The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDavy is a town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 209 at the 2020 census, down from 420 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1873, the town was originally called Hallsville but the name would change to Davy by 1901. Davy was officially incorporated in 1948. It is a mostly residential community in a coal mining district along the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railway.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 420 to 209 (-50%). Half of its homes were built before 1958.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Davy yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Davy’s history is told.
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Davy, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Davy is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Davy has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Welch Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) in Welch, 4.4 miles away.
Davy and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.