Morrisville, North Carolina Morrisville, North Carolina Morrisville, North Carolina (2014).jpg Location in Wake County and the state of North Carolina.
Location in Wake County and the state of North Carolina.
Morrisville is a town positioned in both Wake and Durham counties of the U.S.
State of North Carolina. The populace was 18,576 at the 2010 census. The U.S.
Enumeration Bureau estimates the town's populace to be 21,932 as of July 1, 2013. Morrisville is part of the Research Triangle urbane region.
The county-wide name originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, positioned midway between the metros/cities of Raleigh and Durham.
The town continued to expanded as a result of the rail line and its locale at the intersection of roads dominant to Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Hillsborough.
On April 13, 1865, in the Battle of Morrisville, Federal cavalry under the command of Gen.
Judson Kilpatrick skirmished with the retreating Confederate armies at Morrisville Station.
Morrisville History (as listed on historical marker): Morrisville Station: "On April 16, 1865, Union cavalry under the command of General William T.
The Morrisville Christian Church, Williamson Page House, and Pugh House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 8.3 square miles (21.5 km2), of which 8.3 square miles (21.4 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.62%, is water. Morrisville is positioned in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet.
As a result, most of Morrisville features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state's flat coastal plain.
Its central Piedmont locale situates the county about three hours west of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, by car and four hours east of the Great Smoky Mountains.
The central core of Morrisville is positioned along the upper portion of Crabtree Creek, which then feeds into Lake Crabtree, positioned in the southeastern part of the town.
As of the 2010 census, there were 18,576 citizens , 7,641 homeholds, and 4,752 families residing in the town.
Known as North Carolina's "little India" by locals, Morrisville has turn into one of the most diverse suburbs in the state especially due to the expansion of the technology industry. The ethnic makeup of the town was 54.0% White, 12.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, 27.2% Asian, 2.0% from some other race, and 3.4% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 27.0% |