Editing Vanceboro, North Carolina

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| official_name            = Vanceboro, North Carolina
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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| named_for                = [[Zebulon Baird Vance]]

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| subdivision_name2        = [[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven]]
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| population_total         = 869
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| area_code                = [[Area code 252|252]]
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'''Vanceboro''' is a town in [[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. Its population was 1,005 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 Census]]. Originally called Swift Creek, residents renamed the town for [[Zebulon B. Vance]] after he visited there during his 1876 campaign for governor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncspin.com/carolina_communities.2006.10.12.php |title=NC SPIN Online |website=www.ncspin.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118144609/http://www.ncspin.com/carolina_communities.2006.10.12.php |archive-date=November 18, 2006}}</ref> It is part of the [[New Bern, North Carolina]] [[New Bern Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 146
|1900= 291
|1910= 392
|1920= 540
|1930= 742
|1940= 826
|1950= 753
|1960= 806
|1970= 758
|1980= 833
|1990= 946
|2000= 898
|2010= 1005
|2020= 869
|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"
|+Vanceboro racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3769680&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)
| 555
| 63.87%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 247
| 28.42%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 2
| 0.23%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 41
| 4.72%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 24
| 2.76%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 869 people, 464 households, and 318 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 898 people, 385 households, and 262 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|521.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 434 housing units at an average density of {{convert|251.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 73.16% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 24.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.33% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.56% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.78% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.89% of the population.   
    
There were 385 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% 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 2.87.

==Education==

===High school===
*[[West Craven High School (Vanceboro)|West Craven High School]]

===Middle school===
*West Craven Middle School

===Elementary school===
*Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary School

==Local festivals and celebrations==

Every year, The Vanceboro Strawberry Festival takes place in Spring, usually in early May.  Festivities include a parade down Main Street, food, and games. Starting in 2006, the night before the parade there is a street dance.  Food and games are located on the grounds of Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary School.

==References==
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==External links==

{{Craven County, North Carolina}}

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[[Category:Towns in Craven County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Towns in North Carolina]]
[[Category:New Bern micropolitan area]]