Person County is a

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located in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 census. The

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is Roxboro. Person County is included in the

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, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,079,687 in 2019. It is located in the

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region of North Carolina.

History

The colonial government established Person County as part of Edgecombe County in 1746. County designations kept changing, and it was part of Granville County from 1746 to 1752; included in Orange County until 1778; and part of

Caswell County Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville. Partially bordering the state of Virgin ...

until 1791/1792. By dividing Caswell County into two squares–each side measuring approximately twenty (20) miles in length, the state formed two counties of each. The county was named after

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Thomas Person, a Revolutionary War patriot, who made significant contributions to Person County and surrounding areas. The area was first inhabited by Native Americans over 10,000 years ago. The historical tribes encountered here by early Spanish explorers were generally

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-speaking, including the

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, Occaneechee, and other groups. Settlement by immigrants of Scots, Scots-Irish,

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, French Huguenot, and

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ancestry began in the mid-17th and continued into the 19th centuries. The settlers tended to be yeoman farmers, and few owned any slaves. Religious affiliation in the county reflects the early settlers and is predominantly

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. Due to Person County's nearness to Virginia, the Carolina coast, and the Appalachian foothills, a wide variety of

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dialects can be heard here, including Virginia Piedmont, Coastal Southern, South Midland, and

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Revolutionary and Civil Wars

The county was named for Brigadier General Thomas Person, a Revolutionary War patriot, who made significant contributions to Person County and surrounding areas. He was a trustee of the

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. His generous donations were recognized by the construction and naming of Person Hall. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore, Deputy Quartermaster General of the Hillsborough district, was another Revolutionary War hero, commanding the Person County militia at the disastrous

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. He was captured and held on the prison ship ''Torbay''. In 1775-1776 he had purchased property in the south of Person County and named his plantation Mt. Tirzah. His home, constructed in 1778, has been renovated recently. Stephen Moore was buried in the family cemetery. During the

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, Person County supplied between 800 and 1000 soldiers to the

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. A granite monument at the Courthouse honors E. Fletcher Satterfield, who carried the

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at Gettysburg.

Late 19th century

J.A. Long, W.W. Kitchin, A.R. Foushee, J.S. Bradsher, J.C. Pass, W.F. Reade, and R.E. Long were key leaders who helped make a transition to a more diversified economic base after the Civil War. The arrival of the newly constructed

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was a major influence around 1890, as it enabled the addition of tobacco processing plants and warehouses to the rural economy. Although the processing plants disappeared many years ago, a few of the warehouses still stand. J.A. Long established Peoples Bank in 1891 and the

Roxboro Cotton Mill Roxboro Cotton Mill is a historic cotton mill complex located at Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1899, and is a two-story, banked, textile mill with Italianate-style influence and slow-burning heavy timber frame construct ...

in 1899, later known as Tultex Yarns. His home at Roxboro, the James A. and Laura Thompson Long House, was added to the

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in 2005. Long died in 1915 but was succeeded by his son, J.A. Long, Jr., who began attracting new business to Roxboro. Baker Company opened here in 1923, making textile manufacturing a major contributor to the local economy for decades. Baker was merged with Collins and Aikman Corporation (C&A), becoming a major industry in Person County for several decades before closing in August 2006. Textile manufacturers have moved to other locations in the US and overseas.

20th and 21st centuries

Residential and commercial development have grown steadily over the past few years in part due to the county's location near the

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region. The Hyco Lake area and southern portion of the county have had an influx of new home and commercial development in the late 20th and early 21st century. The county's largest employers are

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Georgia-Pacific Corporation Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and re ...

and GKN Driveline. The

Holloway-Walker Dollarhite House Holloway-Walker-Dollarhite House is a historic home located near Bethel Hill, Person County, North Carolina. It consists of a -story block with a shed addition and Georgian details dated to the late-18th century; a two-story, mid-19th century ...

