Boissevain is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP), and former coal town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It was defined as a census-designated place (then termed an unincorporated place) at the 1950 United States census under the spelling Boissevaine, when it had a population of 1,197."1950 Census of Population." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 18, 2010. It did not reappear again as a CDP until the 2020 census with a population of 457.
In February 1932, 38 men lost their lives in a coal mine explosion.
Boissevain is served by the Abbs Valley -Boissevain - Pocahontas Rescue Squad Inc - Rescue 945 for Emergency Medical Services.
Demographics
Boissevain first appeared as an unincorporated community in the 1950 U.S. census. It did not appear in subsequent censuses until it was listed a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
+Boissevain CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 422 92.34%Black or African American alone (NH) 10 2.19%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%Asian alone (NH) 00.00%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)1 0.22%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 23 5.03%Hispanic or Latino (any race)1 0.22%Total457 100.00%
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