Mayodan is a town in Rockingham County,

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, in the United States. It is a manufacturing site for Sturm, Ruger & Co., Bridgestone Aircraft Tire, and

General Tobacco General Tobacco, formally known as the Vibo Corporation, was a tobacco company based in Mayodan, North Carolina. Founded by Vidal Suriel in 1997, with its first brand reaching the market in 2000, the company was at one point the fifth top tobacco ...

(ceased operations 2010). Washington Mills Company, later Tultex, operated a

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

in Mayodan until 1999. The town is named for two rivers that converge nearby, the

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and the

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, and, according to ''

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'', is the only town in the world with this name.

History

Mayodan started as a mill town when a cotton mill was built in 1892. Operations began in April 1896.MAYODAN, NC
Western Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 14 May 2016. The

Washington Mills-Mayodan Plant Washington Mills-Mayodan Plant, also known as Mayo Mills, Washington Group-Mayodan Plant, and Tultex Corp.-Mayodan Plant, was a historic textile mill and national historic district located at Mayodan, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It encom ...

was listed on the

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in 2005.

Geography

Mayodan is located at (36.414089, -79.970849). According to the

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, the town has a total area of ; of the area is land and 0.66% is water. Mayodan is located near the confluence of the

and

Rivers.

Schools

*High Schools:

Dalton L. McMichael High School Dalton L. McMichael High School is a public high school located in Mayodan, North Carolina. History The school was established as a merger of Madison-Mayodan and Stoneville high schools. Athletic programs of the two former schools (formerly the ...

*Middle Schools:

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Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 2,418 people, 1,170 households, and 671 families residing in the town.

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,478 people, 1,173 households, and 651 families residing in the town. The

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was 1,608.8 people per square mile (622.1/km). There were 1,268 housing units at an average density of 844.0 per square mile (326.4/km). The racial makeup of the town was 85.85%

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, 10.38%

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, 0.17% Native American, 0.21%

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, 2.57% from

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, and 0.83% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.01% of the population. There were 1,173 households, out of which 21.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 38.6% were married couples living together; 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present; and 44.5% were non-families. 41.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.78

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. The population's age distribution was broad: 19.3% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The

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age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.7 males. The

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for a household in Mayodan was $25,980, and the median income for a family was $36,328. Males had a median income of $25,878 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the town was $15,607. 16.0% of the population and 11.3% of families were below the

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. 20.5% of those under the age of 18 and 17.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Notable residents

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

(1943–2014) - painter * Frankie Blankenship (2015-2017) - Backyard WRESTLER

References

External links

Official website

The Madison Messenger, the area's community newspaper
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