, Henry-Vernon House, Burleigh, and Waverly Plantation are listed on the

outside Roxboro.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.9%) is water. Person County contains parts of three major river basins: the Neuse, the Roanoke and the

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, providing essential clean drinking water to the south and east of the state. The origin of the Tar River is in southeast Person County. In the northwest section of the county is

Hyco Lake Hyco Lake is a reservoir in Person and Caswell counties, North Carolina. It is the area's main destination for fishing, boating, water skiing, wake boarding, and recreation and is the larger of Person County's two lakes, the other being Mayo Lake. ...

, with Mayo Reservoir in the northeast section. Both lakes are used for electrical power generation and recreation. Near the western border with

is Lake Roxboro. Part of the Neuse River begins here with the Flat River, where it combines with the Little and

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rivers to go into Falls Lake and create the Neuse. The

Uwharrie Mountains The Uwharrie Mountains ()
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. They are the lowest mountain range in the state. The Uwharries begin in Montgomery County and terminate at Hager's Mountain in the hills of northern Person County. The county is largely covered by rolling hills divided by farmlands and forest. The area's ridges are not narrow and sharp like those in some parts of the

, and the gullies and ditches are not as abrupt. The northern part of the county between the lakes is skirted by a

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. The highest point of the county is a prominent hill in Roxboro, where the county seat has located its water reservoir tank. Person County claims three small mountains. Hager's Mountain is north of Roxboro. Red Mountain and Mt. Tirzah are in the southeastern part of the county. The

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of the county is dominated by

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formation, overlaid by a variety of soils.

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boulders are strewn across the county.

State and local protected areas

* Hagers Mountain * Mayo Lake Park

Major water bodies

* After Bay Reservoir * Byrds Creek *

Castle Creek (Hyco River tributary) Castle Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina Person County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 census. The county seat is Roxbo ...

* Flat River *

Ghent Creek Ghent Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Name ...

Mayo Lake Mayo Lake is a reservoir located in northeastern Person County, North Carolina Person County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 census. The county seat is Roxboro. Person Count ...

* Mill Creek *

Richland Creek (South Hyco Creek tributary) Richland Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to South Hyco Creek in Person County, North Carolina. Richland Creek joins South Hyco Creek within Hyco Lake. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System The Geographic ...

* Roxboro Lake *

South Hyco Creek South Hyco Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. South Hyco Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. South Hyco Creek forms the Hyco River along with Hyco Creek. Variant names According to ...

Storys Creek (Hyco River tributary) Storys Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and loca ...

Tar River The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it underpasses the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Wash ...

Adjacent counties

* Halifax County, Virginia - north * Granville County - east * Durham County - south * Orange County - south *

- west

Major highways

* * * * *

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is the closest

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to the county, located 29 miles south in

Major infrastructure

Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31, ...

, freight rail service * Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County, located south of Roxboro on

U.S. Route 501 U.S. Route 501 (US 501) is a spur of U.S. Route 1. It runs 355 miles (571 km) from Buena Vista, Virginia at U.S. Route 60 to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at U.S. Route 17 Business. It passes through the states of Virginia, North Caroli ...

Raleigh-Durham International Airport, located south of Roxboro

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, located southwest of Roxboro

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 39,097 people, 15,896 households, and 10,695 families residing in the county.

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 39,464 people, 15,826 households, and 10,979 families residing in the county. The

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was 91 people per square mile (35/km²). There were 15,504 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile (15/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 68.1%

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, 28.3%

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, 0.61% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.01%

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, 1.37% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races.

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or Latino people of any race were 2.09% of the population. There were 14,085 households, out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were

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living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the county was $42,559 and the median income for a family was $54,474. Males had a median income of $30,970 versus $22,804 for females. The

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for the county was $22,189. About 9.4% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the

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, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 17.3% of those age 65 or over.

Law, government, and politics

Person County is a member of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments. The county government is administered by an elected county commission, and county law enforcement is administered by an elected

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and his officers. The county is politically conservative and Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Person County since

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in 1980. Before being won by

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in 1968, Person County had been part of the Democratic "

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", voting Democrat in most elections between 1880 and 1964, except the elections in 1892 and 1908, with six consecutive Democratic presidential nominees receiving seventy-five percent of the county's vote between 1932 and 1952.

