Burgaw

Burgaw
Burgaw Location in North Carolina
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	North Carolina
County :	Pender County
Coordinates :	34 ° 33 ′  N , 77 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 33 ′  N , 77 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	4,371 (as of 2009)
Population density :	491.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	8.9 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.9 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	14 m
Postal code :	28425
Area code :	+1 910
FIPS :	37-08960
GNIS ID :	1019409
Website :	townofburgaw.com

Burgaw is a small town in the US state of North Carolina . It is the administrative seat of Pender County .

history

In the area of ​​today's small town, there was only a small trading post at an intersection before it was founded. Burgaw emerged as a railroad town , the early development of which was based on the operations of the Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad Company . The railroad company was later renamed the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad .

In October 1836, work began on the railroad between Raleigh and Wilmington . At the time of its completion on March 7, 1840, it was the longest railway line in the world at 260 km.

The place's first name was Cypress Grove . As of January 1854, the United States Post Office Department named it Burgaw Depot . The depot is the oldest in North Carolina. During the Civil War it had a certain importance as a supply station for the Confederate States Army . It was partially burned to the ground by Northern cavalry . Defeats at Fort Fisher and Wilmington in 1865 prompted the commanders of the Confederate States Army to set up headquarters at Burgaw Depot. The station also served as a prisoner-of-war camp for a week in February 1865, until negotiations on a prisoner exchange were concluded.

Pender County was split from New Hanover County in February 1875 and became the last of North Carolina's 100 counties. On February 6, 1876, the administrative unit received land from the railway company for the construction of the city with courthouse . About three years later, on February 25, 1879, Burgaw Depot became a town under local law. On December 8 of the same year, the name of Burgaw Depot was changed to Burgaw .

The city now has a hospital and several educational institutions with the Pender Memorial Hospital. The latter include Burgaw Elementary School, Burgaw Middle School, Pender High School, and a branch of Cape Fear Community College.

Since 1978, takes place every year Spring Festival ( Spring Festival ) instead. The Blueberry Festival is the second major annual event in Burgaw since 2004.

population

At the 2000 census, 3337 people in 954 households and 649 families lived in Burgaw. The racial population is made up of 51.21% White, 44.89% African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.12% Asian American, and other smaller or multiple groups. 4.50 percent of the population are Hispanics.

Children under the age of 18 live in 33.9% of the 954 households, married couples in 42.7%, singles in 22.2% and 31.9% are not family households. 28.6% of all households consist exclusively of a single person and 13.2% are single people over 65 years of age. The average household size is 2.39 and that of families 2.93. The median for age is 37 years.

Personalities

• Graham Arthur Barden (1896–1967), politician
• O'Bryan (born 1961), singer

Individual evidence

1. ^ Burgaw Station .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) North Carolina Civil War Trails, accessed May 2, 2011  
2. ↑ Town History ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Townofburgaw.com, accessed May 2, 2011  
3. ^ Burgaw town, North Carolina , United States Census Bureau , accessed May 2, 2011