Burke County, North Carolina

administration
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Morganton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Government Building 200 Avery Avenue Morganton, NC 28655-3103
Foundation :	1777
Made up from:	Rowan County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	89,148 (2000)
Population density :	67.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1334 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.co.burke.nc.us

Burke County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Morganton on the Catawba River , which was named after Daniel Morgan , a general in the American Revolutionary War .

geography

The county is located in western North Carolina, about 35 km to the northwest from Tennessee , about 50 km to the south from South Carolina , and has an area of 1,334 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Caldwell County , Catawba County , Cleveland County , Rutherford County , McDowell County, and Avery County .

Burke County is divided into 13 townships : Drexel, Icard, Jonas Ridge, Linville, Lovelady, Lower Creek, Lower Fork, Morganton, Quaker Meadows, Silver Creek, Smoky Creek, Upper Creek, and Upper Fork.

history

Former Burke County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP with number 70000443

Burke County was formed on April 8, 1777 from parts of Rowan County. It was named either after Thomas Burke , a member of the Continental Congress and governor of North Carolina, or after the state philosopher Edmund Burke .

The Valdese Elementary School (2013) is one of 38 entries for the county in the NRHP.

38 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	8118	-
1800	9929	22.3%
1810	11.007	10.9%
1820	13,411	21.8%
1830	17,888	33.4%
1840	15,709	-12.2%
1850	7772	-50.5%
1860	9237	18.8%
1870	9777	5.8%
1880	12,809	31%
1890	14,939	16.6%
1900	17,699	18.5%
1910	21,408	21%
1920	23,297	8.8%
1930	29,410	26.2%
1940	38,615	31.3%
1950	45,518	17.9%
1960	52,701	15.8%
1970	60,364	14.5%
1980	72.504	20.1%
1990	75,744	4.5%
2000	89,148	17.7%
2010	90.912	2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2000 census , Burke County had 89,148 people in 34,528 households and 24,342 families. The population density was 68 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.01 percent white, 6.71 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 3.48 percent Asian, 0.21 percent from the Pacific island area and 2.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.11 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.57 percent of the population.

Of the 34,528 households, 31.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.9 percent of these were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers and 29.5 percent were non-families. 25.5 percent were single households and 9.9 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. The distribution between men and women was around 50% each.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,629, and the median income for a family is $ 42,114. Males had a median income of $ 27,591 versus $ 21,993 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,397. 10.7 percent of the population and 8.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. 13.6 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 12.5 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

Commons : Burke County (North Carolina) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1008539. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 36 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 23, 2018.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ [1] Retrieved October 13, 2016
↑ Burke County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.75 -81.71Coordinates: 35 ° 45 ′ N , 81 ° 43 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1008539. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[3] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 36 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 23, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[8] [1] Retrieved October 13, 2016

[9] Burke County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .