Columbus County

administration
Columbus County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 79001695
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Whiteville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 111 Washington Street Whiteville, NC 28472-3323
Foundation :	1808
Made up from:	Bladen County Brunswick County
Area code :	001 910
Demographics
Residents :	54,749 (2000)
Population density :	22.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2470 km²
Water surface :	44 km²
map

Website : www.columbusco.org

Columbus County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Whiteville , named after James White who made the land available for the city. Columbus County ranks 7th among tobacco-producing counties in the United States.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southwest of North Carolina, borders South Carolina in the southwest , is about 60 km from the Atlantic Ocean in the east and has an area of 2,470 square kilometers, of which 44 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Bladen County , Pender County , Brunswick County, and Robeson County .

Columbus County is divided into 15 townships : Bogue, Bolton, Bug Hill, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Lees, Ransom, South Williams, Tatums, Lake Waccamaw, Welch Creek, Western Prong, Whiteville and Williams.

history

Columbus County was formed on December 15, 1808 from parts of Bladen County and Brunswick County. It was named in memory of Christopher Columbus .

The Lake Waccamaw Depot (2009) is one of four entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

Four buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 24, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	3022	-
1820	3912	29.5%
1830	4141	5.9%
1840	3941	-4.8%
1850	5909	49.9%
1860	8597	45.5%
1870	8474	-1.4%
1880	14,430	70.3%
1890	17,856	23.7%
1900	21,274	19.1%
1910	28,020	31.7%
1920	30,124	7.5%
1930	37,720	25.2%
1940	45,663	21.1%
1950	50,621	10.9%
1960	48,973	-3.3%
1970	46,937	-4.2%
1980	51,037	8.7%
1990	49,587	-2.8%
2000	54,749	10.4%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Columbus County's population was 54,749. Of these, 1,379 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 21,308 households and 15,043 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.45 percent white, 30.93 percent African American, 3.12 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.77 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.32 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 21,308 households, 31.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.8 percent of these were married couples living together, 15.8 percent were single mothers and 29.4 percent were non-families. 26.5 percent were single households and 11.7 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.01.

25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.7 percent were between 18 and 24 years old, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 24.4 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For all females there were 92.6 males. For all women aged 18 years or over, there were 89.4 men.

The median income for a household (median) was 26 805 US $ , and the median income for a family $ 33,849. Males had a median income of $ 28,494 and females $ 19,867. The per capita income was $ 14,415. 22.7 percent of the population and 17.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. 30.0 percent of them are children and young people under the age of 18 and 25.5 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

Commons : Columbus County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1026339. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ 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. 68 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 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
^ Columbus County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

34.259998 -78.669996Coordinates: 34 ° 16 ′ N , 78 ° 40 ′ W

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

[2] GNIS-ID: 1026339. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[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. 68 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 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] Columbus County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .