Editing Pittsboro, North Carolina

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'''Pittsboro''' is a town in [[Chatham County, North Carolina]], United States. The population was 3,743 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3752660| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212193532/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3752660| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pittsboro town, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> and 4,537 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is the [[county seat]] of Chatham County.<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 town was established in the late 18th century, shortly after the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]], as the county seat for the newly formed Chatham County. In the years leading up to the [[American Civil War]], the economy was dominated by small-scale farms that relied heavily on enslaved labor. In the aftermath of the civil war, racial tensions were high, and the town was noted for a number of lynchings and other racial violence in the late 19th century. Industrialization came to the community in the late 19th century, as a number of rivers cross the area providing locations for mills and factories. Economic and population growth would continue into and throughout the 20th century. As industry moved away from the community, it has in the 21st century transitioned into a [[bedroom community]] for the nearby cities of the [[Research Triangle]] region.

== History ==

=== Foundation and early years ===
Pittsboro was established as a town in 1785.<ref>{{cite web |title=An act for Establishing a Town on the Lands of Mial Scurlock, Deceased, In Chatham County |url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Legislators/Documents/Laws_of_North_Carolina_1785.pdf |website=The Laws of North Carolina, 1785 |access-date=November 23, 2021 |location=Chapter LX |pages=774–776}}</ref> The Chatham County Court House was built on land belonging to Mial Scurlock, but in 1787 the legislature declared that a town could not be established on Scurlock's land. The town's trustees instead purchased adjacent land belonging to William Petty and laid out the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Act for Establishing a Town on the Lands late the Property of William Petty, adjoining Chatham Court-house |url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Legislators/Documents/Laws_of_North_Carolina_1786_1787.pdf |website=The Laws of North Carolina – 1786 |access-date=November 23, 2021 |location=Chapter LXXXi |pages=882–883}}</ref> That same year, Pittsboro was officially named the county seat. Although Chatham County is named for [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]], Pittsboro is named for his son, [[William Pitt the Younger]].

Pittsboro was once considered as a site for both the [[University of North Carolina]] and the state capital. The university was established in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], beginning in 1789. The state capital is [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], {{convert|34|mi}} east of Pittsboro.

As the county seat, Pittsboro has been a center of trade and local government, including the courts. Many farmers would come into town on the weekend for trade. In 1881 a new county courthouse and jail were built in Pittsboro.

=== Slavery and racial segregation ===
The area did not have large plantations, but farmers also depended on slave labor. In 1860 nearly one-third of the county population was made up of enslaved African Americans. After the Civil War and [[emancipation]], whites used violence and other means to enforce [[white supremacy]] and suppress the freedmen's vote. The [[Ku Klux Klan]] and other supremacist groups were active in the county.<ref name="huber" />

Pittsboro was the scene of a notorious mass [[Lynching in the United States|lynching of four African Americans]] in 1885, including a woman. The event earned statewide condemnation. Those lynched were tenant farmers. A masked mob took Jerry Finch, his wife Harriet, and Lee Tyson from jail, where they were being held after arrest as suspects in a robbery/murder case.<ref name="huber">[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23522619 Patrick J. Huber, "Caught Up in the Violent Whirlwind of Lynching": The 1885 Quadruple Lynching in Chatham County, North Carolina], ''The North Carolina Historical Review'', Vol. 75, No. 2 (April 1998), pp. 135–160</ref> Harriet Finch was one of four black women to be lynched in the state.<ref name="baker">[https://www.ncpedia.org/lynching Bruce E. Baker, "Lynching"], 2006, ''Encyclopedia of North Carolina'', ed. by William S. Powell; accessed June 9, 2018</ref> They also took and hanged John Pattishall, who was awaiting trial for two other unrelated robbery/murders.<ref name="burke">[https://uncw.edu/csurf/Explorations/documents/withoutdueprocess.pdf Sarah Burke, "Without Due Process: Lynching in North Carolina 1880–1900"], ''Explorations'', n.d., University of North Carolina Wilmington; accessed June 9, 2018</ref>

