Sherrills Ford, North Carolina
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Sherrills Ford is an
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and former
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(CDP) in
Catawba County Catawba County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest community is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ...
,
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, United States. Since the 2010 census, it has been included within the Lake Norman of Catawba CDP. It is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.


Geography

Sherrills Ford is located at within
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828, ZIP code 28673, and
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61320. According to the
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, the CDP had a total area of , 0.13% of which is water. It sits at an elevation of 204 m (670 ft). Neighboring communities include Terrell to the south and east, and Catawba to the
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Schools


Catawba County Schools

* Sherrills Ford Elementary School * Mill Creek Middle School in Catawba County * Bandys High School in Catawba County * Hickory High School / International Baccalaureate (IB) School in Hickory, North Carolina


Private schools

* University Christian High School located in Hickory, North Carolina * Woodlawn School located in Iredell County *
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, located in Davidson, North Carolina


Charter schools

* Langtree Charter School located in Mooresville, North Carolina * Lincoln Charter School located in Denver, North Carolina * Pine Lake Preparatory School (Charter School) located in Mooresville, North Carolina


History

Sherrills Ford is so named due its being the site of the fording of the
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from east to west by Adam Sherrill ''et al.'' ''ca.'' 1747. (The apostrophe in "Sherrill's Ford" was inadvertently dropped.) The Sherrills, of English ancestry, had come from northeast
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, most probably trekking through modern
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. Along with others, Adam Sherrill established the first settlement by people of European ancestry that far west, and his fine house was built by
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s whom he enslaved. Many Sherrill descendants still reside in Sherrills Ford. The Neill–Turner–Lester House and the Miles Alexander Sherrill House are listed on the
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Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 941 people, 367 households, and 273 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 383 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.5%
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, 13.0%
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, 0.53% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 1.49% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 1.49% of the population. There were 367 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.00. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,406, and the median income for a family was $49,271. Males had a median income of $29,922 versus $30,400 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,001. About 3.7% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 23.5% of those age 65 or over.


Climate


Notable people

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driverhttps://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Jesse_Little. Racing-Reference. Retrieved 22 November 2018. * Miles O. Sherrill, politician and state librarian * Pappy Sherrill, American old time and bluegrass fiddler *
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Notes

{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Catawba County, North Carolina Populated places established in 1747