Old Hundred, North Carolina

Old Hundred, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°49′46″N 79°35′25″W
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Scotland
Area [1]
• Total	0.97 sq mi (2.51 km^2)
• Land	0.97 sq mi (2.51 km^2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km^2)
Elevation [2]	312 ft (95 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	218
• Density	224.51/sq mi (86.70/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	28351[3]
Area codes	910, 472
GNIS feature ID	1021733[2]

Old Hundred is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 287 as of the 2010 census.^[4] Old Hundred has the lowest per capita income ($5,846) of any CDP in North Carolina.^[5]

History

Old Hundred was originally calculated to be the 100-mile-marker point along the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, traveling west of Wilmington. The calculation was inaccurate and later corrected, but the name remained.^[6] The longest straight stretch of railroad track in the United States, spanning 78.86 miles, connects Old Hundred and Wilmington.^[7]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.971 square miles (2.51 km²), all of it land.^[4] U.S. Route 74 passes through the community.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	218		—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Hundred, North Carolina
3. "Old Hundred NC ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
4. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
5. Census reporter
6. Marks 2021, p. 11.
7. Tyner 2005, p. 34.
8. Gibson, NC, 7'5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949 (1983 rev.)
9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

Works cited

• Marks, Stuart A. (2021). Southern Hunting in Black and White: Nature, History, and Ritual in a Carolina Community. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691226866.
• Tyner, K. Blake (2005). Robeson County in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738541624.