Editing Switzer, West Virginia

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| area_code          = [[Area code 304|304]]
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'''Switzer''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Logan County, West Virginia|Logan County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. The CDP includes the neighboring unincorporated community of [[Micco, West Virginia|Micco]]. The total CDP population was 595 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010" />

The community was, most likely, named after the local Switzer family.<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=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=640;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=616}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azPttlmsv24C&q=The+community+was+named+after+the+local+Switzer+family.&pg=PT501|title=Kentucky Place Names|last=Rennick|first=Robert M.|date=2013-08-28|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0813144016|language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
Switzer is located in southwestern Logan County along [[Island Creek (West Virginia)|Island Creek]] and [[West Virginia Route 44]].<ref name=DeLorme>{{cite book| title= West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1997 |publisher= [[DeLorme]] |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-246-3 |page= 57}}</ref> The CDP is bordered to the north by [[Rossmore, West Virginia|Rossmore]] and to the south by [[Chauncey, West Virginia|Chauncey]]. Via WV-44, it is {{convert|6|mi|0}} north to [[Logan, West Virginia|Logan]], the [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Switzer CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 1.02%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> Via Island Creek, Switzer is part of the [[Guyandotte River]] watershed, flowing north to the [[Ohio River]] near [[Huntington, West Virginia|Huntington]].

==Demographics==
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 1,138 people, 466 households, and 322 families in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|118.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 537 housing units at an average density of {{convert|55.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 95.78% White, 3.08% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.97%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 466 households 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 27.3% of households were one person and 13.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.96.

The age distribution was 24.0% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.7 males.

The median household income was $21,806 and the median family income was $30,341. Males had a median income of $33,125 versus $22,054 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $13,410. About 17.4% of families and 23.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.3% of those under age 18 and 18.6% of those age 65 or over.
{{wide image|Switzer, West Virginia.jpg|1000px|alt=Route 44 in Switzer|Route 44 in Switzer}}

==References==
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{{Logan County, West Virginia}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Logan County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in West Virginia]]
[[Category:Coal towns in West Virginia]]