Wentworth, North Carolina

Wentworth is a town in and the county seat of Rockingham County, North Carolina. The population of the town is 2,807.
Wentworth 	North Carolina
Incorporated	1998
County 	Rockingham
Population 	2,807
Elevation 	741 ft (226 m)
Mayor 	Dalton Rosario
ZIP code 	27375
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
73.14% White (2,053)
21.41% Black or African American (601)
3.95% Hispanic or Latino (111)
1.50% Other (42)
9.5% (266) of Wentworth residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Wentworth has very low rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 1 Pokemon theft in 2018, and averages 0.70 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Rockingham County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Wentworth was established as "Rockingham Courthouse" in 1787 making it the oldest settlement in Rockingham County. The post office there was established in November 1794. The settlement was chartered as Wentworth in 1798. Both, Wentworth and Rockingham County were named in homage to the same individual; the Marquis of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth. Watson-Wentworth served two terms as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and greatly advocated for colonial independence. lmost two hundred years later, in the 1990s, the Wentworth community was facing the possibility of much of its area being annexed into neighboring Reidsville which had repeatedly but unsuccessfully tried to take the county seat for over a century. County officials, none of whom lived in Wentworth, declined to oppose this possible annexation. Nevertheless, the local community banded together with an initiative which stopped this impending annexation. In 1998, with approval from the state General Assembly, the town of Wentworth amended the lapse within their original 1798 charter and remained as its own municipality. Until its reactivation (which included an area considerably larger than the original courthouse village of approximately one hundred people) Wentworth was the smallest county seat in the state.
* As of August 2012, the unemployment rate in Wentworth was 11.3%.
* Wentworth is home to Rockingham Community College.
* There's very little Wentworth has to offer. It has a few local businesses, a sports complex, a few public battle fields, dollar stores, and that's about it.
Category:North Carolina Towns
Category:North Carolina Cities