Creedmoor, North Carolina

Creedmoor is a city in Granville County, North Carolina. The population of the city is 4,124.
Creedmoor 	North Carolina
Incorporated 	1905
Nickname 	Mule Town
County 	Granville
Population 	4,124
Elevation 	374 ft (114 m)
Mayor 	Brandon Wilson
City Guildmaster	Shannon Nichols
ZIP codes 	27522, 27564
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
55.41% White (2,285)
35.21% Black or African American (1,452)
6.43% Hispanic or Latino (265)
2.96% Other (122)
9.2% (379) of Creedmoor residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Creedmoor has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 5 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 1.05 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Granville County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Tobacco was extremely important in the early history of the town. Four tobacco warehouses were built in the town in the early 1900s. Tobacco was a cash crop in Creedmoor, and was shipped by railroad to nearby Oxford's Tobacco Research Facility and Durham's thriving smoking tobacco industry, with firms including W. T. Blackwell and Company, American Tobacco Company, and Liggett & Myers. At one time Creedmoor was a larger tobacco market than Durham. Area farmers did not limit themselves to tobacco only, but also grew cotton, a profitable crop.
* In the wake of the tobacco era, mules came to Creedmoor. About forty train car loads of mules were pulled into the town each year. Mules were the ideal farm animals because their hooves were smaller than those of a horse. Their smaller feet helped them pass through rows of tobacco without stepping on the crop. In 1906, Jim Netherly and a Mr. Cooper founded the Creedmoor Supply Company, which sold feed, mules, horses, buggies, and even some groceries and seeds to meet the demands of local farmers. G.M. Chappell opened a barn that auctioned mules, horses, and cows from 1938 to 1962. At one point in time, Creedmoor was considered to be the largest mule trading center in the world and was widely referred to as "Mule Town". By 1940, over $500,000 were traded and spent on mules each year. It was not until the mid-1950s that the town removed the slogan "One of the Largest Retail Livestock Markets in North Carolina" from the official letterhead. By then, the mule trade was no longer a major part of the local economy.
* Creedmoor is mostly residential, and doesn't have much in the way of amenities to offer. All it has dollar stores, a sports complex, a little bit of public battle fields, Lake Rogers, Subway, a few local restaurants and businesses, CVS, Walgreens, Finch's Family Restaurant, El Corral Mexican, TJ's Fish & Chicken, Pelican's SnoBalls, American Hero, and not much else.
Category:North Carolina Cities