Caroleen, North Carolina

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Caroleen, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Caroleen
Coordinates: 35°16′52″N81°47′29″W / 35.28111°N 81.79139°W / 35.28111; -81.79139
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Rutherford
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.11 sq mi (2.87 km2)
 • Land1.11 sq mi (2.87 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
860 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
560
 • Density505.87/sq mi (195.28/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28019
Area code 828
GNIS feature ID2628617 [2]

Caroleen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. [2] Its population was 560 as of the 2020 census. [3] Caroleen has a post office with ZIP code 28019. [4] [5] U.S. Route 221 Alternate passes through the community.

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History

Caroleen is located on the Second Broad River. It was named in honor of Caroline, wife of industrialist Simpson B. Tanner Sr.

The Post Office Department ruled that Caroline was too similar to Carolina to be acceptable, so the name Caroleen was selected instead.

The communities of Avondale and Henrietta, founded in 1887 and named for Tanner's mother-in-law Henrietta McRae Spencer, lie directly south. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 560—
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Notable person

Smoky Burgess – Major League Baseball player, nine-time All-Star and 1960 World Series champion [8]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caroleen, North Carolina
  3. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ Powell, William S. (1968). The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 88. ISBN   0-8078-1247-1.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Smoky Burgess Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac".


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