Fremont is a town in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fremont had a population of 1,196. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Originally named Nahunta, it was renamed Fremont in 1869 after Col. Sewall Lawrence Fremont, a former U.S. Army artilleryman and chief engineer of the Wilmington and Wheldon Railroad from 1854 to 1871.
The Aycock Birthplace, Barnes-Hooks Farm, and Dred and Ellen Yelverton House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Fremont racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 534
| 44.65%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 551
| 46.07%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 3
| 0.25%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 44
| 3.68%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 64
| 5.35%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,196 people, 426 households, and 212 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census