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Lasker, North Carolina
Lasker is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 122 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Lasker is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Education Lasker has one private school in the town, called Northeast Academy. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 103 people, 48 households, and 33 families residing in the town. The population density was 81.9 people per square mile (31.6/km2). There were 58 housing units at an average density of 46.1 per square mile (17.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 88.35% White and 11.65% African American. There were 48 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 29.2% of all ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Area
The Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in North Carolina, anchored by the city of Roanoke Rapids. As of the 2000 census, the μSA had a population of 79,456 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 74,716). Counties * Halifax * Northampton Communities *Places with more than 10,000 inhabitants **Roanoke Rapids (Principal city) *Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants **Enfield ** Garysburg ** Scotland Neck ** South Rosemary (census-designated place) ** South Weldon (census-designated place) ** Weldon *Places with 750 to 1,000 inhabitants ** Gaston ** Rich Square **Woodland *Places with 500 to 750 inhabitants ** Conway **Jackson ** Littleton ** Seaboard *Places with less than 500 inhabitants ** Halifax ** Hobgood ** Lasker **Severn *Unincorporated places ** Aurelian Springs ** Brinkleyville ** Heathsville ** Margarettsville ** Pleasant Hill Demographics As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Northampton County, North Carolina
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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