Transylvania County

administration
The Transylvania County Courthouse in Brevard, listed on the NRHP with number 79001754
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Brevard
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 28 East Main Street Brevard, NC 28712-3738
Foundation :	1861
Made up from:	Henderson County Jackson County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	29,334 (2000)
Population density :	29.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	986 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.transylvaniacounty.org

Transylvania County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Brevard , named after Ephraim Brevard , a teacher and surgeon.

geography

The county is located in western North Carolina, borders South Carolina to the south and has an area of 986 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Henderson County , Jackson County, and Haywood Counties .

Transylvania County is divided into nine townships : Boyd, Brevard, Catheys Creek, Dunns Rock, Eastatoe, Gloucester, Hogback, Rosman, and Little River.

history

Transylvania County was formed on February 15, 1861 from parts of Henderson County and Jackson County. The name of the county is borrowed from Latin , where trans means 'beyond' and silva means 'forest' . This indicates the location of the county west of the Appalachians .

St. Philip's Episcopal Church (2019) is one of 22 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

A total of 21 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	3536	-
1880	5340	51%
1890	5881	10.1%
1900	6620	12.6%
1910	7191	8.6%
1920	9303	29.4%
1930	9589	3.1%
1940	12,241	27.7%
1950	15.194	24.1%
1960	16,372	7.8%
1970	19,713	20.4%
1980	23,417	18.8%
1990	25,520	9%
2000	29,334	14.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Transylvania County had 29,334 people in 12,320 households and 8,660 families. The population density was 30 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.67 percent white, 4.21 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.38 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.31 percent from other ethnic groups ; 1.12 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.02 percent of the population.

Of the 12,320 households, 25.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.6 percent of these were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers and 29.7 percent were non-families. 26.1 percent were single households and 12.4 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.74 people.

20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 26.9 percent between 45 and 64, and 21.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For all females there were 92.7 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 89.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,587, and the median income for a family is $ 45,579. Males had a median income of $ 31,743 versus $ 21,191 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,767. 9.5 percent of the population and 6.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. 11.8 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 7.0 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79001754 . Retrieved November 18, 2019
↑ GNIS-ID: 1008589. 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. 304 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 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
^ Transylvania County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.2 -82.8Coordinates: 35 ° 12 ′ N , 82 ° 48 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79001754 . Retrieved November 18, 2019

[2] GNIS-ID: 1008589. 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. 304 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 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] Transylvania County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .