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Taylortown
North Carolinatown
Taylortown
Total population
764
Median home value
$187,500
Bachelor's+
Median income
$40,750
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Taylortown is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 634 as of the 2020 census, down from 722 in 2010. It is bordered by nearby Pinehurst.
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Geography
Taylortown is in southern Moore County and is bordered to the south and east by the village of Pinehurst. North Carolina Highway 211 runs along the southern border of the town, leading east to U.S. Routes 15 and 501 and northwest to West End. Aberdeen is to the south, Southern Pines is the same distance to the southeast, and Carthage, the Moore county seat, is to the north. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Taylortown has a total area of , all land. The town is drained by Joes Fork, a northeast-flowing tributary of Nicks Creek and part of the Little River watershed leading to the Cape Fear River.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Taylortown, NC from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Pinecrest HighHigh · Southern Pines · 2,221 students · 22:1 ratio
- STARS CharterOther · Vass · 809 students · 14.7:1 ratio
- West Pine MiddleMiddle · West End · 688 students · 17.2:1 ratio
- Aberdeen ElementaryElementary · Aberdeen · 629 students · 14.3:1 ratio
- McDeeds Creek ElementaryElementary · Southern Pines · 625 students · 16.4:1 ratio
- Pinehurst ElementaryElementary · Pinehurst · 624 students · 16:1 ratio
- Southern Pines ElementaryElementary · Southern Pines · 612 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- Southern MiddleMiddle · Aberdeen · 576 students · 15.2:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in North Carolina
- Pinehurst2 mi away · pop. 18,256
- Pinebluff7.4 mi away · pop. 1,806
- Norman13.4 mi away · pop. 89
- Ellerbe18 mi away · pop. 1,036
- Raeford21.9 mi away · pop. 4,552
- Dobbins Heights24.1 mi away · pop. 560
- Hamlet25.7 mi away · pop. 5,961
- Gulf26.5 mi away
- Barbecue26.7 mi away
- Dundarrach27.5 mi away
- Goldston27.8 mi away
- Spring Lake28.1 mi away · pop. 11,573
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Main Trail, Chatham, GeorgiaWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 246 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Nearest stream gauge
Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-17 09:00 UTC.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS NWIS (water data)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • iNaturalist
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • NASA EONET