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Whitakers, North Carolina
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Buildings in the center of Whitakers
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Location in Edgecombe County and the state of North Carolina.
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| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Edgecombe, Nash |
| Founded | 1740 |
| Incorporated | 1872 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2) |
| • Land | 0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 627 |
| • Density | 754.51/sq mi (291.31/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code |
27891
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| Area code(s) | 252 |
| FIPS code | 37-73160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2406874 |
| Website | http://townofwhitakers.org |
Whitakers /ˈhwɪtəkərz/ is a town in Edgecombe and Nash Counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is divided between the two counties by railroad tracks and is the northernmost town in the two counties. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 744 in 2010.
History
The Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of .81 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 388 | — | |
| 1910 | 755 | 94.6% | |
| 1920 | 723 | −4.2% | |
| 1930 | 930 | 28.6% | |
| 1940 | 883 | −5.1% | |
| 1950 | 962 | 8.9% | |
| 1960 | 1,004 | 4.4% | |
| 1970 | 926 | −7.8% | |
| 1980 | 924 | −0.2% | |
| 1990 | 860 | −6.9% | |
| 2000 | 799 | −7.1% | |
| 2010 | 744 | −6.9% | |
| 2020 | 627 | −15.7% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 161 | 25.68% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 433 | 69.06% |
| Native American | 1 | 0.16% |
| Asian | 1 | 0.16% |
| Other/Mixed | 19 | 3.03% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 1.91% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 627 people, 304 households, and 173 families residing in the town.
Notable people
- Dwight Watson, aka "Tractor man," brought much of Washington, D.C. to a standstill for two days when he drove a tractor into the pond in the Constitution Gardens area of the National Mall and claimed to have explosives.
- Nathan Mayo, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
See also
In Spanish: Whitakers para niños
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