The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMaury is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maury had a population of 1,404. Maury has a post office with ZIP code 28554. North Carolina Highway 123 and North Carolina Highway 903 intersect in the community. Maury is home to two prisons, Greene Correctional Institution and Eastern Correctional Institution, as well as a site belonging to North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,685 to 1,404 (-17%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maury yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maury’s history is told.
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Maury, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Maury is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maury has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Edward R. and Sallie Ann Coward House in Hookerton, 3.2 miles away.
Maury and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.