Editing Whiteville, North Carolina

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| official_name            = Whiteville, North Carolina
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| image_caption            = [[Columbus County Courthouse]] in Whiteville
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| subdivision_name1        = [[North Carolina]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus]]
| government_type          = 
| named_for                = [[James Bunbury White]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Terry Mann
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| area_total_sq_mi         = 5.56
| area_land_sq_mi          = 5.56
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| population_total         = 4766
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| population_density_km2   = 331.06
| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
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| elevation_ft             = 79
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| elevation_m              = 30
| website                  = {{URL|www.whitevillenc.gov}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 28472
| area_codes               = [[Area codes 910 and 472|910, 472]]
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| blank_info               = 37-73660<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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| motto                    = "Citizens First"
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'''Whiteville''' is the [[county seat]] and the most populous city<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> in [[Columbus County, North Carolina]], United States. The population was 5,394 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/G001/1600000US3773660| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212191517/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3773660| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Whiteville city, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 31, 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Columbus County was created in 1808. In 1810, an act authorized [[James Bunbury White]] to "lay off a town on his own lands in the county of Columbus" and appointed five commissioners, Isaac Powell, John Wingate, Arthur Simpson, William Burney and Warren Baldwin, "for the purpose of laying off a town on the lands of the said James B. White, in the county aforesaid, at the place fixed on to erect the public buildings for said county; which town, when laid off by said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be named '''Whitesville''', and the lots thereof shall be for the sole benefit and disposal of the said James B. White."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Legislators/Documents/Laws_of_North_Carolina_1810.pdf|title=Chap. LX.|website=Carolana}}</ref> Whiteville has had a post office since 1821.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NC&county=Columbus&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=Columbus County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref> The name of the town was changed from Whitesville to Whiteville in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Whiteville_NC.html|title=Whiteville, NC|website=Carolana|access-date=May 1, 2025}}</ref> The town was sacked by Union forces during the latter stages of the [[American Civil War]].{{sfn|Justesen|2012|p=12}}

In 1950, Whiteville fielded a professional minor league baseball team in the Class D [[Tobacco State League]]. The [[Whiteville Tobs]] club lasted only one season before disbanding with the entire league.<ref>Holaday, Chris (2016). {{cite web|title=The Tobacco State League; A North Carolina Baseball History, 1946–1950|url=http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-1-4766-6670-9}}. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. {{ISBN|978-1-4766-6670-9}}.</ref>

The [[Columbus County Courthouse]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Whiteville is located in north-central Columbus County 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> Combined U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina|74]] and [[U.S. Route 76#North Carolina|76]] bypass the city on its north side and lead east {{convert|46|mi}} to [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]. US 74 leads northwest {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Lumberton, North Carolina|Lumberton]], and US 76 leads west {{convert|67|mi}} to [[Florence, South Carolina]]. [[U.S. Route 701]] passes through the western side of Whiteville, leading north {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Elizabethtown, North Carolina|Elizabethtown]] and southwest {{convert|44|mi}} to [[Conway, South Carolina]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Whiteville has a total area of {{convert|14.1|km2|disp=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

== Climate ==

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|Feb mean F = 45.8
|Mar mean F = 52.8
|Apr mean F = 61.1
|May mean F = 69.1
|Jun mean F = 76.4
|Jul mean F = 79.8
|Aug mean F = 78.2
|Sep mean F = 73.0
|Oct mean F = 62.8
|Nov mean F = 52.6
|Dec mean F = 46.1
|year mean F = 61.8
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| Apr low F = 48.3
| May low F = 57.6
| Jun low F = 66.1
| Jul low F = 69.5
| Aug low F = 68.2
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| Oct low F = 50.7
| Nov low F = 39.9
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| Jan precipitation inch = 3.47
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.31
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.73
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.53
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| Jul precipitation inch = 5.27
| Aug precipitation inch = 5.91
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 372
|1900= 634
|1910= 1368
|1920= 1604
|1930= 2203
|1940= 3011
|1950= 4238
|1960= 4683
|1970= 4195
|1980= 5565
|1990= 5078
|2000= 5148
|2010= 5394
|2020= 4766
|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"
|+Whiteville racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3773660&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-22|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,253
| 47.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,963
| 41.19%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 63
| 1.32%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 39
| 0.82%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 209
| 4.39%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 239
| 5.01%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,766 people, 2,153 households, and 1,337 families residing in the city.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Between 2010 and 2020, the town lost 11.64 percent of its population.<ref>{{cite news| last = Schofield| first = Ivey| title = Columbus leaders react to disappointing census results| newspaper = The News Reporter| date = August 17, 2021| url = https://www.nrcolumbus.com/archives/columbus-leaders-react-to-disappointing-census-results/article_fb925f8a-a942-5bbb-a139-5c6eea020e06.html| access-date = January 25, 2023}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 5,148 people, 2,191 households, and 1,336 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|957.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,450 housing units at an average density of {{convert|455.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 60.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 36.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.64% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.74% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.56% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.93% of the population.

