Skipwith, Virginia
Encyclopedia
Skipwith is an unincorporated community
in old Bluestone Township, Mecklenburg County
, Virginia
, United States
. It is located between Chase City and Clarksville
, east-northeast of the county seat at Boydton. The community was named for local members of the Skipwith family, related to colonial Virginia Skipwith families which began arriving from English baronial estates in the 1650s. One ancient Skipwith coat of arms is blazoned "Argent, three bars Gules, in chief a greyhound courant Sable."
Skipwith lies in the Piedmont
area of Virginia and has a humid sub-tropical climate generalized by hot, humid summers and cool to chilly winters. The average annual rainfall is 42.7 inches with winter-time snowfall averaging 3.5 inches.
(ZCTA) for Skipwith ZIP Code
, 23968, had an estimated population of 912 in the year 2000, and rose to 1,057 in the year 2010.
West End High School opened in the autumn of 1952 in Skipwith to serve the black scholars of western Mecklenburg County. The Massive Resistance
faction legislated defunding of public schools that integrated the training of black and white scholars. Following lawsuits throughout Virginia that established equality of access to educational opportunity, and incremental changes in the attitudes of the general public, West End High School was closed in 1969.
The Alternate Learning Center opened in Skipwith in 19?? , and is located at 6825 Skipwith Road, Skipwith, VA 23968.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in old Bluestone Township, Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County, Virginia
As of the census of 2010, there were 32,727 people, 12,951 households, and 8,962 families residing in the county. The population density was 52 people per square mile . There were 17,403 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located between Chase City and Clarksville
Clarksville, Virginia
Clarksville is a town founded in Mecklenburg County and overlapping across Halifax County in the U.S. state of Virginia, near the southern border of the state. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census...
, east-northeast of the county seat at Boydton. The community was named for local members of the Skipwith family, related to colonial Virginia Skipwith families which began arriving from English baronial estates in the 1650s. One ancient Skipwith coat of arms is blazoned "Argent, three bars Gules, in chief a greyhound courant Sable."
Geography and climate
Skipwith is located at 36.6943070°N 78.4908321°W (36.599589, -78.143051). Skipwith is 139 meters (456 feet) above sea level.Skipwith lies in the Piedmont
Piedmont (United States)
The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New Jersey in the north to central Alabama in the south. The Piedmont province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division...
area of Virginia and has a humid sub-tropical climate generalized by hot, humid summers and cool to chilly winters. The average annual rainfall is 42.7 inches with winter-time snowfall averaging 3.5 inches.
Demographics
The ZIP Code Tabulation AreaZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. This new entity was developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely defining the land area covered by each ZIP code...
(ZCTA) for Skipwith ZIP Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
, 23968, had an estimated population of 912 in the year 2000, and rose to 1,057 in the year 2010.
Economy
In addition to local small businesses , Skipwith is the site of the Bluestone Senior High School "Barons" (established autumn 1955) and the Bluestone Middle School "Trojans."History
Holly Rock Elementary School was located in Skipwith from autumn 19?? to ????.West End High School opened in the autumn of 1952 in Skipwith to serve the black scholars of western Mecklenburg County. The Massive Resistance
Massive resistance
Massive resistance was a policy declared by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on February 24, 1956, to unite other white politicians and leaders in Virginia in a campaign of new state laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision...
faction legislated defunding of public schools that integrated the training of black and white scholars. Following lawsuits throughout Virginia that established equality of access to educational opportunity, and incremental changes in the attitudes of the general public, West End High School was closed in 1969.
The Alternate Learning Center opened in Skipwith in 19?? , and is located at 6825 Skipwith Road, Skipwith, VA 23968.
Sources
- http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/va.html
- http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Feature Detail Report for Skipwith
External links
- Bluestone Middle School, Skipworth http://bms.mcpsweb.org/
- Bluestone Senior High School, Skipwith http://bhs.mcpsweb.org/