thumb|right|200px|The Pannill family on the porch of their home, Mayodan, 1911
Mayodan is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Mayodan had a population of 2,418. It is a manufacturing site for Sturm, Ruger & Co., Bridgestone Aircraft Tire, and formerly General Tobacco until its closure in 2010. Washington Mills Company, later Tultex, operated a textile mill in Mayodan until 1999.
The town is named for two rivers that converge nearby, the Mayo and the Dan, and, according to Ripley's Believe It or Not!, is the only town in the world with this name.
The Washington Mills-Mayodan Plant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The Mayodan Historic District has been on the National Register since 2016.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of ; of the area is land and 0.66% is water.
Mayodan is located near the confluence of the Mayo and Dan Rivers.
Schools
- High Schools: Dalton L. McMichael High School
- Middle Schools: Western Rockingham Middle School
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Mayodan racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 1,887
| 78.04%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 284
| 11.75%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 3
| 0.12%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 10
| 0.41%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 105
| 4.34%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 129
| 5.33%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Mayodan had a population of 2,418. The median age was 49.6 years. 15.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 26.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 84.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 80.1 males age 18 and over.
96.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.9% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,180 households in Mayodan, including 671 family households. Of all households, 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 30.3% were married-couple households, 23.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 41.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 43.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.