Macclesfield is a town in Edgecombe 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 471 at the 2010 census.

History

Macclesfield was started between 1900 and 1901 when the

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businessman, Henry Clark Bridgers founded The Macclesfield Company. The Macclesfield Company bought land surrounding the tracks of East Carolina Railway in what is now Macclesfield and built warehouses and other buildings.Smith, W. Terry, "
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''", Daily Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, September 3, 2010 Bracebridge Hall was listed on the

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in 1971, with a boundary increase in 2005.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 1.96% is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 458 people, 209 households, and 142 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 229 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 81.44%

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, 17.69%

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, 0.87% from other races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.97% of the population. There were 209 households, out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were

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living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.69. In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $34,412, and the median income for a family was $36,806. Males had a median income of $27,750 versus $22,188 for females. The

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for the town was $17,042. About 5.9% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 5.6% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Towns in Edgecombe County, North Carolina Towns in North Carolina Rocky Mount metropolitan area