Buckhannon - The Home Of The Strawberry-less Strawberry Festival For Large White People

Buckhannon, WV has a population of 5,725 with an average household income of $30,480. Now that's some interesting shit!  No, not really. But hey, it's something I learned today. I didn't even know a Buckhannon, West Virginia existed.

 

Buckhannon, WV - Main Street

It looks like a quaint little town with a land area of 2.47 square miles and one public high school and according to city-data.com, Buckhannon has colleges too. West Virginia Wesleyan College, Fred W. Eberle Technical Center, and the one and only West Virginia Canine College! No, it's not for really smart dogs, it's for dog trainers and the college by the way has 15 students currently enrolled.

Buckhannon has its tourist attractions too; The Charles W. Gibson Public Library and the rockus Buckhannon Strawberry Festival!

Buckhannon Strawberry Festival                       photo by: Jim Smith

Yum, strawberries. Lets browse down the street and see some...looking, looking...corn dogs, french fries, hot dogs...looking, looking...cheese steaks, Italian sausage, candy, popcorn...looking, still looking...WTF?! Where are the strawberries!? I wonder, could the Strawberry-less Buckhannon Strawberry Festival have anything to do with the town's obesity rate of 30.6%? Buckhannonians shouldn't feel too bad, their rate came in lower than the State of West Virginia 2010 calculation of 31.6%. 

So there you have it. Lots of useless information unless you're planning to visit the Strawberry Festival for some deep fried corn dogs or move to Buckhannon for a quiet retirement with 5,471 white Buckhannonians, 114 black Buckhannonians, 55 Hispanic Buckhannonians, 47 Asian Buckhannonians, 31 mixed race Buckhannonians, 6 American Buckhannonians and 1 lonely Buckhannonian who doesn't know what race they are. 

• White alone - 5,471 (95.6%)
• Black alone - 114 (2.0%)
• Hispanic - 55 (1.0%)
• Asian alone - 47 (0.8%)
• Two or more races - 31 (0.5%)
• American alone - 6 (0.1%)
• Other race alone - 1 (0.02%)