Yadkin College is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in rural Davidson County,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, United States, located 9

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s (14 km) northwest of Lexington. Contrary to its name, it is not part of

Yadkin County Yadkin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 37,214 at the 2020 census. Its county seat is Yadkinville. Yadkin County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...

. Yadkin College is named for the college of the same name that operated there from 1857 to 1895, which was in turn named after the

Yadkin River The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in the US state of North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river a ...

that runs alongside the village. The

Yadkin College Historic District Yadkin College Historic District is a national historic district located at Yadkin College, Davidson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 38 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures in the village ...

was added to the

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in 1988. The

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of Yadkin College is 35.872N. The longitude is -80.375W. The ZIP code is 27295. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 377.

Demographics

2020 census

References

* Fick, Virginia G. ''Country College on the Yadkin: A Historical Narrative.'' Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Publishing, c1984.

External links

Davidson County Government

Census-designated places in Davidson County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina {{DavidsonCountyNC-geo-stub