There were 2,191 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 77.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.9 males.

Less than a fourth of the citizens hold a bachelor's degree.<ref name="poynter.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2019/this-tiny-north-carolina-paper-replaced-the-money-it-lost-in-advertising-with-money-made-in-circulation/|title=This tiny North Carolina paper replaced the money it lost in advertising with money made in circulation|date=24 September 2019}}</ref>

The median income for a household in the city was $25,455, and the median income for a family was $34,128. Males had a median income of $35,074 versus $23,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,337. About 19.0% of families and 26.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 37.0% of those under age 18 and 33.7% of those age 65 or over, resulting in over a third of the residents living in poverty.<ref name="poynter.org"/>

==Education==
The Whiteville City School system includes the following schools:
* Whiteville High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whs.whiteville.k12.nc.us|title=Whiteville High School}}</ref>
* North Whiteville Academy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nwa.whiteville.k12.nc.us|title=North White Academy}}</ref>
* Central Middle School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cms.whiteville.k12.nc.us|title=Central Middle School}}</ref>
* Edgewood Elementary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ees.whiteville.k12.nc.us|title=Edgewood Elementary School}}</ref>
* Whiteville Primary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wps.whiteville.k12.nc.us|title=Whiteville Primary School}}</ref>

Whiteville High School, home of the Wolfpack, competes in the [[North Carolina High School Athletic Association|NCHSAA]] 2A sports division and has won 19 state championships: nine in baseball (1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018), four individual track championships, one in team golf (1986), two in football (1965 and 1987), and three in basketball (1969, 1999, and 2000).<ref>[https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/BASEBALL%20STATE%20CHAMPIONS%2006102019.pdf Baseball State Championship List]. ''NCHSAA''.</ref><ref>[https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/FOOTBALL%20STATE%20CHAMPIONS%20LIST%2012202019.pdf Football State Championship List]. ''NCHSAA''.</ref><ref>[https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/M%20Basketball%20Champion%20List.pdf Men's Basketball State Champions List]. ''NCHSAA.''</ref><ref>[https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/MEN%27S%20GOLF%20STATE%20CHAMPIONS%20AND%20RECORDS%2005152019.pdf Men's Golf State Champions]. ''NCHSAA''.</ref>

Waccamaw Academy, a [[segregation academy]] which opened in 1968, closed in 2012.<ref>(May 23, 2012). [https://www.wect.com/story/18607923/waccamaw-academy-prepares-to-permanently-close-friday/ Waccamaw Academy prepares to permanently close Friday]. ''wect.com''. Retrieved June 26, 2020.</ref>

[[Southeastern Community College (North Carolina)|Southeastern Community College]] is located a few miles to the west of Whiteville.

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Whiteville, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Downtown Whiteville]]
The city is the site of the [[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences#North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville|North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville]], a satellite museum of the [[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences]].

Annual events include the North Carolina Pecan Harvest Festival. In addition, the state-recognized [[Waccamaw Siouan]] tribe holds an annual powwow in October with numerous public events.

''[[The News Reporter]],'' the official newspaper that serves Columbus County, is based in Whiteville. It has been published since 1896.

