Wingate, North Carolina

Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina. The population of the town is 3,491. It is home to Wingate University.
Wingate 	North Carolina
Incorporated	1906
County 	Union
Population 	3,491
Elevation 	587 ft (179 m)
Mayor 	Zechariah Guthrie
ZIP code 	28174
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
55.51% White (1,938)
31.02% Black or African American (1,083)
10.48% Hispanic or Latino (366)
2.98% Other (104)
26.5% (925) of Wingate residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Wingate has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 4 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 1.24 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Union County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* On February 26, 2018, the town made international news when a 55-year-old man later identified as Prentis Robinson was shot 4 times while streaming a Facebook live. Robinson had just left the Wingate Police Department moments earlier to report a stolen cell phone, and was known to out suspected drug dealers in the area. Wingate University and nearby Wingate Elementary School went on lockdown for over an hour after both reports of an active shooter on the college's campus and because of the proximity to the shooting, less than a half mile from the campus. The active shooter report proved to be false. One day later, 65-year-old Douglas Colson turned himself into the Union County Sheriff's Office after a warrant went out for his arrest.
* Wingate has little in the way of amenities to offer outside of the university. It has dollar stores, Food Lion, Burger King, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway, a little bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, a few auto parts places, Gino's, Great China, Tokyo Bistro, Jesse Helms Center, Don Joes Authentic Mexican, and not much else.
Category:North Carolina Towns
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