Old Hundred, North Carolina

Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States
34°49′46″N 79°35′25″W / 34.82944°N 79.59028°W / 34.82944; -79.59028CountryUnited StatesStateNorth CarolinaCountyScotlandArea • Total0.97 sq mi (2.51 km2) • Land0.97 sq mi (2.51 km2) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)Elevation312 ft (95 m)Population
 (2020)
 • Total218 • Density224.51/sq mi (86.70/km2)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code
28351[3]
Area codes910, 472GNIS feature ID1021733[2]

Old Hundred is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 287 as of the 2010 census.[4] Old Hundred has the lowest per capita income ($5,846) of any CDP in North Carolina.[5]

History

Old Hundred was originally calculated to be the 100-mile-marker point along the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, traveling west of Wilmington. The calculation was inaccurate and later corrected, but the name remained.[6] The longest straight stretch of railroad track in the United States, spanning 78.86 miles, connects Old Hundred and Wilmington.[7]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.971 square miles (2.51 km2), all of it land.[4] U.S. Route 74 passes through the community.[8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020218—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Hundred, North Carolina
  3. ^ "Old Hundred NC ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Census reporter
  6. ^ Marks 2021, p. 11.
  7. ^ Tyner 2005, p. 34.
  8. ^ Gibson, NC, 7'5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949 (1983 rev.)
  9. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

Works cited

  • Marks, Stuart A. (2021). Southern Hunting in Black and White: Nature, History, and Ritual in a Carolina Community. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691226866.
  • Tyner, K. Blake (2005). Robeson County in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738541624.
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