Hurt is a town in

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, United States. Population was 1,304 at the 2010 census. It is included in the

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History

The community bears the name of Colonel John R. Hurt, an early citizen.

Hill Grove School Hill Grove School is a historic school for African American children located at Hurt, Virginia, Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was built in 1915, and is a small, simple single-story, weatherboarded, light-frame building on a fieldstone fou ...

and Locust Hill are listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²), all of it land. The sole major road to go through the town is

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, via a business spur that also goes through

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; the main road bypasses both towns to the west.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,276 people, 541 households, and 385 families living in the town. The

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was 487.2 people per square mile (188.0/km²). There were 592 housing units at an average density of 226.0 per square mile (87.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 86.52%

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, 12.07%

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, 0.16% Native American, 0.39%

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, 0.31% from

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, and 0.55% from two or more races.

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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

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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 age 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

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for the town was $16,875. About 9.3% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the

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, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

Notable person

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driver * Jesse Baker, 2021

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References

{{Virginia towns Towns in Pittsylvania County, Virginia