Plymouth, North Carolina Plymouth, North Carolina Official seal of Plymouth, North Carolina Location of Plymouth, North Carolina Location of Plymouth, North Carolina State North Carolina Plymouth is the biggest town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Washington County. Plymouth is positioned on the Roanoke River about seven miles (11 km) upriver from its mouth into the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town of Plymouth has a total region of 3.9 square miles (10 km2), of which, 3.9 square miles (10 km2) of it is territory and 0.26% is water.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 3,878 citizens residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 68.3% Black, 28.9% White, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% from some other race and 0.9% of two or more competitions.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 35.04% White, 63.09% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.73% from other competitions, and 0.51% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $17,281, and the median income for a family was $26,800.
Plymouth was established in 1787 by Arthur Rhodes on 100 acres (0.40 km2) of his Brick House plantation he subdivided into 172 lots.
In 1790 the North Carolina General Assembly titled Plymouth a "port of bringy." The governmental center of county of Washington County was moved to Plymouth from Lee's Mill, as Roper, North Carolina, was then known, by special act of the General Assembly on January 31, 1823.
It stood until 1862 when it caught fire and burned to the ground from a shell fired by a Union gunboat amid bombardment of Plymouth.
Plymouth has the historical distinct ion of being the site of the second-largest battle in North Carolina and its last Confederate victory, the Battle of Plymouth (1864), amid the American Civil War.
The Confederate ironclad warship CSS Albemarle and its eventual sinking on October 27, 1864 while moored at a dock in Plymouth are the centerpieces of this history.
The geographical importance for the Northern forces of Plymouth's locale at the mouth of the Roanoke River was the Union desire to push upriver and capture the vital Wilmington and Weldon Railroad line passing through Weldon, North Carolina, which would completely cut off the primary supply line for General Robert E.
Fort Branch, positioned upriver at Hamilton, successfully blocked the Union gunboats and troops sailing upstream from Plymouth at the river bend called Rainbow Branch.
Thus, the war histories of Fort Branch and Plymouth are intimately connected. The Port O'Plymouth History Museum, positioned in the about 1923 former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station in downtown Plymouth, has an excellent, nationally recognized compilation of Civil War artifacts, including one of the most complete belt-buckle and button collections in the U.S.
The Garrett's Island House, Latham House, Perry-Spruill House, Plymouth Historic District, and Washington County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Plymouth High School The town of Plymouth is featured in Don Brown's Historical fiction novel Destiny, the prequel to Brown's Navy Justice Series. The Town of is also featured in the 2007 naval thriller, Defiance, by Don Brown "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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