A white mob broke into the Pittsboro jail and seized a 16-year-old boy, [[Lynching of Eugene Daniel|Eugene Daniel]]. He was lynched and then had his body riddled with bullets on September 18, 1921.{{sfn|''Rockingham Post-Dispatch'', September 22,|1921|p=2}} {{sfn|''Hickory Daily Record'', September 19,|1921|p=2}}

Violence continued during the stress of economic hard times at the end of the century and into the early 20th century, when the state [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchised most blacks]]. This political exclusion lasted until after 1965 and passage of the [[Voting Rights Act]]. In 2019, a statue erected in 1907 of a Confederate soldier outside the [[Chatham County Courthouse]] in Pittsboro was taken down.<ref>[https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/chatham-county/article237568224.html Confederate monument at the center of protests in Chatham County taken down]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Confederate Statue in North Carolina Comes Down After 112 Years (Published 2019) |work=The New York Times |date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013031123/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/pittsboro-confederate-statue.html |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/pittsboro-confederate-statue.html |last1=Taylor |first1=Derrick Bryson }}</ref>

=== Early industrialization ===
Textile mills in the north-central area of the county along the Haw River, Rocky River, and Deep River provided new manufacturing jobs to workers who had lost farm holdings due to economic depressions of the 1870s and early 1880s. It was the beginning of industrialization around Pittsboro.

=== Chatham County Courthouse fire ===
[[File:Chatham County Courthouse, Pittsboro, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|Chatham County Courthouse]]

On March 25, 2010, the [[Chatham County Courthouse]], while undergoing a $415,000 exterior renovation, caught fire. Smoke was first reported in the area around 4:15&nbsp;pm; the fire was dispatched to the Pittsboro Fire Department around 4:45&nbsp;pm. By 5&nbsp;pm, smoke was reported to be rising from out of the clock tower, which was surrounded by scaffolds. The building was evacuated safely.

The building suffered severe damage to the clock tower and the third floor. It was reported that the fire had destroyed all the computers and records, but there were offsite copies and the information was recoverable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7303536/|title=Fire severely damages Chatham County courthouse|website=WRAL.com|date=March 25, 2010|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref>

On March 26, 2010, at approximately 1:30&nbsp;am, the clock tower collapsed onto the main building, but the building as a whole was damaged only on the second floor. Damage in the rest of the building was from water and smoke effects. Overall 11 fire departments participated in the fire efforts.

The fire marshal's investigation into the fire determined that it was caused by a [[soldering]] torch that ignited wood near the [[soffit]]. Workers attempted to extinguish the blaze, but were unsuccessful. On March 31, 2010, the Chatham County Commissioners voted to rebuild the courthouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7335504/|title=Chatham commissioners vote to rebuild courthouse :: WRAL.com|last=WRAL|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> It reopened on April 20, 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839308/historic-chatham-county-courthouse.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130422035953/http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839308/historic-chatham-county-courthouse.html| archive-date = April 22, 2013| title = Pittsboro: Historic Chatham County courthouse reopens {{!}} Local/State {{!}} NewsObserver.com}}</ref>

== City government ==
The mayor of Pittsboro is elected [[at-large]]. The current mayor is Kyle Shipp. The town's five members of the Board of Commissioners are also elected [[at-large]]. They are Pamela Baldwin, J.A. (Jay) Farrell, John Foley, John Bonitz, and James Vose. The Board of Commissioners hires a town manager to administer daily operations of the city; the current town manager is Jonathan Franklin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pittsboro Administration |url=https://pittsboronc.gov/158/Administration |publisher=Town of Pittsboro |access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>

Pittsboro holds elections for the Mayor and three seats on the Board of Commissioners every four years in the off-year after each midterm election. Two Pittsboro Commissioners are elected in the off-year after each presidential election.<ref name="Board of Commissioners">{{cite web |last1=Town of Pittsboro |title=Board of Commissioners |url=https://pittsboronc.gov/?SEC=28C95D6E-76CF-4E35-95B0-32D54119759C |website=Pittsboro North Carolina |publisher=Town of Pittsboro |access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref>

Pittsboro Police is directed by Chief Shorty Johnson. Serving Pittsboro's 4,000 residents, the department comprises 8 patrolmen, 1 community police officer, 1 lead investigator and 1 lieutenant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pittsboronc.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BFAE26EB0-94BE-4B0D-92C4-3DBE5AA77993%7D|title=Police Department – Pittsboro, NC|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref>

== Educational facilities ==
The town is served by five local schools and a Central Carolina Community College campus:
* Pittsboro Elementary School
* Horton Middle School
* Margaret B. Pollard Middle School
* [[Northwood High School (North Carolina)|Northwood High School]]
* [[Central Carolina Community College]] (CCCC), Chatham County Campus
* Seaforth High School

== Media outlets ==
;Newspapers
* ''[[Chatham Journal]]''

;Network television
* [[WTVD]] (ABC affiliate)
* [[WRAL-TV]] (NBC affiliate)
* [[WRAZ (TV)]] (FOX affiliate)
* [[WNCN]] (CBS affiliate)

== Geography ==
Pittsboro is located east of the center of Chatham County. U.S. Highways [[U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina|15]] and [[U.S. Route 501|501]] run concurrently through the center of the town as Hillsboro Street and Sanford Road, leading north {{convert|17|mi}} to the center of [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]] and the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], and south {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Sanford, North Carolina|Sanford]]. [[U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 64]] bypasses Pittsboro to the north and leads east {{convert|34|mi}} to [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] and west {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Siler City, North Carolina|Siler City]]. U.S. Route 64 Business passes through the town as West Street and East Street, crossing US 15/501 at the traffic circle that surrounds the historic [[Chatham County Courthouse]] in the center of town. [[North Carolina Highway 87]] leads northwest from Pittsboro {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Burlington, North Carolina|Burlington]].

Near the geographic center of the state, Pittsboro is {{convert|150|mi}} from [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] at the coast and the same distance from [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone]] in the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]].

[[Jordan Lake]] is {{convert|8|mi|0}} east, providing recreation, fishing, boating and scenic panoramas. The lake is {{convert|14000|acre}} of surface and provides water for Raleigh and the towns of [[Cary, North Carolina|Cary]] and [[Apex, North Carolina|Apex]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|10.8|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|10.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.86%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1900= 424
|1910= 502
|1920= 584
|1930= 675
|1940= 826
|1950= 1094
|1960= 1215
|1970= 1447
|1980= 1332
|1990= 1436
|2000= 2226
|2010= 3743
|2020= 4537
|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"
|+Pittsboro racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3752660&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)
| 2,946
| 64.93%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 798
| 17.59%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 6
| 0.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 77
| 1.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.02%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 224
| 4.94%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 485
| 10.69%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,537 people, 1,841 households, and 1,044 families residing in the town.

===2010 Census===
The Census of 2010 shows a population of 3,743, 68% growth since 2000. The racial makeup of the town was: 72% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 4% some other race alone, 2% two or more races. Almost 9% of the population was [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]. 54% of the population is female and 46% male.

===2000 Census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,226 people, 855 households, and 535 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|663.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 939 housing units at an average density of {{convert|279.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 64.38 percent [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 27.54 percent [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.49 percent [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.67 percent [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04 percent [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.99 percent from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.89 percent from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 8.81 percent of the population.

There were 855 households, out of which 29.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9 percent were married couples living together, 18.7 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4 percent were non-families. 32.3 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.3 percent from 18 to 24, 28.7 percent from 25 to 44, 19.6 percent from 45 to 64, and 21.5 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,800, and the median income for a family was $42,391. Males had a median income of $29,500 versus $26,719 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,863. About 19.2 percent of families and 18.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.3 percent of those under age 18 and 13.7 percent of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
Once home to textiles, the largest clothing label mill in the world, and poultry, the town now depends on commuter income, retail stores and a developing business in [[genetics]]. Housing developments provide relief from loss of industry as the town adjusts to a new economy.

The water supply is abundant, derived from the [[Haw River]]. In the future, Jordan Lake will provide much of the water supply. In 2010, the wastewater allotment was expanded. The town is {{convert|15|mi}} and {{convert|25|mi}} from major power plants. Major corridor highways, US 15-501 and US 64, a four-lane divided highway, intersect there.

Pittsboro is home to the Chatham County Government, the Chatham County Justice Center, and many non-profit agencies and other social service organizations. Pittsboro is also a Certified Retirement Community.

==National Register of Historic Places listings==
* [[A. P. Terry House]]
* [[Alston-DeGraffenried House]]
* [[Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina)|Aspen Hall]]
* [[Baldwin's Mill]]
* [[Chatham County Courthouse]]
* [[Hadley House and Grist Mill]]
* [[Hall-London House]]
* [[Luther Clegg House]]
* [[Henry Adolphus London House]]
* [[James A. Thomas Farm]]<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
* [[Lewis Freeman House]]
* [[London Cottage]]
* [[Kelvin (Pittsboro, North Carolina)|Kelvin]]
* [[McClenahan House]]
* [[Moore-Manning House]]
* [[Patrick St. Lawrence House]]
* [[Pittsboro Historic District]]
* [[Pittsboro Masonic Lodge]]
* [[Pittsboro Presbyterian Church]]
* [[Reid House (Pittsboro, North Carolina)|Reid House]]
* [[Sheriff Stephen Wiley Brewer Farmstead]]

==Notable people==
* [[David Drake]] (1945–2023), science fiction and fantasy writer<ref>Stasio, Frank & Pellicer, Laura. (December 13, 2017). [https://www.wunc.org/post/nc-author-rebuilds-shattered-civilization-spark NC Author Rebuilds A Shattered Civilization In 'The Spark']. ''wunc.org''. Retrieved November 27, 2020.</ref>
* [[William Joseph Franks]] (1830–1880), sailor in the [[Union Navy]] who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions in the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Anne Taylor Nash]] (1884–1968), painter<ref>{{cite book|title=A Southern Collection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XEfoRDycM8C&pg=PA150|year=1993|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-1535-5|pages=150–}}</ref>
* [[Tobais Palmer]] (born 1990), football [[wide receiver]]
* [[Abraham Rencher]] (1798–1883), governor of New Mexico Territory and congressman
* [[Charles M. Stedman]] (1841–1930), the last Civil War veteran to serve in Congress
* [[Nathan Alexander Stedman]] (1762–1847), politician, Comptroller of North Carolina
* [[Ursula Vernon]] (born 1977), children's author and artist
* [[James Iredell Waddell]] (1824–1886), officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy

==Miscellaneous==
A new community called Asteria is being developed by [[Storyliving by Disney]] in Pittsboro.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/disney-is-opening-a-new-planned-community-and-it-s-not-in-florida-8411555 |title=A New Disney Planned Community Is Coming — and It's Not in Florida or California!|website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Erin |last=Clements|date=December 6, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208164651/https://people.com/disney-is-opening-a-new-planned-community-and-it-s-not-in-florida-8411555 |archive-date=December 8, 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Carolina Brewery]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
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* {{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''Hickory Daily Record'', September 19,|1921}}|date= 2021|title= Negro Is Lynched By Mob Near Pittsboro|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91068423/1921-09-19/ed-1/seq-2/#|newspaper=[[Hickory Daily Record]]|publisher=Samuel Howard Farabee and Jacob Carlyle Miller |location=Hickory, Catawba, NC|issn=1061-5628|oclc=13340814|pages=6|accessdate= September 18, 2021 }}
* {{cite news |title= For Action on Race Riot Peril| last=The New York Times|author-link=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/10/05/archives/for-action-on-race-riot-peril-radical-propaganda-among-negroes.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York|issn=1553-8095|oclc=1645522|date=October 5, 1919|access-date= July 5, 2019}}
* {{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''Rockingham Post-Dispatch'', September 22,|1921}}|date= 2021|title= Lynching at Pittsboro|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91068736/1921-09-22/ed-1/seq-2/#|newspaper=Rockingham Post-Dispatch|publisher=Isaac Spencer London|location=Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina|issn=2376-0168|oclc=24789326|page=12|accessdate= September 18, 2021 }}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
* Larry C. Thomas, ''The Double Axe Murder of the Gunter's and Finch's Family of Chatham County, North Carolina'', Sanford, NC: The Author, 1990 {{ISBN?}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Pittsboro, North Carolina}}
{{Wikivoyage|Pittsboro}}
* {{Official website|http://pittsboronc.gov|Town of Pittsboro official website}}

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