Profile for Rocky Mount, North Carolina, NC

Rocky Mount is on the Tar River.

The Hardee's restaurant chain was founded here. The first company-owned restaurant offered 15-cent hamburgers and 10-cent coffee

Public transportation: Tar River Transit (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 459. The number of murders and homicides was 7. The violent crime rate was 8.1 per 1,000 people.

Well-known residents have included:
· Thelonious Monk, jazz musician
· Buck Leonard, baseball player

Local festivals include:

• Rocky Mount Agricultural Fair - Sept. 21-29, 2007
• DownEast Festival - Oct. 13, 2007

Historic sites and museums: Children's Museum, Spring Hope Historical Museum

Colleges and universities: North Carolina Wesleyan College, Nash Community College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 63

Listed places near Rocky Mount

Archives (1)

Cemeteries (20)

Colleges (2)

Communities (3)

Hotels (8)

Libraries (1)

Museums (1)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Rocky Mount demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Nash County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Rocky Mount area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 27801 ZIP code.

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4% of Rocky Mount residents report German ancestry, and 4% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Rocky Mount ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Rocky Mount
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• Nash County Ancestry forum
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Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - NC data
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• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
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• Americans with Disabilities Act
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• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Rocky Mount was $17,804, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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20% of Rocky Mount residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Rocky Mount festival dates:

• Rocky Mount Agricultural Fair - Sept. 21-29, 2007
• DownEast Festival - Oct. 13, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

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Median rent in Rocky Mount, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $334.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $935.

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Libraries in Rocky Mount include Thomas Hackney Braswell Memorial Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Rocky Mount include Rocky Mount Telegram

TV stations in Rocky Mount include WRPX.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WRQM.

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Nash County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Rocky Mount political report.

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The average commute time for Rocky Mount workers is 19 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 18 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Rocky Mount between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 3.2 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

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