Elected officials (As of 2021)

* Ted Budd (R), U.S. House of Representatives * Mike Woodard (D), State Senator * Larry Yarborough (R), State Representative * Dewey Jones (D), Sheriff * Kyle Puryear (R), County Commissioner * David Newell (R), Chairman- County Commissioner * Ray Jeffers (D), County Commissioner * Jimmy Clayton (D), County Commissioner * Gordon Powell, Vice Chair, County Commissioner * Jimmy Wilkins, School Board Vice-Chairman * Jennifer Kafer, School Board Member * Freda Tillman, School Board Member * Margaret Bradsher, School Board Member

Economy

The economy of Person County is dominated by electrical, textile, administrative, manufacturing, aerodynamics, viticulture, brokering, food processing, automotive, aluminum and paper products. Diversification from traditional flue cured tobacco to include burley tobacco and other modes of agriculture is underway. Person County is home to two industrial parks: Person County Business and Industrial Center (PCBIC), located on Durham Road (US 501), and North Park, located north of Roxboro on North Park Drive. Person County is also near North Carolina's

, home to numerous high-tech companies and enterprises. Person County offers a strategic location for business and industry, as it is within an hour's drive of North Carolina's two major economic centers, the

(Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh) and the

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(Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point), and within a two-hour drive of

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Healthcare

* Person Memorial Hospital * Hospital of the

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* Roxboro MedAccess Person County Medical and Dental

Education

Higher education

Piedmont Community College Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Roxboro, North Carolina. It is one of 58 colleges in the North Carolina Community College System. Its service area includes two North Carolina counties: Person County, where its main ...

offers associate degrees, technical training programs, and college credit which is transferable to local state supported colleges/universities. There is a satellite campus in neighboring

Public education

Person County School System

Public education is provided by the Person County School System and administers a single unified school district with a K-12 program. As of August 2013, the school system consists of: * 4,500+ students * 690+ staff

Charter schools

The State of North Carolina also provides for a certain number of

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s. These are administered separately from the Person County School System. Roxboro has two charter schools: * Bethel Hill Charter School, an alternative public school that offers young kids an alternative for grades K-6, opened for the 2000–2001 school year. Total enrollment is 385. *

Roxboro Community School Roxboro is the name of several places: * Roxboro, Quebec, now part of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada *Roxboro, North Carolina, United States of America * Roxboro, Limerick, a townland in Co Limerick, Ireland *Roxboro, C ...

, an alternative to the state public school system, is located in uptown Roxboro. It is housed in the historic Roxboro Cotton Mill/Tultex building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The school opened for the 2006–2007 school year. Currently serves grades 6-12. Total enrollment is 700.

Private education

* Person Christian School * Roxboro Christian Academy was founded in 1976 and serves a K-12 program. Total enrollment is 176. * Zion Christian Academy was founded in 2002 and offers a 1-12 program. Total enrollment is 30.

Communities

City

* Roxboro (county seat and largest city)

Census-designated place

* Rougemont

Townships

* Allensville * Bushy Fork * Cunningham * Flat River * Holloway * Mount Tirzah * Olive Hill * Roxboro * Woodsdale

Unincorporated communities

* Ai * Allensville * Bethel Hill * Brooksdale * Bushy Fork * Cavel * Ceffo * Concord *

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* Denny Store * Five Forks * Gentry Store * Gordonton * Hesters Store * Hurdle Mills * Leasburg * Longhurst * Longs Store *

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* Mount Tirzah * Olive Hill * Paynes Tavern * Peeds Store * Roseville * Semora *

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* Surl * Timberlake * Triple Springs * Whitt Town * Woodsdale

Notable people

* Henry Atkinson, soldier * Leonidas Berry, medical doctor, inventor of Eder-Berry biopsy gastroscope * Robert L. Blackwell, one of two soldiers from North Carolina to receive the

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for service during

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; killed in action October 11, 1918 * Margie Bowes, country music singer *

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, defensive tackle for the

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* Carl Long,

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driver *

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, former WNBA player * Ray Scott, country music singer *

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, aka "Country", St. Louis Cardinals, and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee *

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native ...

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golfer *

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, politician,

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52nd District

References

External links

Person County government

Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce
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