Official Name: | Old Hundred, North Carolina |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Scotland |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.51 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.51 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.97 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.97 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 218 |
Population Density Km2: | 86.70 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 224.51 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 312 |
Coordinates: | 34.8294°N -79.5903°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28351[2] |
Area Codes: | 910, 472 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1021733 |
Old Hundred is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 287 as of the 2010 census.[3] Old Hundred has the lowest per capita income ($5,846) of any CDP in North Carolina.[4]
Old Hundred was originally calculated to be the 100-mile-marker point along the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, traveling west of Wilmington. The calculation was inaccurate and later corrected, but the name remained. The longest straight stretch of railroad track in the United States, spanning 78.86 miles, connects Old Hundred and Wilmington.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of, all of it land.[3] U.S. Route 74 passes through the community.[5]