Pfafftown, North Carolina
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Pfafftown (pronounced "Poff-town"), North Carolina is an unincorporated coummunity which has been partially annexed into the city of Winston-Salem in Forsyth County. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP of Pfafftown had a population of 9,562. It is a Piedmont Triad community.
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[edit] Demographics
Pfafftown's Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) has a population of about 9,562 as of the 2000 census. The population is about 49% male and 51% female. About 89.6% of the population is white, 8% African-American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.6% Asian, 1.5% Hispanic, and 0.8% of another race. 0.9% of people are two or more races. There are no native Hawaiians or other Pacific islanders.
The average household size is 2.6 people, and the average family has 2.9 people. There are 3,783 houses, with 94.5% of them occupied, 91% bought and 3.5% rented. There are 214 vacant housing units.
[edit] Attractions and facilities
Attractions in Pfafftown include the the 18-hole Grandview Golf Course and the Grandview Swim Club. A newly constructed Ronald Reagan High School as well as the Vienna Elementary School call Pfafftown home. In addition to schools, C.G. Hill Memorial Park contains a hollow poplar tree which was used to store weapons for Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.
[edit] Annexation
As of September, 2006 most of Pfafftown east of Transou Road is part of the city of Winston-Salem. North Carolina law currently has little restrictions on cities annexing territories, so many Pfafftown citizens were unable to successfully resist annexation; many lawsuits took place between the actual annexation in 2004 and the submission in 2006.
Many citizens in the nearby community of Midway were facing a similar situation with annexation and thus proceeded with efforts to incorporate as a seperate municipality, similar to what many Pfafftown citizens tried years prior to the 2004 annexation. Using Pfafftown as an example of a failure, the Midway Incorporation Committee suceeded in gaining permanent autonomy from nearby Winston-Salem with the sucessful incorpoation of the town of Midway in June 2006.
[edit] Famous residents
- Cam Bonifay, once Major League Baseball professional scout for the St. Louis Cardinals and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1993 to 2001.
[edit] Movies filmed in Pfafftown
- Junebug, partially set and filmed in Pfafftown and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
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- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
