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]].

There were 61 households, out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 21.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $14,821, and the median income for a family was $16,875. Males had a median income of $24,583 versus $11,786 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $10,133. About 43.8% of families and 44.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 66.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 56.7% of those 65 or over.

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==External links==
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lee County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Virginia]]
[[Category:1914 establishments in Virginia]]