Seven Springs is a town in Wayne County,

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, United States. It lies next to the

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. The 2012 population was estimated at 111. It is included in the

Goldsboro, North Carolina Goldsboro, originally Goldsborough, is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 33,657 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Me ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The town was incorporated as Whitehall in 1855, named in homage to the 1741 home of planter William Whitefield. In December 1862, during the

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, a battle was fought near the town. In 1881 the community was reincorporated as White Hall. That year a hotel and resort opened to bring customers to seven

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s in the town's vicinity. The resort closed in 1944. In 1951 the town was renamed Seven Springs. Seven Springs' population peaked in 1960 with 207 residents. In 1999 the

flooded during

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, causing the town's population to halve.

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in 2016 and

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in 2018 led to further decline; by 2020, the town had only 55 residents, and many of the businesses on the principal street in the community were left abandoned.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all of it land. It sits along the

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 110 people, 43 households, and 27 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 67 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 81.8%

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and 8.2%

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. There were 43 households, out of which 14.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were

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living together, 18.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.32. In the town, the population was spread out, with 17.4% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 33.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $29,063. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $26,250 for females. The

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for the town was $46,922. There were no families and 8.0% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 16.0% of those over 64.

Education

Education in Seven Springs is administered by the

Wayne County Public Schools The Wayne County Public School System is the 20th largest in the state of North Carolina out of 115 school systems. Public schools High schools * Charles B. Aycock High School, Pikeville *Eastern Wayne High School, Goldsboro *Goldsboro High Sc ...

system. Spring Creek Middle School and Spring Creek High School are located within the community. Higher education is offered through Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.

References

External links

Official website of Seven Springs, North Carolina

Works cited

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seven Springs, North Carolina Populated places on the Neuse River Towns in North Carolina Towns in Wayne County, North Carolina