Editing Seaboard, North Carolina

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'''Seaboard''' is a town in [[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]], [[North Carolina]], United States, created as a company town by the [[Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad]], approximately 10 miles northeast of [[Weldon, North Carolina|Weldon]] in the mid-1840s as a place for railroad employees to live.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.american-rails.com/seaboard.html|title=The Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Through The Heart Of The South}}</ref>

The population was 632 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina]] [[Roanoke Rapids micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The area was settled in about 1750. It was incorporated in 1877 and named for the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]].{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=444}}

The [[Seaboard Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2005.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=05001032}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

The town is located along [[North Carolina Highway 186]], near the North Carolina-[[Virginia]] border, and serves as the northern terminus of [[North Carolina Highway 305]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 167
|1890= 201
|1900= 287
|1910= 280
|1930= 534
|1940= 562
|1950= 745
|1960= 624
|1970= 611
|1980= 687
|1990= 791
|2000= 695
|2010= 632
|2020= 542
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Seaboard racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3759980&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=December 24, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 91
| 16.79%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 427
| 78.78%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 1
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 18
| 3.32%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 5
| 0.92%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 542 people, 295 households, and 189 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 695 people, 300 households, and 183 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|676.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 338 housing units at an average density of {{convert|329.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 27.48% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 71.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.14% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.86% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.43% of the population.

There were 300 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 23.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.8% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 20.7% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 75.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 63.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $20,500, and the median income for a family was $31,719. Males had a median income of $30,938 versus $20,104 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,973. About 24.0% of families and 27.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 35.1% of those under age 18 and 31.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[W. Wilson Goode]], first African-American [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|mayor of Philadelphia]]
* [[Wilson Roosevelt Jerman]], American [[butler]] who served eleven different [[List of presidents of the United States|U.S. presidents]] in the [[White House]]
* [[William Ivey Long]], costume designer for stage and film
* [[Marshall Parker]], former [[South Carolina]] politician
* [[Malcolm Tann]], [[Professional boxing|professional boxer]]

==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}}

{{Northampton County, North Carolina}}

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[[Category:Towns in Northampton County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Towns in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina micropolitan area]]