Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina
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Lewiston Woodville is a town in
Bertie County Bertie County ( , with both syllables stressed) is a county located in the northeast area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,934. Its county seat is Windsor. The county was created in 1722 as Berti ...
,
North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census. It is the location of
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, one of the largest chicken-producing companies in North Carolina.


History

Lewiston was named for an early settler. Lewiston and Woodville were formerly separate towns. The St. Frances Methodist Church, Woodville Historic District, and William H. Lee House are listed on the
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.


Geography

Lewiston Woodville is located at (36.118944, -77.182245). According to the
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, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.65%, is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 613 people, 239 households, and 152 families residing in the town. The
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was . There were 283 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 32.46%
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, 66.72%
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, 0.16% Native American, 0.16%
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, 0.16% from
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, and 0.33% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 1.14% of the population. There were 239 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were
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living together, 21.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.27. In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $20,875, and the median income for a family was $26,389. Males had a median income of $26,354 versus $17,292 for females. The
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for the town was $12,911. About 28.2% of families and 31.5% of the population were below the
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, including 48.2% of those under age 18 and 17.7% of those age 65 or over.


See also

* Woodville, North Carolina


References

{{authority control Towns in Bertie County, North Carolina Towns in North Carolina