Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville is a large city in southeast North Carolina. In 2013, 204,408 people lived there. It has grown a lot in the past few decades.
City of Fayetteville | |
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Coordinates: 35°3′9″N 78°52′41″W / 35.05250°N 78.87806°WCoordinates: 35°3′9″N 78°52′41″W / 35.05250°N 78.87806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cumberland |
Settled | 1783 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• Mayor | Mitch Colvin (D) |
• City Manager | Doug Hewett |
Area | |
• City | 147.7 sq mi (382.6 km2) |
• Land | 145.9 sq mi (377.8 km2) |
• Water | 1.9 sq mi (4.8 km2) |
Elevation | 263 ft (80 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 200,564 US: 110th |
• Estimate (2016) | 204,759 |
• Metro | 377,193 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 28301, 28302, 28303, 28304, 28305, 28306, 28307 (Fort Bragg), 28308 (Pope AAF), 28309, 28310 (Fort Bragg), 28311, 28312, 28314,28387,28374 |
FIPS code | 37-22920[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 1020226[2] |
Website | Official website |
The city was settled around 1762.
Fort Bragg is an army base north of Fayetteville. It provides over 15,000 jobs to people in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville State University, Carolina College of Biblical Studies, and Methodist University are in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville, North Carolina Media
The Confederate arsenal in Fayetteville was destroyed in March 1865 by Union Gen. William T. Sherman during the Civil War.
Children working in the Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills in Fayetteville, 1914. Photo by Lewis Hine.
References
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.