Honaker, Va., 24260

New computer, starting over on Zip Codes and towns. This computer’s on-board solitaire does not have cumulative score, only a this-game-score and time bonus added. This morning’s score was 4260, a digit short of a Zip Code. So, I decided to add 1. But, 14260 is a segment of Buffalo, N.Y. So, add 2, giving the Zip Code for Honaker, Va.

Honaker is in southwest Virginia. Its population was 6,285 as of 1 July 2014. Its Diversity Index is 4. Yes, Virginia, there is a Diversity Index.

“The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likleyhood** (sic) that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

“Based on Census 2010 counts, the Diversity Index for the United States was 60.6 and it is expected to increase to 64.8 by July 1, 2018.”

http://virginia.hometownlocator.com/zip-codes/data,zipcode,24260.cfm

(**“likelihood” National organizations really should hire people who can spell.)

Honaker’s population is 98.83% white. “About 20.4% of families and 27.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.9% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honaker,_Virginia

The town qualifies as poor, or even “pore,” as we used to say, meaning underneath “poor.”

Honaker is the redbud capital of the world. A fire destroyed a downtown apartment building in May. Also in May, police arrested three people and cracked a pharmacy theft ring.

http://www.topix.com/city/honaker-va

A 1912 reunion of Honaker veterans of the Civil War:

https://www.google.com/search?q=honaker+va&biw=1280&bih=620&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CEAQsARqFQoTCPKIuJPpjMYCFYwJkgodOX8ApA&dpr=1.25#imgdii=XQtoD38aOTpyJM%3A%3BXQtoD38aOTpyJM%3A%3BK0fgs6wS7oeIYM%3A&imgrc=XQtoD38aOTpyJM%253A%3BE0TPTZ_S3micsM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.armed-guard.com%252Fkercsi2.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.armed-guard.com%252Fag51.html%3B500%3B385

Search for “images honaker va” will show pictures of laid-back people.