Angier

History

The town was founded in the late 1880s and named for the Angier family of Durham, NC. The Williams Grove School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Geography

Angier is located in northern Harnett County. A small portion of the town is in Wake County to the north. North Carolina Highway 55 (Raleigh Street) passes through the center of town, leading north to Fuquay-Varina and south to Erwin. Raleigh, the state capital, is to the north via NC-55 and U.S. Route 401. North Carolina Highway 210 (Depot Street) crosses Highway 55 in the center of Angier, leading east to Interstate 40 and southwest to Lillington, the Harnett county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Angier has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.18%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,735
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  10,366
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,091
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  10,025
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,719
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,411
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,315
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,270