Siler City, North Carolina
Siler City, North Carolina Location of Siler City, North Carolina Location of Siler City, North Carolina Siler City is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town's populace was 7,887. The populace was estimated to be 8,169 in 2013. The town was the retirement home and burial locale of actress Frances Bavier (1902 1989), best remembered for her part as Aunt Bea on The Andy Griffith Show, a tv sitcom in the 1960s set in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina.
Siler City was featured in episode 140 (season 5 episode 13) of The Andy Griffith Show (December 14, 1964) as the place where Andy and Helen were taken by a game warden for fishing without a license. Most recently, the town served as the backdrop for Paul Cuadros' book, A Home on the Field, a true story about his experience coaching a Hispanic high school soccer team to a state championship in spite of adversity. In recent years, Siler City has turn into a suburb of Greensboro and the Research Triangle Park.
Bray House, Bray-Paschal House, East Raleigh Street Historic District, Gregson-Hadley House, Former High Point Bending and Chair Company, Hotel Hadley, North Third Avenue Historic District, Siler City City Hall, Siler City Commercial Historic District, Siler City High School, Snipes-Fox House, William Teague House, and Burdett Woody House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Siler City is positioned in Chatham County at 35 43 34 N 79 27 47 W (35.726030, -79.462962). U.S.
Route 64 passes through the northern part of the town as 11th Street, dominant east 16 miles (26 km) to Pittsboro, the Chatham County seat, and west 21 miles (34 km) to Asheboro.
Route 421 bypasses Siler City to the northeast, with access from Exits 168, 171, and 174.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 6.0 square miles (15.6 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 0.37%, is water. In the town, the populace was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (formerly the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) operates the Chatham Youth Development Center juvenile correctional facility in the Central Carolina Business Park in Siler City.
Siler City is part of the Chatham County Public Schools District, with Jordan-Matthews High School, SAGE Academy, Chatham Middle School, Siler City Elementary School and Virginia Cross Elementary School serving the town.
Chatham Charter High School is also positioned in Siler City, as well as Chatham Charter School.
Siler City Municipal Airport (5 - W8) is a single runway airport 3 miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Siler City.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Siler City town, North Carolina".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 (PEPANNRES): North Carolina Incorporated Places".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Siler City town, North Carolina".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Siler City town, North Carolina".
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"5 - W8 - Siler City Municipal".
"Siler City Municipal Airport (5 - W8)".
Town of Siler CIty.
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