Cedar Rock

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Cedar Rock

Total population

306

Median home value

$424,500

45%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$95,625

Cedar Rock$96k

National$74k

Elevation361 m

Land area3.03 km²

Weather64°F · Mostly Clear

Coordinates35.94°, -81.46°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cedar Rock is a village in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cedar Rock had a population of 301.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cedar Rock, NC from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Notable people from here

Kary Mullis

American biochemist (1944–2019)

Etta Baker

American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer

G

George Younce

Southern Gospel singer (1930–2005)

Jim Broyhill

American politician (1927–2023)

C

Carl Story

American musician

C

Claude Baker

American composer

C

Claudia Church

American musician

Gary Everhardt

Director of the United States National Park Service

James Braxton Craven, Jr.

United States federal judge (1918–1977)

James Pritchett

American actor (1922-2011)

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Jan Karon

American novelist, children's writer, non-fiction writer

Johnny Allen

baseball player (1904-1959)

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Larry Smith

American racing driver, born 1942

Linda Combs

Controller, Office of Management and Budget

Louis Round Wilson

American librarian (1876-1979)

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Robert B. Downs

American writer and librarian (1903-1991)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Carolina

• Lenoir
  4.5 mi away
• Cajah's Mountain
  7.7 mi away
• Gamewell
  9.5 mi away
• Granite Falls
  10.3 mi away
• Northlakes
  12.3 mi away
• Bethlehem
  12.4 mi away
• Hildebran
  15.7 mi away
• Long View
  15.8 mi away
• Blowing Rock
  17.3 mi away
• Mountain View
  18.7 mi away
• Moravian Falls
  19 mi away
• Morganton
  19.5 mi away

Browse all places in North Carolina →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cedar Rock

Haunted hills

Stephanie Burt Williams · 2007

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

The Birds of North America

Alan Forsyth Poole · 1992

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

[Survey of inland waterway between Humboldt Bay and Eel River, California.]

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors · 1909

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Sunken plantations

Douglas W. Bostick · 2008

America's top-rated cities

David Garoogian · 2003

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