Union Hall is a

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(CDP) in

Franklin County, Virginia Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. Its county seat is Rocky Mount. Franklin County is part of the Roanoke metro ...

, United States. The population estimate was approximately 1,091 according to a census in 2018. It is part of the

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Geography

Union Hall is located at (37.026474, −79.691856). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 18.0 square miles (46.7 km²), of which 14.5 square miles (37.6 km²) is land and 3.5 square miles (9.1 km²) (19.59%) is water.

Demographics

Union Hall was first listed as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census. As of the

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of 2018, there were 1,091 people, 499 households, and 390 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 60.6 people per square mile (23.4/km²). There were 1,103 housing units at an average density of 61.3/sq mi (23.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.2%

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, 2.4%

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, 1.7% Asian, and 1.6% from two or more races. There were 499 households, out of which 6.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were

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living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 2.4% had a male householder with no wife present. Non-family households make up for about 21.8%. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.42. In 2018, the population in Union Hall was spread out, with 8.2% under the age of 18, 0% from 18 to 24, 4.3% from 25 to 34, 8.3% from 35 to 44, 12.2% from 45-54, 9.6% from 55 to 59, 16.4% from 60 to 64, and 40.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 62.4 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $81,181, and the median income for a family was $96,667. The

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for the CDP was $54,820. 6.8% of households have an income of less than $10,000.

Notable people

* Norwood Allman, US consular officer, judge and lawyer was born in Union Hall in 1893 *

Archie Edwards Archie L. Edwards (September 4, 1918 – June 18, 1998) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades worked with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson. His best-known recordings a ...

, the Piedmont blues musician, was born in Union Hall in 1918.

References

{{Franklin County, Virginia Census-designated places in Franklin County, Virginia