Rural Hall, North Carolina

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Rural Hall, North Carolina
settlement_type = Town
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map_caption = Location of Rural Hall, North Carolina


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = North Carolina
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Forsyth
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area_total_km2 = 7.2
area_land_km2 = 7.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 2.8
area_land_sq_mi = 2.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2464
population_density_km2 = 344.4
population_density_sq_mi = 892.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 309
elevation_ft = 1014
latd = 36 |latm = 13 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 17 |longs = 37 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 27000-27099
area_code = 336
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 37-58360GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0993810GR|3
website = [http://ruralhall.govoffice.com/ ruralhall.govoffice.com]
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Rural Hall is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It is a part of the Piedmont Triad. The population was 2,464 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Rural Hall is located at coor dms|36|13|56|N|80|17|37|W|city (36.232337, -80.293743)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.2 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 2,464 people, 1,081 households, and 705 families residing in the town. The population density was 892.0 people per square mile (344.7/km²). There were 1,160 housing units at an average density of 420.0/sq mi (162.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 79.38% White, 12.26% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 6.82% from other races, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.32% of the population.

There were 1,081 households out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,477, and the median income for a family was $46,116. Males had a median income of $31,939 versus $26,435 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,593. About 6.6% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

History

The earliest settler apparently was Ludwig Bitting, former Hessian soldier in General Nathanael Greene's army who liked the area when passing through and returned after the American Revolution to settle. His descendants still live in the county. Another early settler was Johann Adam Geiger (Kiger) who donated 102 acres to the Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church which still serves the community today. The town developed after the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad erected a train station here in 1887. [Powell, William S. "The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places", Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968.]

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.

Restaurants

*Coronet Seafood Restaurant
*Frank's Restaurant
*Hardee's
*King's Hot Dogs
*Little Italy Pizza
*Mayflower Seafood Restaurant
*McDonalds
*Monte De Rey Mexican Restaurant
*Rural Hall Grill
*Subway
*The Golden Wok Chinese Restaurant

Churches

*Antioch United Methodist
*Bethel Methodist
*Faith United Methodist
*First Baptist Church of Rural Hall
*Freedom Baptist
*Grace Baptist
*Jefferson Church of Christ
*Kingswood United Methodist
*Mizpah Moravian
*Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran
*Northridge Baptist
*Rural Hall Church of Christ
*Rural Hall Church of God
*Rural Hall Moravian
*St. James United Methodist

External links

* [http://ruralhall.govoffice.com/ Official website of Rural Hall, NC]
* [http://ruralhallschool.org/ Rural Hall School]
* [http://southern-railway.railfan.net/ay/explore.htm Atlantic & Yadkin Railway]

References