Warsaw, Virginia Warsaw, Virginia Location of Warsaw, Virginia Location of Warsaw, Virginia Warsaw is a town in and the governmental center of county of Richmond County, Virginia, United States. The populace was 1,512 at the 2010 census.
The initial name of the town was Richmond Courthouse.
In 1831 the town's name was changed to Warsaw, after the news of the bloody Battle of Warsaw reached small-town residents. A number of other small suburbs in the United States changed their names to Warsaw at this time (Warsaw, Kentucky for instance), all as a result of compassion in the United States for the November Uprising in Poland.
Because Richmond Courthouse was still unincorporated in 1830, it is unclear who was responsible for the change of name to Warsaw.
A former plantation estate Belle Mount is presently directed as a vineyard and winery inside a several miles of Warsaw town limits.
In addition to Menokin, Mounty Airy, and Sabine Hall, Grove Mount and the Richmond County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 3.0 square miles (7.9 km ), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375 citizens , 445 homeholds, and 233 families living in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 67.64% White, 29.38% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 1.53% from other competitions, and 0.80% from two or more competitions.
There were 445 homeholds out of which 22.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 39.1% were married couples residing together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 47.6% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 13.3% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 29.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $28,971, and the median income for a family was $44,167.
About 12.4% of families and 16.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Warsaw has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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