Locust Mount, Virginia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Locust Mount |settlement_type = Census-designated place |other_name =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Virginia#USA |pushpin_label = Locust Mount |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Virginia |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Accomack |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |established_title = |established_date =  | area_footnotes =<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Virginia |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_51.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = 0.73 | area_land_km2 = 0.73 | area_water_km2 = 0.0 | area_water_percent =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US5146456&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Locust Mount CDP, Virginia: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref> | population_total = 52 | population_density_km2 = 71.2  |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 7 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=GNIS/> |coordinates = {{Coord|37|36|45|N|75|42|6|W|region:US-VA_type:city|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=GNIS/>  |postal_code_type = ZIP Codes |postal_code = 23410 (Melfa) 23480 (Wachapreague) |area_codes = 757, 948 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 51-46456 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2584866<ref name=GNIS>{{Cite gnis|2584866|Locust Mount Census Designated Place}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Locust Mount''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census,<ref name=GNIS/> with a population of 52.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Locust Mount CDP, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US5146456|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 25, 2022}}</ref> The CDP is in southeastern Accomack County, on the north side of Virginia State Route 180 (Wachapreague Road), which leads east {{convert|0.7|mi|order=flip|1}} to Wachapreague and west {{convert|3.5|mi}} to U.S. Route 13 at Keller.

==Geography== The CDP sits at an elevation of 7 feet.<ref name=GNIS/>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020=52 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}

Locust Mount first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}</ref>

===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Locust Mount CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Locust Mount CDP, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US5146456&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |1 |1.92% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |42 |80.77% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |1 |1.92% |- |Asian alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Other race alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |1 |1.92% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |7 |13.46% |- |'''Total''' |'''52''' |'''100.00%''' |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://eshore.iath.virginia.edu/node/6631 Newspaper articles mentioning Locust Mount, 1883-1898], at ''The Countryside Transformed: The Railroad and the Eastern Shore of Virginia 1870 - 1935'' (University of Virginia / Eastern Shore Public Library)

Category:Census-designated places in Accomack County, Virginia Category:Census-designated places in Virginia Category:Unincorporated communities in Virginia Category:Unincorporated communities in Accomack County, Virginia