Spindale, North Carolina Spindale, North Carolina Location of Spindale, North Carolina Location of Spindale, North Carolina State North Carolina Spindale is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 5.5 square miles (14 km2), all of it land.

Spindale was a classic foundry town from its first textile mill, Spencer Mills in 1916 until its last textile mill, Stonecutter Mills, organized by J.

("A Short History of Stonecutter Mills and Spindale, North Carolina", by Tim Barth and Duncan Murrell, 2004, pp.

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,022 citizens , 1,662 homeholds, and 1,065 families residing in the town.

There were 1,887 housing units at an average density of 341.0 per square mile (131.7/km2).

There were 1,662 homeholds out of which 25.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town was $23,365, and the median income for a family was $33,583.

About 12.5% of families and 16.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.

Spindale is home to Isothermal Community College, a two-year improve college, titled for its locale in the thermal belt, and a part of the North Carolina Community College system.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Enumeration of Population and Housing".

Official website of the Town of Spindale, NC Municipalities and communities of Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

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