Yanceyville, North Carolina Yanceyville, North Carolina Caswell County Courthouse in Yanceyville Caswell County Courthouse in Yanceyville Location of Yanceyville, North Carolina Location of Yanceyville, North Carolina State North Carolina Yanceyville, first incorporated in 1833, is the governmental center of county of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. The populace was 2,039 at the 2010 census. It has been the governmental center of county since 1792 (although the settlement was originally called Caswell Court House until 1833).

The initial Caswell County Courthouse has been renovated and provides offices for county departments.

In addition to the Caswell County Courthouse, the Graves House, William Henry and Sarah Holderness House, John Johnston House, Poteat House, Bartlett Yancey House, Yanceyville Historic District, and Melrose/Williamson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Yanceyville is positioned at the center of Caswell County, at 36 24 25 N 79 20 30 W (36.407037, -79.341545). U.S.

Route 158 passes through the town, dominant east 22 miles (35 km) to Roxboro and west 22 miles (35 km) to Reidsville.

North Carolina Highway 86 joins US 158 in a short bypass just north of the center of town and leads 29 miles (47 km) southeast to Hillsborough and 13 miles (21 km) north to Danville, Virginia.

North Carolina Highway 62 passes through the easterly side of Yanceyville, dominant northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Milton and south 25 miles (40 km) to Burlington.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Yanceyville has a total region of 5.6 square miles (14.4 km2), of which 5.5 square miles (14.3 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.57%, is water. The median income for a homehold in the town is $14,517, and the median income for a family is $20,125. The per capita income for the town was $10,430.

Approximately 48.8% of families and 51.2% of the populace live below the poverty line, including 69.5% of those under age 18 and 36% of those over age 65. An estimated 28.9% of caucasians live below the poverty line, whereas an estimated 63.8% of African Americans live below the poverty line. In 2010, Yanceyville had the seventh-lowest median homehold income of all places in the United States with a populace over 1,000. Yanceyville also hosts the Caswell County Parks and Recreation Department, which features a range of sports and activities, especially for children, and the Caswell County Civic Center, a full-size, professionally equipped stage, 912-seat auditorium, meeting and banquet facilities for up to 500, lobby art loggia and accessories which has concerts, plays and civil functions. The town also has the county's senior center with recreational and public facilities assembled in 2009. Samuel Bason (1894-1986), late Yanceyville banker and businessman; member of the North Carolina State Senate, 1948-1956 a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Yanceyville town, North Carolina".

North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.

County of Caswell, North Carolina.

County of Caswell, North Carolina.

Caswell County Historical Association Caswell County Cemetery Enumeration Municipalities and communities of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States County seat: Yanceyville

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