Misenheimer, North Carolina
Misenheimer is an incorporated village in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is in the southern Piedmont region of North Carolina, near the city of Richfield. The population was 728 as of the 2010 Census.
The
U.S. Route 52 passes through Misenheimer along its route from Salisbury to Albemarle, and bisects the Pfeiffer campus along with a Norfolk Southern Railroad line. Misenheimer may have been the only municipality in America whose only traffic light is not at an intersection of two or more streets, but at a crosswalk to accommodate pedestrian traffic (the crosswalk being across US 52 connecting the two parts of Pfeiffer's campus on opposite sides of the highway).
History
In 1825, Matthias Tobias Barringer discovered gold nuggets along a section of Long Creek that ran through his farm. He found $8,000 worth of gold ($179,000 in 2020 dollars), and eventually the country's first gold vein in
In the late 1800’s Misenheimer was a stop called Gladstone on a railroad spur that served a nearby early tourist destination, Misenheimer Springs.[3]
Incorporation resulted June 26, 2003 from a bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly.[4] A major reason for the action was the planned widening of U.S. 52 and N.C. 49, expected to bring growth to the area.[5] One of the first actions taken by the interim board was to block heavy industry such as re-opening the former Barringer gold mine by Joe Carter, who owned about 250 acres, or about a fourth of the village land,[6] but did not live in the community. Carter had been working to restart the mine since 1998, and county commissioners stopped his plan for a quarry after residents protested, but Peter Edquist, a leader of the incorporation effort and the first mayor, denied that the mine was the reason for incorporation.[7][8]
Government
Misenheimer has a
35°29′06″N 80°17′18″W / 35.48500°N 80.28833°W
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | 728 | — | |
2020 | 650 | −10.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] |
2020 census
Race | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic)
|
425 | 65.38% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
140 | 21.54% |
Native American
|
4 | 0.62% |
Asian
|
8 | 1.23% |
Other/Mixed
|
26 | 4.0% |
Latino
|
47 | 7.23% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 650 people, 111 households, and 62 families residing in the village.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Misenheimer, North Carolina
- ^ Drye, Willie (March 2020). "Misfortune in the Barringer Gold Mine". Our State. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Village of Misenheimer - Our History". Village of Misenheimer. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
- ^ Beth McLain, "Misenheimer wants county's help with zoning ordinance enforcement," The Weekly Post, September 24, 2003, p. 14.
- ^ Beth McLain, "Welcome to the Village of Misenheimer," The Weekly Post, July 2, 2003, p. 1.
- Stanly News and Press, August 24, 2003, p. 1A.
- ^ Jenny Darby Roberson, "Village approval gets closer," Stanly News and Press, July 26, 2003, p. 1A.
- ^ Shannon Beamon, "Residents look back at 10 years in the village," Stanly News and Press, September 15, 2013, p. 1A.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2021.