Nash County, North Carolina

Nash County
Nash County
U.S. county
	Bellamy's Mill
	Location within the U.S. state of North Carolina
	North Carolina's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 35°58′N 77°59′W / 35.97°N 77.99°W
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Founded	1777
Named for	Francis Nash
Seat	Nashville
Largest city	Rocky Mount
Area
• Total	543 sq mi (1,410 km2)
• Land	540 sq mi (1,400 km2)
• Water	2.4 sq mi (6 km2) 0.4%%
Population
• Estimate (2019)	94,298
• Density	177/sq mi (68/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district
Website	nashcountync.gov

Nash County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 95,840.^[1] Its county seat is Nashville.^[2]

Nash County is now a part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, instead of the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History[]

Nash County was formed in 1777 from Edgecombe County. It was named for American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Nash, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown that year.

In 1855, parts of Nash, Edgecombe, Johnston, and Wayne Counties were combined to form Wilson County, North Carolina.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 543 square miles (1,410 km²), of which 540 square miles (1,400 km²) is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²) (0.4%) is covered by water.^[3]

Adjacent counties[]

Franklin County - west
Johnston County - southwest
Wake County - southwest
Wilson County - south
Edgecombe County - east
Halifax County - northeast
Warren County - north

Major highways[]

Future I-87
I-95
US 64
US 264
US 301
US 64 Alt. (Spring Hope and Rocky Mount)
(Nashville and Rocky Mount)
US 264 Alt.
NC 4
NC 33
NC 43
NC 48
NC 56
NC 58
NC 97
NC 98
NC 231
NC 561
NC 581

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1790	7,390		—
1800	6,975		−5.6%
1810	7,268		4.2%
1820	8,185		12.6%
1830	8,490		3.7%
1840	9,047		6.6%
1850	10,657		17.8%
1860	11,687		9.7%
1870	11,077		−5.2%
1880	17,731		60.1%
1890	20,707		16.8%
1900	25,478		23.0%
1910	33,727		32.4%
1920	41,061		21.7%
1930	52,782		28.5%
1940	55,608		5.4%
1950	59,919		7.8%
1960	61,002		1.8%
1970	59,122		−3.1%
1980	67,153		13.6%
1990	76,677		14.2%
2000	87,420		14.0%
2010	95,840		9.6%
2019 (est.)	94,298	^[4]	−1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5] 1790-1960^[6] 1900-1990^[7] 1990-2000^[8] 2010-2013^[1]

As of the census^[9] of 2000, 87,420 people, 33,644 households, and 23,920 families resided in the county. The population density was 162 people per square mile (62/km²). The 37,051 housing units averaged 69 per square mile (26/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 61.94% White, 33.93% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.06% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. About 3.36% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 33,644 households, 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.70% were married couples living together, 14.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were not families. About 25% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was distributed as 25.40% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 30.10% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,147, and for a family was $44,769. Males had a median income of $32,459 versus $24,438 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,863. About 10.30% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.80% of those under age 18 and 15.20% of those age 65 or over.

Communities[]

Map of Nash County, North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels

Cities[]

Rocky Mount (part)
Nashville (county seat)

Towns[]

Census-designated place[]

Corinth

Townships[]

Bailey
Battleboro
Castalia
Coopers
Dry Wells
Ferrells
Griffins
Jackson
Mannings
Nashville
North Whitakers
Oak Level
Red Oak
Rocky Mount
Spring Hope
South Whitakers
Stony Creek

Politics, law and government[]

Nash County was originally a typically overwhelmingly Democratic "Solid South" county with a large and completely disfranchised black population. Although it gave a plurality to Populist candidate James B. Weaver in 1892, it did not like Sampson County or Alabama's Chilton County subsequently turn to the Republican Party. Nash County would vote Democratic in every election from 1896 to 1964 – in Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman's five elections the Republicans never received eleven percent of the county's limited electorate's ballots – before supporting George Wallace's American Independent candidacy in 1968, and voting Republican for the first time in 1972. After turning like most Wallace counties to Southern Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976, Nash would become solidly Republican from 1980 to 2004 before turning into one of the nation's most closely contested counties in the past three elections. Mitt Romney became the first Republican to lose the county since Gerald Ford, but Donald Trump narrowly reclaimed Nash in 2016, only to lose it by a hair in 2020.

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Presidential elections results

Nash County is a member of the regional .

Sheriff[]

The Sheriff's Office provides police services for the unincorporated areas of the county.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 27, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

External links[]

Nash County government official website
Geographic data related to Nash County, North Carolina at OpenStreetMap
NCGenWeb Nash County - free genealogy resources for the county

Coordinates: 35°58′N 77°59′W / 35.97°N 77.99°W / 35.97; -77.99

[QF-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 27, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[GR1-3] "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

[USCensusEst2019-4] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved March 9, 2021.

[5] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

[6] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

[7] Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

[8] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

[GR2-9] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[10] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

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Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2020	49.4% 25,827	49.6% 25,947	1.0% 497
2016	48.9% 23,319	48.8% 23,235	2.3% 1,111
2012	49.2% 23,842	50.1% 24,313	0.7% 337
2008	50.4% 23,728	49.0% 23,099	0.6% 291
2004	58.1% 21,902	41.7% 15,693	0.2% 78
2000	59.0% 17,995	40.6% 12,376	0.5% 142
1996	54.2% 15,309	39.4% 11,142	6.4% 1,811
1992	48.3% 14,446	36.2% 10,809	15.5% 4,631
1988	64.3% 15,906	35.4% 8,740	0.3% 76
1984	66.7% 17,295	33.1% 8,588	0.1% 34
1980	56.3% 11,043	41.8% 8,184	1.9% 374
1976	48.1% 8,477	50.7% 8,937	1.2% 202
1972	71.4% 12,679	25.4% 4,503	3.3% 579
1968	24.1% 4,602	27.6% 5,283	48.3% 9,230
1964	41.1% 6,396	58.9% 9,163
1960	27.9% 3,896	72.1% 10,086
1956	21.1% 2,665	78.9% 9,969
1952	20.2% 2,636	79.8% 10,424
1948	8.0% 684	88.5% 7,590	3.5% 302
1944	10.4% 876	89.6% 7,577
1940	6.8% 613	93.2% 8,456
1936	5.6% 517	94.4% 8,682
1932	6.6% 532	92.8% 7,472	0.6% 49
1928	32.7% 2,066	67.3% 4,249
1924	20.2% 823	76.6% 3,129	3.2% 131
1920	27.9% 1,556	72.2% 4,031
1916	27.2% 826	72.2% 2,189	0.6% 19
1912	6.5% 172	70.2% 1,862	23.3% 618

show v t Municipalities and communities of Nash County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Nashville
City	Rocky Mount‡
Towns	Bailey Castalia Dortches Middlesex Momeyer Nashville Red Oak Sharpsburg‡ Spring Hope Whitakers‡
Unincorporated communities	Corinth Hilliardston
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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