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Rural Hall, North Carolina
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| Motto(s):
"Garden Spot of the World"
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Location in Forsyth County and the state of North Carolina.
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| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Forsyth |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.86 sq mi (7.41 km2) |
| • Land | 2.85 sq mi (7.39 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 965 ft (294 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 3,351 |
| • Density | 1,174.96/sq mi (453.70/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes |
27045
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| Area code(s) | 336 |
| FIPS code | 37-58360 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2407257 |
Rural Hall is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It is a part of the Piedmont Triad. The population was 3,360 at the 2020 census. The town has one public park: Covington Memorial Park.
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Geography
Rural Hall is located in northern Forsyth County. It is bordered to the south by the city of Winston-Salem, and the village of Tobaccoville is to the west. Downtown Winston-Salem is 12 miles (19 km) to the south via North Carolina Highway 66 and U.S. Route 52.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Rural Hall has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.4 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.32%, is water.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1980 | 1,336 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,652 | 23.7% | |
| 2000 | 2,464 | 49.2% | |
| 2010 | 2,937 | 19.2% | |
| 2020 | 3,360 | 14.4% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 3,413 | 16.2% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,017 | 60.19% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 678 | 20.23% |
| Native American | 14 | 0.42% |
| Asian | 19 | 0.57% |
| Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.06% |
| Other/Mixed | 188 | 5.61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 433 | 12.92% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,351 people, 1,360 households, and 857 families residing in the town.
History
The earliest settler was Anthony Bitting (1738-1804), who was born in Pennsylvania to a German American family. In the 1770s he moved from Bucks County to Maryland, then to southern Virginia. He supplied material to the Continental Army and may have participated in the battle of Guilford Court House. His descendants still live in the county. His grandson, Benjamin Lewis Bitting (1832-1922), built the house that gave Rural Hall its name.
Another early settler was Johann Adam Geiger (Kiger) who donated 102 acres (0.41 km2) to the Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church, which still serves the community today. The town developed after the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad erected a station in 1887.
Rural Hall now is the operational center of the Yadkin Valley Railroad, and many of the Yadkin Valley locomotives can be found idling there when not working.
The Rural Hall Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
See also
In Spanish: Rural Hall para niños
