Cliffside, North Carolina

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Cliffside, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Cliffside
Coordinates: 35°14′53″N81°45′55″W / 35.24806°N 81.76528°W / 35.24806; -81.76528
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Rutherford
Area
[1]
 • Total2.33 sq mi (6.03 km2)
 • Land2.33 sq mi (6.03 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
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843 ft (257 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total530
 • Density227.76/sq mi (87.93/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28024
Area code 828
GNIS feature ID2628618 [2]

Cliffside is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. [2] Its population was 530 as of the 2020 census. [3] Cliffside has a post office with ZIP code 28024. [4] [5] U.S. Route 221 Alternate and North Carolina Highway 120 pass through the community.

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Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 530—
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

History

Cliffside was founded as a company town by Raleigh Rutherford (R.R.) Haynes, who established a textile mill there on the Second Broad River in 1899. Haynes had previously helped to build up the mills and factories of nearby Henrietta and Caroleen [7] High Shoals, a former community in this vicinity, was a post office as early as 1828. [8]

It was entirely owned by Haynes and his business partners, who owned all of the property, homes and farmland in the town. The farm acreage was rented to tenant farmers, and the homes were rented to Haynes' employees at low rates. Homes cost about $0.25 weekly for each room in the house. Because it was privately owned, it had no town council or city limits, and minimal crime. [7]

Town residents had to have at least one member of their household employed by Haynes, and had to obey certain town rules such as not keeping dogs on their property. The town reached its height in the 1950s when it had about 2,500 residents. Millionaire Earl Owensby originally hailed from Cliffside, and built Earl Owensby Studios just 10 miles from the town. [7]

Cliffside Public School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [9]

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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: Cliffside, 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. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 Bailey, Alfred Reno (2005). Cliffside: Portrait of a Carolina Mill Town. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 7–8. ISBN   978-0-7385-4160-0.
  8. ↑ 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. 110. ISBN   0-8078-1247-1.
  9. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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