Rural Hall is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It is a part of the Piedmont Triad. The population was 3,360 at the 2020 census. The town has one public park: Covington Memorial Park.

Geography

Rural Hall is located in northern Forsyth County. It is bordered to the south by the city of Winston-Salem, and the village of Tobaccoville is to the west. Downtown Winston-Salem is to the south via North Carolina Highway 66 and U.S. Route 52.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Rural Hall has a total area of , of which , or 0.32%, is water.

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Rural Hall racial composition

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

|-

!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 2,017

| 60.19%

|-

!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 678

| 20.23%

|-

!scope="row"| Native American

| 14

| 0.42%

|-

!scope="row"| Asian

| 19

| 0.57%

|-

!scope="row"| Pacific Islander

| 2

| 0.06%

|-

!scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 188

| 5.61%

|-

!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 433

| 12.92%

|}

As of the 2020 census, there were 3,351 people, 1,360 households, and 857 families residing in the town. The median age was 38.6 years. 23.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.4% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

Of all households, 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 39.3% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Rural Hall now is the operational center of the Yadkin Valley Railroad, and many of the Yadkin Valley locomotives can be found idling there when not working.

The Rural Hall Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Churches

  • Antioch United Methodist
  • Bethel Methodist
  • Faith United Methodist
  • First Baptist Church of Rural Hall
  • Freedom Baptist
  • Grace Baptist
  • Jefferson Church of Christ
  • Kingswood United Methodist
  • Mizpah Moravian
  • Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran
  • Northridge Baptist
  • Rural Hall Church of Christ
  • Rural Hall Church of God
  • Rural Hall Moravian
  • St. James United Methodist

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  • Town of Rural Hall official website
  • Rural Hall Elementary School
  • Atlantic & Yadkin Railway

References