Carthage, North Carolina

Carthage is a town in and the county seat of Moore County, North Carolina. The population of the town is 2,205.
Carthage 	North Carolina
Incorporated 	1872
County 	Moore
Population 	2,205
Elevation 	617 ft (188 m)
Mayor 	Oscar Grant
Town Guildmaster	Gerald McKnight
ZIP code 	28327
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
74.10% White (1,634)
19.73% Black or African American (435)
3.22% Other (71)
2.95% Hispanic or Latino (65)
17.3% (381) of Carthage residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Carthage has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 3 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.95 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Moore County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* The town was the home of the Tyson Buggy Company, a predominant cart and buggy manufacturer in the late 1800s. A common local story is that after the closing of the Tyson Buggy Company, Henry Ford was interested in buying the old plant and converting it into a car assembly line. According to the legend, the owners refused to let Ford buy the plant. He moved on and built his first plant in Detroit, making it the center of auto manufacturing. This story is often repeated despite a lack of evidence, and it does not fit runs contrary to the life of Ford, who was born and raised in Detroit and started his businesses there. A few years after being closed, the former Tyson Buggy plant burned down.
** Another common local story is that the town was originally selected as the site for the University of North Carolina. But supposedly city leaders did not want the university built there. City leaders purportedly told the State that Carthage was on too steep of a hill for locomotives to climb and that access to the University would be limited if built there. This often-repeated story does not account for the fact that locomotives were not invented until two decades after the university had been built in Chapel Hill.
* The town has an annual event in spring called the Buggy Festival. This event is used to showcase the history of the town and feature music, hot rods, old tractors, old buggies made by the Tyson Buggy Company, and crafts from potteries in the surrounding areas. This event is held in the town square around the Old Court House, recognized as an historic landmark.
* Carthage's town limits include Ring The Pines.
* Carthage has a little bit of amenities to offer, but not much. It has dollar stores, a landing strip, a little bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, a few RV parks, a few fast food places, Food Lion, a couple of car dealerships, electric showers, Fred's, and not much else.
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