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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Alberta, Virginia
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
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'''Alberta''' is a town in [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick County]], [[Virginia]], United States. The population was 298302 at the 2010[[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{citeCite web |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Alberta town, Virginia |url=httphttps://factfinder2data.census.gov/bkmkprofile/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5100724| titleAlberta_town,_Virginia?g=Geographic160XX00US5100724 Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alberta town, Virginia| publisheraccess-date=U.S. CensusApril Bureau23, American2024 Factfinder| accessdatewebsite=May2020 1,United 2014States Census}}</ref> It is home to the Christanna Campus of [[Southside Virginia Community College]].
 
==History==
For much of the 20th century, Alberta marked the junction of two railroad mainlines. The [[Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad]] from [[Petersburg, Virginia]] to Ridgeway Junction (today [[Norlina, North Carolina]]) was completed in 1900, at which point it was merged into the [[Seaboard Air Line]] (SAL).<ref>{{cite book | last1=Griffin | first1=William E. Jr. | last2=Dixon | first2=Thomas W. Jr. |title=Virginia Railroads: Railroading in the Old Dominion |date=2010 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc |location=Forest, Virginia |isbn=9780939487974 |pages=79–87}}</ref> By 1914, the population of Alberta was estimate by the railroad to be somewhere around 100.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Freight Traffic Department, Seaboard Air Line Railway |title=Seaboard Air Line Railway Shippers Guide |date=1914 |publisher=Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company |location=New York City |page=161 |edition=1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/seaboardairliner1914seab/page/8/mode/2up |access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> The Seaboard line (dubbed the "S-line" after later mergers) continued to operate into the 1980s, and today Alberta is along the abandoned portion of the CSX [[Norlina Subdivision]]. The [[Virginian Railway]] opened in 1907 from [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] to [[Victoria, Virginia]], passing through Alberta (with through-service from the coalfields of Appalachia starting in 1909). The Virginian continued in use until it was gradually abandoned following a merger with [[Norfolk and Western]] in the later half of the 20th century.
 
[[Hobson's Choice (Alberta, Virginia)|Hobson's Choice]] and [[Rocky Run Methodist Church]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
 
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Alberta is located in north-central Brunswick County along [[U.S. Route 1]]. [[Interstate 85]] passes south of the original portion of the town, with access from Exit 28. The town limits extend southwest along Route 1 and I-85 to [[Virginia State Route 46]] and Southside Virginia Community College, with access from I-85 to VA 46 from Exit 27. Via I-85 it is {{convert|40|mi}} northeast to [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]] and {{convert|16|mi}} southwest to [[South Hill, Virginia|South Hill]].
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Alberta has a total area of {{convert|5.56|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|5.53|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.61%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alberta town, Virginia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5100724 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202733/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5100724 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1930 = 328
| 1940 = 416
| 1950 = 430
| 1960 = 430
| 1970 = 466
| 1980 = 394
| 1990 = 337
| 2000 = 306
| 2010 = 298
| 2020 = 302
|estyear=2017
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
|estimate=279
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2017.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archivedate=April 26, 2015|df= }}</ref>
}}
As ofAt the [[census]]<ref2000 name="GR2"United />States ofCensus|2000 2000,census]] there were 306 people, 128 households, and 86 families residingliving in the town. The [[population density]] was 278.3 people per square mile (107.4/km²{{sup|2}}). There were 158 housing units at an average density of 143.7 per square mile (55.5/km²{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 59.80% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 39.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.33% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.33%.<ref ofname="GR2" the population./>
 
ThereOf werethe 128 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were madeone up of individualsperson and 14.1% hadwere someoneone livingperson alone who wasaged 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.93.
 
InThe theage town, the populationdistribution was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.0 males.
 
The median income for a household in the townincome was $27,361, and the median family income for a family was $31,875. Males had a median income of $27,250 versus $20,833 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,607. About 10.8% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 14.5% of those sixty five or over.
 
==Notable People==
* [[Bill Connelly (baseball)|Bill Connelly]], baseball player.
 
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==External links==
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* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20100829212650/http://albertava.com/ Town of Alberta official website]
 
{{Brunswick County, Virginia}}
{{Virginia towns}}
{{Virginia}}
 
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[[Category:Towns in Brunswick County, Virginia]]
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