Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,775 at the 2020 census,
Geography
Carthage is in east-central Moore County. North Carolina Highways 24 and 27 pass through the center of town as McReynolds Street (to the northwest) and Monroe Street (to the southeast), leading west to Troy and southeast to Fayetteville. North Carolina Highway 22 enters Carthage on McReynolds Street with NC-24/27 but turns south in the center of town onto McNeill Street. Highway 22 leads south to Southern Pines and northwest to Ramseur. U.S. Routes 15 and 501 pass through the southeast side of the town on a bypass; the combined highways lead northeast to Sanford and south to Aberdeen.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Carthage has a total area of , of which , or 0.55%, are water.
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Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Carthage had a population of 2,775. The median age was 38.8 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 83.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 82.4 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,021 households in Carthage, of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.5% were married-couple households, 16.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
- Mable Parker McLean (1922–2012), academic administrator
- Austin Tucker Martin (200X-2026), killed breaching President Trump's Florida home.
2009 shooting
On March 29, 2009, a man named Robert Stewart shot and killed eight people and wounded two others at the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center of Carthage. Seven of the victims were elderly patients, with ages ranging from 75 to 98 years old. The eighth was a 39-year-old registered nurse who worked at the facility. The gunman, Robert Stewart, exchanged gunfire with a local police officer, wounding him in the leg before he himself was wounded and taken to a nearby medical facility.
See also
- Moore County substation attack