Editing Albemarle, North Carolina

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 | government_type          = 
 | leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
 | leader_name              = Gerald R. "Ronnie" Michael
 | established_date         = 1857
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 | postal_code              = 28001-28002
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 | motto                    = "Water. Air. Land. Opportunity."
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'''Albemarle''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|l|b|ə|ˌ|m|ɑː|r|l}}) is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Stanly County, North Carolina]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The population was 16,432 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==

===Etymology===
This place-name is derived from the English surname [[Albemarle (disambiguation)|Albemarle]]. According to a 1905 publication by the United States Geologic Survey, based on research by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill history professor [[Kemp P. Battle]], it was named specifically for [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle|General George Monck]], the first Duke of Albemarle and one of the original [[Lord proprietor|proprietors]] of the colony of Carolina, which included the town.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0258/report.pdf|title=The Origin of Certain Places|last=Gannett|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1905|location=Washington DC|pages=19}}</ref>

===Ancient and colonial===
The site of modern-day Albemarle was originally peopled by small tribes of [[hunter-gatherers]] and [[Mound builder (people)|mound builders]] whose artifacts and settlements have been dated back nearly 10,000 years. Large-scale European settlement of the region came in the mid-18th century via two primary waves: immigrants of Dutch, Scots-Irish and German descent moved from [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] seeking enhanced religious and political tolerance, while immigrants of English backgrounds came to the region from [[Virginia]] and the [[Cape Fear River]] Basin in Eastern [[North Carolina]].

In early English colonial times, the Albemarle area was politically part of the [[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover Precinct]], out of which the [[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen Precinct]] was created in 1734. The renamed [[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]] was subdivided to create [[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]] in 1750, which in turn spawned [[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery County]] in 1779.

===Establishment of Stanly County and Albemarle===
[[File:Albemarle, North Carolina (c. 1915).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Albemarle, circa 1915]]
[[File:Stanly County Courthouse, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|right|Stanly County Courthouse]]
[[File:Albemarle City Hall, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|right|Albemarle City Hall]]
The Albemarle region's first post office was established in 1826; it was then known as Smith's Store. The nearby crossroads of the Old Turnpike Road from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] to [[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]] and the Old Stage Road connecting [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] and [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] emerged as an important hub for regional commerce and trade. The region remained part of [[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery County]] until 1841, when after years of attempted separation, prominent residents of the increasingly populous areas west of the [[Yadkin River|Yadkin]]/[[Pee Dee River]] system successfully petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of [[Stanly County, North Carolina|Stanly County]] as an independent entity.  	 
			
Soon after the new county was formed, its Board of Commissioners was tasked with establishing a permanent county seat within {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} of the home of Eben Hearne (the county's first sheriff), and with laying out a new town, in which a courthouse would be erected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stanlysheriff.org/history02.htm |title=Stanly Sheriff |access-date=April 8, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205232426/http://stanlysheriff.org/history02.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2005 }}</ref> Nehemiah Hearne's heirs donated {{convert|51|acre|m2}} from his plantation near the intersection of the Old Turnpike and Old Stage Roads for the construction of the new County Seat. The County Commissioners established the town's boundaries, laid out streets and surveyed and marked parcels of property within Hearne's donated land. The first land lot sale financed the new town's public buildings and paid some part of the elected officials' salaries. The courthouse was erected in 1842 and used for 50 years. The City of Albemarle was formally incorporated in 1857. The town was named for Albemarle County, the first county established in North Carolina, which was in turn named for the Duke of Albemarle, [[George Monck]], one of the [[Lords Proprietors]] granted the province of Carolina in 1663 by [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]].

===Economic history===
The Albemarle region's early economic growth was fueled by agriculture (with cotton as the primary crop), regional mercantile trade and a short-lived gold rush in the nearby [[Uwharrie Mountains]], all later supplanted by textile manufacturing. The Efird Manufacturing Co. (later American and Efird Mills) opened its first mill in Albemarle in 1896, and was followed soon thereafter by the Wiscasset Mill Company, the Cannon Mill Company, the Lillian Knitting Mill and others. In 1899, Wiscassett Mills Company established Cabarrus Bank and Trust, the first bank in Albemarle. By 1910, an electrical distribution plan for the city was underway.

The Yadkin Railroad began rail service to Albemarle from [[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]] in 1891. In 1911, the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway (WSS) constructed its own line through Albemarle to support the booming textile and market, eventually driving the Yadkin Railroad into obsolescence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncrailways.net/companies/WSS.htm |title=Winston-Salem Southbound Railway |access-date=March 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713073231/http://www.ncrailways.net/companies/WSS.htm |archive-date=July 13, 2006 }}</ref> The WSS still provides freight service through Albemarle, but since 1933 there has been no passenger service to the city. The Old Market Street Station on the WSS line has been restored, and is now the site of a popular farmer's market. The railbed of the Yadkin Railroad has been ripped up and paved over, though a one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) segment of its route south of Albemarle now serves as a hiking trail in Rock Creek Park.

