Woodlawn is a

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(CDP) in

Carroll County, Virginia Carroll County is a United States county located in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Roughly one fifth of the county lies in the Virginia Piedmont region, while the rest is part of the Appalachian Mountains. The count ...

, United States. The population was 2,045 at the 2020 census. Woodlawn is musically notable as the home of Heritage Shoppe and Heritage Records, a store and

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owned by Bobby Patterson, a musician from a regionally important family of performers. Heritage Records specializes in local musicians, and also releases recordings from the Old Fiddlers' Convention in

Galax, Virginia Galax is an independent city in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,720. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Galax with neighboring Carroll County for statisti ...

History

The area of present-day Woodlawn, located in Virginia's

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, began as a land grant to James Wood of

Frederick County, Virginia Frederick County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,419. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. It is Virginia's northernmost county. ...

in 1756. His son, James Wood, served as

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from 1796 to 1799. The

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, between British representative John Stuart and the

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, made the land available for settlement about 1770. The original James Wood bequeathed the land to his wife Mary who bequeathed it to her grandsons. It is thought that none of the Wood family ever lived in Woodlawn.

Geography

Woodlawn is located at (36.732719, −80.801934). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 19.5 square miles (50.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,249 people, 847 households, and 597 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 115.1 people per square mile (44.4/km²). There were 926 housing units at an average density of 47.4/sq mi (18.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.58%

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, 0.49%

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, 0.27% Native American, 0.09%

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, 0.36% from

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, and 0.22% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.93% of the population. There were 847 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were

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living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.77. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.5% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,044, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $24,942 versus $18,991 for females. The

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for the CDP was $16,494. About 4.4% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the

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, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over.

Notable sites

Woodlawn is home to the Harmon's Museum, where visitors can see the two headed calf and a large collection of arrow heads and Native American artifacts. A collection of items from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency is also housed at the museum. Woodlawn is the site of the former Woodlawn High School. The school was the first public high school in Carroll County and was among the earliest in Virginia. In 1914 it became the first

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in the United States to offer

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classes under the Smith-Hughes Act. The original building that housed the agriculture department still stands. The school was placed on the

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September 20, 2018. and the U.S. National Register of Historic Places January 17, 2019. The

Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area is a Wildlife Management Area in Carroll County, Virginia. It includes forests and open land among rolling hills ranging in elevation from above sea level to . Portions of Crooked Creek and its east fork a ...

is located just outside of Woodlawn. This area includes over 1,600 acres of mountain land with six miles of stocked trout streams providing opportunities for fishing, hunting, hiking, wildflower photography and wildlife watching. The

Blue Ridge Parkway The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenand ...

is about seven miles from Woodlawn via back roads with the picturesque Mabry Mill located at milepost 176.2 about twenty-five miles away. The Blue Ridge Music Center featuring a concert center, mountain music museum and visitor center is at milepost 213 about ten miles from Woodlawn. The

New River Trail State Park New River Trail State Park is a rail trail and state park located entirely in southwest Virginia, extending from the trail's northeastern terminus in Pulaski to its southern terminus in Galax, with a spur from Fries Junction on the main trai ...

ideal for hiking and biking is about six miles from Woodlawn.

Grayson Highlands State Park Grayson Highlands State Park is a state park located in Grayson County, Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and lies within the Jefferson National Forest. The park was established in 1965 and co ...

featuring scenic views, waterfalls, hiking to the summit of

Mount Rogers Mount Rogers is the highest natural point in Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of above mean sea level. The summit straddles the border of Grayson and Smyth Counties, Virginia, about WSW of Troutdale, Virginia. Most of the mo ...

, the

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and wild mountain ponies is about fifty miles west near the

Mount Rogers National Recreation Area Mount Rogers National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area (NRA) in southwestern Virginia near the border with Tennessee and North Carolina. It centerpiece is the Lewis Fork Wilderness containing Mount Rogers, the highest p ...

.Virginia State Parks https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/grayson-highlands

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