The story
History
Before 1752, when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg of the Moravian Church visited the Blowing Rock, the windy cliffs of the area were home to the Cherokee and the Catawba Native American tribes.
After the mid-18th century, when hardy Scots-Irish pioneers began to settle in the region, the mountain passes from southern Virginia into Kentucky attracted many colonists, farmers, hunters, and trappers who continued south to the mountains of North Carolina. The first family to settle in Blowing Rock were the Greenes, who were established by the mid-19th century on a site that would become the Green Park Hotel property.
In addition to the Green Park Inn, the Bollinger-Hartley House, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12, Gragg House, Green Park Historic District, Randall Memorial Building, Former, Vardell Family Cottages Historic District, Westglow, and Moses Cone's Flat Top Manor are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church (Boone, NC), operates the Church of the Epiphany as a seasonal, mission church in Blowing Rock.
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,376 people, 619 households, and 357 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,418 people, 663 households, and 387 families residing in the town. The population density was 477.9 inhabitants per square mile (184.5/km2). There were 1,524 housing units at an average density of 513.6 units per square mile (198.3 units/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.95% White, 0.35% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population.
There were 663 households, of which
16.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them,
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52.3% were married couples living together,
4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and
41.5% were non-families.
35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 persons and the average family size was 2.59.
The population consists of
15.0% under the age of 18,
4.9% from 18 to 24,
20.0% from 25 to 44,
34.1% from 45 to 64, and
26.0% 65 years or older.
The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $54,271, and the median income for a family was $66,979. Males had a median income of $45,417 compared to $27,361 for females. The per capita income for the town was $34,294. About 2.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
From Wikipedia’s article on Blowing Rock, North Carolina, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4