Old Hundred is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Scotland County,

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, United States. Its population was 287 as of the 2010 census. Old Hundred has the lowest per capita income ($5,846) of any CDP in North Carolina.

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. The longest straight stretch of railroad track in the United States, spanning 78.86 miles, connects Old Hundred and Wilmington.

Geography

According to the

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, the community has an area of , all of it land.

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passes through the community.''Gibson, NC,'' 7'5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949 (1983 rev.)

Demographics

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* * Unincorporated communities in Scotland County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Census-designated places in Scotland County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina {{NewHanoverCountyNC-geo-stub