Midway is an incorporated town in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. It is located within the township of the same name. Midway is situated approximately above sea level, and as of 2010 had a population of 4,679. Midway is part of the Piedmont Triad region and is neighbored by the communities of

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(west), Welcome (south),

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(northeast) and Winston-Salem (north). Every autumn, the town hosts the Midway Christmas Parade in celebration of the coming Christmas season.

History

Bethany Reformed and Lutheran Church Cemetery and the

Hamilton Everhart Farm Hamilton Everhart Farm was a historic farm complex located near Midway, Davidson County, North Carolina. The complex, built about 1860, included a two-story log house with Greek Revival style design elements, a free-standing log kitchen, a doubl ...

are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 4,742 people, 1,948 households, and 1,386 families residing in the town.

Etymology

The town of Midway derives its name from its relative geographic location, "midway" between the cities of Winston-Salem and Lexington. Urban sprawl and

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by the city of Winston-Salem has muddled the logical apparency of the town's name since the

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of Winston-Salem now share a border with Midway while Lexington's nearest border is away. Originally, the community which now forms the center of modern Midway was founded as "Eller" when the Eller train depot was constructed, labeled as such after members of the Eller family which resided nearby. Until incorporation in 2006, many maps still marked the area as "Eller", despite disuse of the name over time by the public, local media, and local establishments.

Post office

The town of Midway does not currently have a post office, or a ZIP code to its name. Rather than being within the town limits, the post office with the "Midway, North Carolina", designation is found in a small community of the same name in Rockingham County, southwest of Reidsville. As a result, most residents of the town either use Winston-Salem or Lexington city names for mailing via the United States Postal Service.

Incorporation

The community sought

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from 2004–2006 to protect local identity and to prevent annexation by nearby Winston-Salem. The successful incorporation of nearby

inspired the formation of the Midway Incorporation Committee, which led the effort to make Midway a town. A petition drive in 2005 gathered the required signatures of 51 percent of the voting population within the proposed town limits. In April 2005, the city of Winston-Salem granted the incorporation committee the approval to seek incorporation with a few minor changes to the proposed

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, a necessary step required by the Constitution of North Carolina. An act of incorporation was then submitted to the

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for approval (Senate Bill S1852), which was unanimously ratified on June 29, 2006. The act passed by the General Assembly officially established the "Town of Midway", which encompasses nearly ; it also gave the newly formed municipality its governing document, known as a town charter. Midway is Davidson County's fifth and newest incorporated municipality. Norman Wilkes was the town's first (interim) mayor, and held the title until official elections in 2007, when George Byrum became the town's first elected mayor.

Education

Midway is home to Midway Elementary School, a K-5 grade school, which is part of the

Davidson County School System Davidson County Schools is a School district in Davidson County, North Carolina. The administrative education board is headquartered just off of U.S. Highway 64 on County School Road just outside the city limits of Lexington, North Carolina. The ...

. The school feeds mostly into Oak Grove Middle and High schools which are new and just down the road. According to attendance area maps, a few students will attend North Davidson Middle (grades 6–8) and North Davidson High (grades 9-12), both located in neighboring Welcome.

Notable people

* Wilmer David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, Major League Baseball pitcher and

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* 9th Wonder, record producer *

Shy Tuttle Shyheim Devonte Tuttle (born October 20, 1995) is an American football nose tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee. Early life and high school Tuttle grew up in Midway, No ...

, defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints * Terry Labonte, Hall of Fame NASCAR driver

References

External links

Town of Midway official website

Midway Fire & Rescue

''The Dispatch'' - Midway incorporation effort clears final committee hurdle

''The Dispatch'' - Midway is finally a town

''The Dispatch'' - New era begins in Midway
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