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Rural Hall, North Carolina
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Motto(s): 
"Garden Spot of the World"
Location in Forsyth County and the state of North Carolina.
Location in Forsyth County and the state of North Carolina.
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
 (2020)
 • 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
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.

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
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%
U.S. Decennial Census

2020 census

Rural Hall racial composition
Race Number Percentage
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

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