Asheboro, North Carolina Asheboro, North Carolina Location of Asheboro, North Carolina Location of Asheboro, North Carolina State North Carolina Asheboro is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The populace was 25,012 at the 2010 census.
It is the home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo. Acme-Mc - Crary Hosiery Mills, Asheboro Hosiery Mills and Cranford Furniture Company Complex, Central School, Wilson Kindley Farm and Kindley Mine, Lewis-Thornburg Farm, Mount Shepherd Pottery Site, Randolph County Courthouse, Sunset Theater, and Thayer Farm Site (31 - RD10) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Asheboro is positioned at 35 42 55 N 79 48 47 W (35.715211, -79.813001). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.4 square miles (40 km2), of which, 15.3 square miles (40 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.58%) is water.
Although Asheboro is positioned in the gently rolling Piedmont plateau region of central North Carolina, far to the east of the Appalachian Mountains, the town and encircling area are surprisingly hilly.
As such, Asheboro gives the impression of being in a more mountainous region than it actually is.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
According to Asheboro's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: 6 Asheboro City Schools 670 9 City of Asheboro 410 Asheboro is home to the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league.
The Copperheads play at Mc - Crary Park in Asheboro.
Keith Crisco, Secretary of Commerce for North Carolina (2009-2013), major candidate for U.S.
Jonathan Worth, North Carolina Governor from 1865 to 1868 amid early Reconstruction Route 64, which joins it to Raleigh, and North Carolina Highway 49, which joins it to Charlotte.
Asheboro Regional Airport serves general aviation traffic to and from the city.
Asheboro City Schools operates enhance schools serving the city.
Fayetteville Street Christian School, positioned in Asheboro, is the biggest private school in Randolph County. In addition the Randolph County Schools has its command posts in Asheboro. NC Zoological Park Funding and Organization (PDF) Retrieved on 2010-10-08.
National Park Service (2010-07-09).
National Register of Historic Places.
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
City of Asheboro CAFR Archived August 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
"RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOLS CENTRAL OFFICE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY." Randolph County Schools.
North Carolina portal Heart of North Carolina Visitors Bureau Official Visitor Info for the Greater Asheboro Area Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States State of North Carolina
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