The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMiddlesex is a town in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Middlesex is about 25 miles east of Raleigh. As of the 2020 census, Middlesex had a population of 912.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 822 to 912 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Middlesex 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 Middlesex’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Middlesex is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Middlesex has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Morgan School in Bailey, 4.4 miles away.
Middlesex and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
From Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.