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Wagram ( ) is a town in Scotland County,
North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
, United States. The population was 840 at the 2010 census. The town was named for the
Battle of Wagram The Battle of Wagram (; 5–6 July 1809) was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor of the French, Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian Empire, Austrian arm ...
, a Napoleonic battle at
Deutsch-Wagram Deutsch-Wagram (literally "German Wagram", ), often shortened to Wagram, is a village in the Gänserndorf District, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria. It is in the Marchfeld Basin, close to the Vienna city limits, about 15 km (9 mi) north ...
in Austria.


History

The community was incorporated as Wagram in 1911. The
Richmond Temperance and Literary Society Hall Richmond Temperance and Literary Society Hall is a historic building located near Wagram, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1860, and is a small, one-story, one room, hexagonal brick building. It was built for local temperance so ...
and Shaw Family Farms are listed on the
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. In 2007 the town erected a community recreation center.


Geography

According to the
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, the town has a total area of , all of it land.


Demographics

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 801 people, 307 households, and 224 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 361 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 45.32%
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, 48.06%
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, 4.62% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.62% of the population. There were 307 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 20.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.09. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $39,583, and the median income for a family was $44,615. Males had a median income of $30,809 versus $19,107 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the town was $16,089. About 14.3% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the
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, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 32.6% of those age 65 or over.


Notable people

* Mary H. Odom, North Carolina state legislator and educator, lived in Wagram.'North Carolina Manual 1975,' Thad Eure, North Carolina Secretary of State: 1975, Biographical Sketch of Mary H. Odom, pg. 312 * Lucius "Tawl" Ross,
Funkadelic Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton's P-Funk collective, they helped pioneer the funk music culture of the 1970s.John, ...
guitarist, was born in Wagram.


References

{{authority control Towns in Scotland County, North Carolina Towns in North Carolina