The stretch of [[U.S. Route 701]] through Columbus County, known as James B. White Highway, is named for Whiteville's founder, [[James Bunbury White]], who was elected as the first [[North Carolina Senate|North Carolina senator]] from Columbus County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwaytv3.com/cape_fear_pride_whiteville_founder_james_b_white-03-2009|title=Cape Fear Pride Whiteville: Founder James B. White|date=March 5, 2009|website=[[WWAY]]3}}</ref>

==Representation in other media==
*Whiteville was the site of filming for the courthouse-burning scene in the 1996 [[Bastard out of Carolina (film)|''Bastard out of Carolina'']], adapted from [[Dorothy Allison]]'s novel [[Bastard out of Carolina|of the same name]].

==Transportation==
Although the railroad tracks leading from west of town toward [[Lake Waccamaw]] have long been disconnected, Whiteville is served by the [[Columbus County Municipal Airport]] and several highways, which include [[U.S. Route 74]], [[U.S. Route 76]], [[U.S. Route 701]], [[North Carolina Highway 130]], and [[North Carolina Highway 131]].

== Notable people ==
* [[A. R. Ammons]], poet
* [[Brooks Baldwin]], MLB infielder 
* [[Ulysses Currie]], politician
* [[Dax Harwood (wrestler)|Dax Harwood]], professional wrestler for [[All Elite Wrestling|AEW]]
* [[Dewey L. Hill]], politician
* [[MacKenzie Gore]], MLB pitcher
* [[Tommy Greene]], MLB pitcher
* [[Patrick Lennon (baseball)|Pat Lennon]], MLB outfielder<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lennopa01.shtml Pat Lennon Stats]. ''Baseball-Reference''. Retrieved June 26, 2020.</ref>
* [[Chester McGlockton]], NFL defensive tackle
* [[Millie and Christine McKoy]], [[conjoined twins]]
* [[Jane McNeill]], stage, film, and television actress
* [[Ida Stephens Owens]], first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in physiology from [[Duke University]] in 1967<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.duke.edu/2013/12/bouchet#photo|title=Ida Stephens Owens at the Bouchet Society}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Ripple]], MLB pitcher<ref>[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=17169 Charlie Ripple Player Card - The Baseball Cube]. ''Retrieved June 28, 2020''.</ref>
* [[Reggie Royals]], [[American Basketball Association]] player<ref>[https://www.nasljerseys.com/ABA/Players/R/Royals.Reggie.htm ABA Players-Reggie Royals]. ''nasljerseys.com''. Retrieved June 26, 2020.</ref>
* [[Ralph E. Suggs]], retired rear admiral in the United States Navy<ref>Tuouy, William. (Sep 24, 1995). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-24-mn-49633-story.html Air Strikes Are Why the America Was Built: Thousands Aboard Carrier Participate in Missions Over Bosnia]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved June 26, 2020.</ref>
* [[Chris Wilcox]], NBA player
* [[Maggie Will]], professional golfer
* [[Harvey D. Williams]], African-American U.S. Army major general<ref name="Gale 1990">{{cite book|last1=Ploski |first1=Harry A. |first2=James De Bois |last2=Williams|title=Reference Library of Black America |volume=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xg0vAAAAMAAJ |year=1990 |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale Group, Inc.]] |isbn=978-0-7876-4367-6 |page=908}}</ref>
* [[Mike Wright (baseball)|Mike Wright]], MLB pitcher<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wrighmi01.shtml Mike Wright Stats]. ''Baseball-Reference''. Retrieved June 26, 2020.</ref>

==References==
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== Works cited ==
* {{cite book| last = Corbitt| first = David Leroy| title = The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943| publisher = North Carolina Division of Archives and History | edition = reprint| date = 2000| location = Raleigh| url = https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll9/id/289743| oclc= 46398241}}
* {{cite book| last = Justesen| first = Benjamin R.| title = George Henry White: An Even Chance in the Race of Life| publisher = Louisiana State University Press| edition = reprint| date = 2012| location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vc_zglApUMoC| isbn = 9780807144770}}
* {{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.whitevillecity.com/ City of Whiteville official website]
* [http://www.whitevillechamber.org/ Greater Whiteville Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.whiteville.k12.nc.us/home.aspx Whiteville City Schools]
* [http://www.whiteville.com/ ''The News Reporter'']
* [https://wtop.com/gallery/fairfax-county/annual-fairfax-county-winter-coat-drive-will-help-keep-thousands-of-kids-warm-again/  WTOP News Coat Drive]

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