In 1923, a state contract was let to construct [[North Carolina State Highway 24|NC-24/27]] to [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], the first paved highway out of Albemarle. In 1950, Stanly County Memorial Hospital opened on land donated by Wiscassett Mills.

Albemarle got its first indoor shopping center in 1966, known as [[Quenby Mall]], and would later be converted to house governmental services in 1993.

In 2024, a new cryptocurrency was developed in Albemarle as part of a fundraiser to save the local restaurant "Jay's Seafood", which had been damaged in a fire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erage |first=Lev |date=7 March 2024 |title=New cryptocurrency developed in Albemarle, NC |url=https://x.com/levlevleverage/status/1765528673531146429 }}</ref>

===Historic preservation===
[[File:Snuggs_house.jpg|thumb|right|Historic Snuggs House]]
[[File:Albemarle, North Carolina Downtown Historic District.jpg|thumb|right|Looking down West Main Street, Albemarle Downtown Historic District]]
Albemarle was recognized by the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]] as a National Main Street City in 1993. There are a number of historic preservation and [[adaptive reuse]] projects in its downtown that have been recently completed or are underway, including an initiative to create a greenway linking many of the city's parks and historic sites. The Freeman-Marks House, probably built during the 1820s, is the oldest known surviving house in Albemarle. It is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]], along with the [[Romanesque Revival]] Opera House/Starnes Jewelers Building (1908)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albemarleoperahouse.com|title=Albemarle Opera House|website=www.albemarleoperahouse.com|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> and three small historic districts in the city's downtown area. Another important historic property is the Isaiah W. "Buck" Snuggs House, an antebellum home on Third Street then owned and now named for a Stanly County sheriff who lost his leg in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]. The Stanly County Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanlycountymuseum.com/|title=Stanly County Museum|website=www.stanlycountymuseum.com|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> in Albemarle provides a focal point for regional historic research and preservation.

The Albemarle Graded School-Central Elementary School, [[Thomas Marcellus Denning House]], [[Downtown Albemarle Historic District]], [[Five Points Historic District (Albemarle, North Carolina)|Five Points Historic District]], [[Opera House-Starnes Jewelers Building]], [[Pee Dee Avenue Historic District]], [[Second Street Historic District (Albemarle, North Carolina)|Second Street Historic District]], and [[Isaiah Wilson Snugs House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110204.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=February 4, 2011|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/24/11 through 1/28/11|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Albemarle has a total area of {{convert|15.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|15.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}  (0.44%) is water.

The city is centered on the junction of [[U.S. Route 52 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 52]] and the duplexed [[North Carolina State Highway 24|NC-24/27]] in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. Its topography is characterized by rolling, eroded hills, deciduous forests, and fast-running, narrow, shallow streams that feed the [[Yadkin River|Yadkin]]/[[Pee Dee River]] Basin. Little Long Creek and Town Creek are the major non-seasonal streams through Albemarle; both flow generally southward into the Long and Big Bear Creek Sub-basin.<ref>[http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/basinwide/yadkin/Yadkin%20final%202003%20BP/Yad%20B13.pdf http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/basinwide/yadkin/Yadkin%20final%202003%20BP/Yad%20B13.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216010243/http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/basinwide/yadkin/Yadkin%20final%202003%20BP/Yad%20B13.pdf |date=February 16, 2006 }} ''h20.enr.state.nc.us''</ref>

===Geology===
Albemarle is located in the Floyd Church Formation of the Carolina Slate Belt. Thickly bedded, axially cleaved meta-[[mudstone]] and meta-[[argillite]] are common in this formation, interbedded with meta-[[sandstone]], meta-[[conglomerate (geology)|conglomerate]] and meta-[[volcanic rock]]. [[Biotite]] is the most prevalent [[Paleozoic]] [[metamorphic rock]] in the region.

===Climate===
Albemarle has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfa''), with cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers.

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|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 92
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 102
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 105
|Oct record high F = 102
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 81
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|Jan high F = 50.9
|Feb high F = 54.7
|Mar high F = 62.5
|Apr high F = 71.5
|May high F = 78.7
|Jun high F = 85.5
|Jul high F = 88.6
|Aug high F = 87.2
|Sep high F = 81.3
|Oct high F = 72.6
|Nov high F = 62.0
|Dec high F = 53.8
|Jan low F = 30.9
|Feb low F = 33.3
|Mar low F = 40.4
|Apr low F = 48.3
|May low F = 57.3
|Jun low F = 65.7
|Jul low F = 69.2
|Aug low F = 68.1
|Sep low F = 61.5
|Oct low F = 49.6
|Nov low F = 39.6
|Dec low F = 34.2
|Jan record low F = -7
|Feb record low F = 1
|Mar record low F = 5
|Apr record low F = 20
|May record low F = 29
|Jun record low F = 40
|Jul record low F = 47
|Aug record low F = 44
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F = 21
|Nov record low F = 11
|Dec record low F = 0
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|Jan rain inch = 3.80
|Feb rain inch = 2.96
|Mar rain inch = 3.99
|Apr rain inch = 3.74
|May rain inch = 3.50
|Jun rain inch = 4.74
|Jul rain inch = 5.23
|Aug rain inch = 4.85
|Sep rain inch = 4.62
|Oct rain inch = 3.59
|Nov rain inch = 3.34
|Dec rain inch = 3.92
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| access-date = November 23, 2021}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1890 = 248
| 1900 = 1382
| 1910 = 2116
| 1920 = 2691
| 1930 = 3493
| 1940 = 4060
| 1950 = 11798
| 1960 = 12261
| 1970 = 11126
| 1980 = 15110
| 1990 = 14939
| 2000 = 15680
| 2010 = 15903
| 2020 = 16432
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 16766
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-37.xlsx |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in North Carolina: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=April 19, 2024}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Albemarle racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3700680&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 10,205
| 62.1%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,873
| 23.57%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 44
| 0.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 452
| 2.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 853
| 5.19%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 1,004
| 6.11%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 16,432 people, 6,220 households, and 4,108 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 15,489 people, 6,291 households, and 4,158 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|999.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,954 housing units at an average density of {{convert|443.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.85% [[White American|White]], 20.50% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.14% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 1.87% of the population.

