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In 1840, Laurinburg had a saloon, a store, and a few shacks. Laurinburg High School, a private school, was established in 1852. The settlement prospered in the years following. A line of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad was built through Laurinburg in the 1850s, with the first train reaching Laurinburg in 1861. [1]
Scotland County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Its county seat is and largest community is Laurinburg.The county was formed in 1899 from part of Richmond County and named in honor of the Scottish settlers who occupied the area in the 1700s.
Per the 2020 U.S. Census, the racial and ethnic distribution of North Carolina's population was 60.5% white non-Hispanic, 20.2% Black non-Hispanic, 1.0% Native American/Alaska Native non-Hispanic, 3.3% Asian non-Hispanic, 0.1% Pacific Islander non-Hispanic, 0.4% Other race non-Hispanic, 3.9% Mixed race or Multiracial (non-Hispanic), and 10.7% ...
East Laurinburg is an unincorporated community in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States.The population was 345 at the 2020 census.The town was incorporated in 1903 but, due to financial improprieties and failing finances, the town's charter was revoked by the state effective June 30, 2022, in which the area became an unincorporated part of Scotland County.
The lawsuit alleges that districts 1, 6, 12 and 14 — which span Eastern North Carolina, the Triad, Mecklenburg County and more — are all racial gerrymanders and must be struck down.
The racial makeup of the MSA was 54.09% White, 35.17% African American, 2.54% Native American, 1.77% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 3.14% from other races, and 3.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.93% of the population.
The racial makeup of the city was 52.75% White, 40.93% African American, 2.86% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.09% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.16% of the population.
Lillington is a town in and the county seat of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 3,194 at the 2010 census , [ 4 ] and was 4,735 in the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Lillington is a part of the Dunn micropolitan area , which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area as defined by the ...