Cooleemee ( )
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

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. Retrieved 2012-09-25. is a town in Davie County,

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, United States. The population was 940 at the 2020 census.

History

Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Cooleemee, Davie County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 433 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 6 contributing structures on the original C ...

and the Foard-Tatum House are listed on the

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Geography

Cooleemee is located at (35.814509, -80.556180). According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 940 people, 379 households, and 270 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 905 people, 400 households, and 254 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 456 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 91.71%

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, 5.41%

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, 0.33% Native American, 1.10% from

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, and 1.44% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.09% of the population. There were 400 households, out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.85. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $29,833, and the median income for a family was $37,875. Males had a median income of $26,705 versus $20,813 for females. The

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for the town was $17,148. About 9.6% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the

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, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Jack Crouch, baseball player *

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, baseball player * Buck Jordan, baseball player

References

External links

Official website
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