Chadbourn is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,574 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office called Chadbourn has been in operation since 1882. It was incorporated in 1883, being named after a local family engaged in the lumber industry.
Geography
Chadbourn lies within the Carolina Border Belt, a regional network of tobacco markets and warehouses along both sides of the North Carolina-South Carolina border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Chadbourn racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 469
| 29.8%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 976
| 62.01%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 23
| 1.46%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 9
| 0.57%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 53
| 3.37%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 44
| 2.8%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Chadbourn had a population of 1,574. The median age was 41.6 years. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.5% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 81.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.8 males age 18 and over.
There were 693 households in Chadbourn, including 387 family households. Of all households, 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 24.7% were married-couple households, 21.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 46.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 38.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The final passenger train through the town's station was the passenger train on an Augusta - Sumter - Florence - Chadbourn - Wilmington itinerary. Its final service was in 1965 or 1966, the station taking freight only station by late 1966.