Belhaven, North Carolina

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History

The Belhaven City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[2]

Healthcare

The community formerly had a hospital, Pungo District Hospital, which opened in 1949. Pantego Creek LLC, the operator, asked for a third party to acquire the hospital as the operator could not pay for the care of the large number of Medicaid and Medicare patients using the hospital.[3] In 2011 Vidant Health acquired the hospital; in 2013 Vidant stated that it was unable to keep the hospital in operation due to poor finances and announced that it was going to close the hospital.[4] Pantego Creek Board closed it in 2014, and it was demolished in 2016. Vidant opened a non-emergency clinic in the area.[5]

Geography

Belhaven is located on the north shore of the Pungo River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert"., or 23.88%, is water.[6]

Climate

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Demographics

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Historical population
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U.S. Decennial Census[7]

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2020 census

Belhaven town, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[8] Pop 2010[9] Pop 2020[10] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 699 635 580 35.52% 37.62% 41.13%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,192 930 669 60.57% 55.09% 47.45%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 3 8 2 0.15% 0.47% 0.14%
Asian alone (NH) 9 8 8 0.46% 0.47% 0.57%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Other Race alone (NH) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.07%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 12 22 34 0.61% 1.30% 2.41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53 85 116 2.69% 5.04% 8.23%
Total 1,968 1,688 1,410 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,410 people, 756 households, and 377 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 1,968 people, 827 households, and 530 families residing in the town. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 1,015 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the town was 37.30% White, 60.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.71% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.69% of the population.

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River Forest Manor (built 1904)

There were 827 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $16,674, and the median income for a family was $23,958. Males had a median income of $23,839 versus $16,741 for females. The per capita income for the town was $11,086. About 32.0% of families and 35.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.6% of those under age 18 and 38.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Beaufort County Schools operates public schools. Northside High School is the local high school.[12]

Belhaven High School, an all-black school,[13] was built in 1950.[14] The school's first principal was Greene T. (GT) Swinson. In operation until the late 1960s or early 1970s, it was transformed into an elementary school,[13] Belhaven Elementary.[15] The school is no longer in operation.

There is a private school, Pungo Christian Academy (K-12).[16]

BHM Regional Library operates the Belhaven Public Library.[17]

Notable people

References

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  14. ↑ "COASTAL ZONE INFORMATION CENTER Beaufort County LAND USE PLAN." Government Printing Office. May 1976. Retrieved on June 4, 2018. "Belhaven Elementary School, Belhaven, was constructed dn [sic] 1950 with additions in-1953, 1974 and 197S. [sic] The present.facilities [sic]'are capable of handling 600 students with 490 presently attending."
  15. ↑ "Schools." Beaufort County Schools. June 20, 2000. Retrieved on June 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Contact." Pungo Christian Academy. Retrieved on June 4, 2018. "Address: 983 West Main Street"
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