There were 6,291 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,442, and the median income for a family was $41,729. Males had a median income of $31,001 versus $20,589 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,511. About 11.8% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.6% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Courthouse Square Park, Albemarle, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|right|Courthouse Square Park]]
Albemarle's Parks and Recreation Department was established in 1963. It currently operates and administers five parks within the city's limits, as well as a soccer complex and a ceramics facility. The newest facility under the department's purview is City Lake, a {{convert|75|acre|m2|adj=on}} park on a {{convert|100|acre|km2|adj=on}} lake that was opened in 2003, joining Rock Creek Park, Chuck Morehead Memorial Park, Roosevelt Ingram Memorial Park and Don Montgomery Memorial Park.

[[Morrow Mountain State Park]] is a large state park located east of the city. It is situated on a high elevation in the [[Uwharrie Mountains]] adjoining the [[Yadkin River]], and offers many recreational activities. The park features a natural history museum and the restored 19th-century home site of Dr. Francis J. Kron.

==Education==
[[File:PattersonBuildingSunrise.JPG|thumb|Patterson Building, Stanly Community College]]
* Albemarle High School<ref>[http://www.ahs.scs.k12.nc.us/ Albemarle High School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517143351/http://www.ahs.scs.k12.nc.us/ |date=May 17, 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Stanly Community College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanly.edu|title=Stanly Community College - North Carolina|website=www.stanly.edu|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref>

==Media==
Albemarle and its environs are served by the ''[[Stanly News Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesnaponline.com/|title=thesnaponline.com|first=Stanly News and|last=Press|website=Stanly News and Press|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> which was founded in 1880 and is currently owned by [[North State Media]]. ''The Weekly Post''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklypostnc.com|title=The Weekly Post|website=The Weekly Post|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> is a newspaper focusing on local community events in the area. Albemarle is also within the outer coverage and delivery area of ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/|title=Breaking News, Sports, Weather & More - Charlotte Observer|website=www.charlotte.com|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref>

Albemarle and Stanly County are served by two local radio stations, [[WSPC]] at 1010 AM with a news/talk format, and [[WZKY]] at 1580 AM with an oldies music format. Both are owned by Stanly Communications, Inc. WSPC was previously known as WABZ AM in a former bank at 108 East North Street, across the street from the First Baptist Church.

Television stations available are from the [[Template:Charlotte TV|Charlotte Designated Market Area]], which Stanly County and Albemarle are a part of. Additionally, the local cable provider carries one station from [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], [[WFMY-TV]].

==Notable People==
* [[Denico Autry]], football defensive end for the [[Houston Texans]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]]; he attended Albemarle High School
* [[W. Horace Carter]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* [[Louis Cato]], multi-instrumentalist and bandleader of [[The Late Show Band]], the house band for ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''
* [[Willie Drye]], journalist and author
* [[Woody Durham]], radio play-by-play announcer for the Carolina Tar Heels; started his radio career at radio station WZKY 1580 AM in Albemarle
* [[Unknown Hinson|Stuart Daniel Baker]], better known as Unknown Hinson, musician and voice actor
* [[Danny Kepley]], former all-star linebacker for the [[Canadian Football League]] [[Edmonton Eskimos]]; member of the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[T.A. McLendon]], [[American football|football]] running back, holds several national high school records; starred for the North Carolina State Wolfpack; played at Albemarle High School
* [[Monty Montgomery (baseball)|Monty Montgomery]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[Kellie Pickler]], 2006 ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant; country recording artist; three-time Stanly County AIDS Rodeo for Charity Champion (2002–2004); Season 16 winner of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' (2013)
* [[Tommy Smith (baseball)|Tommy Smith]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[June Tyson]], musician-singer and first female member of [[Sun Ra and his Arkestra]]
* [[Rhett Lowder]], professional baseball player in the Cincinnati Reds organization, 7th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft

==See also==
* [[USS Albemarle (AV-5)|USS ''Albemarle'' (AV-5)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.ci.albemarle.nc.us/}}
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{{Stanly County, North Carolina}}
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