Editing Chadbourn, North Carolina

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chadbourn, North Carolina
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
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| image_caption = Commercial buildings on North Brown Street
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| subdivision_name1 = [[North Carolina]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus]]
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| government_type = Town Council
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Phillip Britt
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| population_total = 1574
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| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 28431
| area_codes = [[Area codes 910 and 472|910, 472]]
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| website = {{URL|www.townofchadbourn.com}}
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'''Chadbourn''' is a town in [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. The population was 1,574 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
A post office called Chadbourn has been in operation since 1882.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NC&county=Columbus | title=Columbus County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=November 1, 2015}}</ref> It was incorporated in 1883,{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=98}} being named after a local family engaged in the lumber industry.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fccsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ixMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4779%2C397990 | title=Local history offers tasty tidbits | work=Star-News | date=April 17, 1983 | access-date=November 1, 2015 | author=Proffitt, Martie | page=1C}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chadbourn lies within the Carolina Border Belt, a regional network of tobacco markets and warehouses along both sides of the [[North Carolina-South Carolina border]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncpedia.org/tobacco-belts| title = Tobacco Belts| last = Yeargin| first = W.W.| date = 2006| website = NCPedia
| publisher = North Carolina Government & Heritage Library| access-date = July 21, 2022 }}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.6|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 156
|1900= 243
|1910= 1242
|1920= 1121
|1930= 1311
|1940= 1576
|1950= 2103
|1960= 2323
|1970= 2213
|1980= 1975
|1990= 2005
|2000= 2129
|2010= 1856
|2020= 1574
|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"
|+Chadbourn racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3711640&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 22, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 469
| 29.8%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 976
| 62.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 23
| 1.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 9
| 0.57%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 53
| 3.37%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 44
| 2.8%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,574 people, 797 households, and 387 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 2,129 people, 877 households, and 548 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|805.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 983 housing units at an average density of {{convert|371.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 53.55% African American, 41.94% White, 1.93% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.97%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 877 households 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 24.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 33.6% of households were one person and 14.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.12.

The age distribution was 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.5 males.

The median household income was $24,539 and the median family income  was $30,574. Males had a median income of $23,804 versus $20,270 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,290. About 24.3% of families and 31.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 45.5% of those under age 18 and 25.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==
[[U.S. Route 76 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 76]] passes through the northern part of the town. The old route of [[U.S. Route 74#North Carolina|U.S. Route 74]] passes east–west through Chadbourn. [[North Carolina Highway 410]] moves north–south through the town.

Until 1955, the town was a transfer point for [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] passenger trains to [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]]. At Chadbourn, connections could be made to trains bound for [[Florence, South Carolina]], [[Sumter, South Carolina]] and [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]'s [[Union Station (Columbia, South Carolina)|Union Station]], [[Augusta, Georgia]]'s [[Augusta Union Station|Union Station]] to the west, and [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] to the east.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Atlantic Coast Line, Tables 37, 46 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=87 |issue=7 |date=December 1954}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Atlantic Coast Line, Table 46 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=88 |issue=4 |date=September 1955}}</ref> The final passenger train through the town's station was the passenger train on an Augusta - Sumter - Florence - Chadbourn - Wilmington itinerary. Its final service was in 1965 or 1966, the station taking freight only station by late 1966.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Atlantic Coast Line, Table 33 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=98 |issue=2 |date=July 1965}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Atlantic Coast Line, Table 33a, 53 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=99 |issue=7 |date=December 1966}}</ref>

==References==
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== Works cited ==
* {{cite book| last = Powell| first = William S.| title = The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places| publisher = The University of North Carolina Press| date = 1976| location = Chapel Hill| isbn = 9780807812471}}

==External links==
* [http://www.townofchadbourn.com/ Official website]

{{Columbus County, North Carolina}}

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[[Category:Towns in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Towns in Columbus County, North Carolina]]