Trinity

History

The community was named after Trinity College, which later became Duke University. Trinity College started as Brown's Schoolhouse, a private subscription school founded in 1838. The school was organized by a group of Methodists and Quakers, and was officially started by Hezekiah Leigh, who was also a founder of Randolph-Macon College. In 1841 North Carolina issued a charter for Union Institute Academy. The school took the name Trinity College in 1859, and in 1892, the college moved to Durham. Sealy Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of bedding products with sales of $1.2 billion in 2003, is headquartered in Trinity.

Geography

According to the 2020 United States census the city has a land area of and a population density of 415.1 residents per square mile.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,879
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,401
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  2,258
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,138
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,110
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,610
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,582
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,524

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2019-03-26
  8 km E of Archdale, North Carolina
• M 2.58 — 2015-11-15
  10 km S of Denton, North Carolina
• M 2.5 — 2006-11-03
  6 km S of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• M 2.6 — 2006-10-17
  7 km S of Winston-Salem, North Carolina