Old_Hundred,_North_Carolina

Old Hundred, North Carolina

Old Hundred, North Carolina

Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States

Old Hundred is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 287 as of the 2010 census.[4] Old Hundred has the lowest per capita income ($5,846) of any CDP in North Carolina.[5]

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History

Old Hundred was originally calculated to be the 100-mile-marker point along the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, traveling west of Wilmington. The calculation was inaccurate and later corrected, but the name remained.[6] The longest straight stretch of railroad track in the United States, spanning 78.86 miles, connects Old Hundred and Wilmington.[7]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.971 square miles (2.51 km2), all of it land.[4] U.S. Route 74 passes through the community.[8]

Demographics

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References

  1. [1]
    "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Hundred, North Carolina
  3. [3]
    "Old Hundred NC ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
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    Census reporter
  6. [6]
    Marks 2021, p. 11.
  7. [7]
    Tyner 2005, p. 34.
  8. [8]
    Gibson, NC, 7'5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949 (1983 rev.)
  9. [9]
    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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