Basye, Virginia | |
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 The general store at the intersection of Orkney Springs Road and road to Bryce Resort serves the wider valley, which Basye and Orkney Springs reside as the only significant store and gas station in the area | |
 Location of Basye, Virginia | |
| Coordinates:38°49′7″N78°45′47″W / 38.81861°N 78.76306°W /38.81861; -78.76306 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Shenandoah |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.8 sq mi (22.8 km2) |
| • Land | 8.7 sq mi (22.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.077 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,374 |
| • Density | 158/sq mi (61.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 51-04928[1] |
Basye is acensus-designated place (CDP) inShenandoah County,Virginia, United States. The population was 1,374 at the 2020 census.[2] As of the 2000 census, the CDP was known asBasye-Bryce Mountain.[3]
Basye was named after a local family that lived in the area and whose cemetery still remains off one of the holes of the golf course. Originally considered part of theOrkney Springs community, Basye was named by Martha Basye, married to William Brice, who opened the original resort.
Basye is located at38°49′7″N78°45′47″W / 38.81861°N 78.76306°W /38.81861; -78.76306 (38.818702, −78.763146).[4]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.8 km2), of which 8.7 square miles (22.5 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.3 km2) (1.05%) is water.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 986 | — | |
| 2010 | 1,253 | 27.1% | |
| 2020 | 1,374 | 9.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] 2000[6] 2010[7] 2020[8] As Basye-Bryce Mountain in 2000 | |||
The community was first listed as acensus designated place under the nameBasye-Bryce Mountain in the2000 U.S. census;[6] and renamedBasye for the2010 U.S. census.[7]
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[9] | Pop 2010[10] | Pop 2020[8] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 944 | 1,168 | 1,242 | 95.74% | 93.22% | 90.39% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 16 | 17 | 10 | 1.62% | 1.36% | 0.73% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.30% | 0.32% | 0.00% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0.81% | 0.16% | 0.29% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 6 | 26 | 47 | 0.61% | 2.08% | 3.42% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8 | 36 | 70 | 0.81% | 2.87% | 5.09% |
| Total | 986 | 1,253 | 1,374 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
At the 2020census,[2] there were 1,374 people and 491 households residing in theCDP. There were 1,498 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.4%White, 0.8%African American, 0.6%Native American, 0.3%Asian, 0.9% fromother races, and 5.0% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 5.1% of the population.
Of the 491 households, 58.5% weremarried couples living together, 22.2% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 12.4% had a male householder with no spouse present. 28.1% of the population were never-married individuals.
8.0% of the population were under the age of 5, 12.9% were under 18 years, 87.1% were 18 years and over, and 22.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.1 years.
Themedian household income was $90,125 and the median family income was $106,250. Married-couple families had a median income of $110,417 versus $52,888 for nonfamily households. About 7.5% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 45.8% of those under age 18, 2.5% of those 18 to 64, and none of those 65 years and over.
Bryce Resort is a resort occupying 400 acres and was first opened in 1909, owned by William Brice who opened Bryce’s Hillside Cottages and Mineral Baths as a way to catch the overflow of guests from nearby historicOrkney Springs Hotel. The name of the resort included a "y" instead of "i" in Bryce since William Brice reportedly wanted the business to have a different spelling than his last name. The early resort was rustic, with hillside cottages and a dining hall, as most of the food was grown on the premises. People would come to escape the city heat and take in the black sulphur spring in Basye.[11]
Lake Laura is a 44-acre (18 ha) pond owned by Bryce Resort. Lake Laura is formed by a dam impoundment of the headwaters of Big Stony Creek, creating a rectangular-shaped pool with a maximum depth of thirty feet. It is open to public use and has a boat ramp for that purpose. TheVirginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries began managing the fishery and stocking fish in the pond in 1991. The pond has one of the highest densitylargemouth bass populations found anywhere in Virginia. Lake Laura had a history of nuisancealgal blooms and over-abundant aquatic vegetation caused by nutrient-rich sediment.[12]
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