Bailey is a town in Nash County,

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, United States. It is part of the

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Rocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census, making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina. The city is east of Raleigh, the st ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 566 at th
2020 census

History

The Morgan School was listed on the

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in 2006.

Geography

According to the

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

Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 670 people, 274 households, and 184 families in the town. The population density was . There were 302 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 67.91% White, 22.84% African American, 7.46% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.75%. Of the 274 households 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 29.2% of households were one person and 13.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.98. The age distribution was 23.6% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males. The median household income was $36,328 and the median family income was $43,750. Males had a median income of $33,929 versus $25,179 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,910. About 6.7% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the

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, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Thomas Bradshaw, a Black man hunted down and murdered by a mob in 1927 * Jack Finch, conservationist of eastern bluebirds *

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, former defensive end for the

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's Carolina Panthers * Tarheel Slim, singer * Zonovan Knight, running back for the NFL's

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References

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