Buies Creek ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Neills Creek Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. It is the home of Campbell University. The population was 3,253 at the 2020 census, up from 2,942 in 2010. Buies Creek is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

History

The James Archibald Campbell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Incorporation

The wooded hamlet of Buies Creek was incorporated by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1914. The town charter was repealed in 1967.

Geography

The community is in eastern Harnett County, northwest of Erwin and east of Lillington, the county seat. U.S. Route 421 passes through the community, connecting the two nearby towns. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.25%, is water.

Buies Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear River, drains the town of Buies Creek.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Buies Creek had a population of 3,253. The median age was 21.9 years. 8.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 7.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 82.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 80.1 males age 18 and over.

88.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 11.2% lived in rural areas.

There were 917 households in Buies Creek, of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 27.4% were married-couple households, 29.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 36.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

  • Paul Green, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
  • Robert Burren Morgan, United States senator
  • Woody Upchurch, former MLB pitcher
  • Norman Adrian Wiggins, academic, university president
  • Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III, internet personalities and hosts of the daily show Good Mythical Morning

References

  • Campbell University