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Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Bermuda Run, North Carolina is located in North Carolina
Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Location in North Carolina
Bermuda Run, North Carolina is located in the United States
Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Location in the United States
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Davie
Area
 • Total 2.39 sq mi (6.18 km2)
 • Land 2.32 sq mi (6.01 km2)
 • Water 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation
794 ft (242 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,725
 • Estimate 
(2019)
2,709
 • Density 1,168.18/sq mi (451.11/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
27006
Area code(s) 336
FIPS code 37-05135
GNIS feature ID 1002207

Bermuda Run is a town in Davie County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,725 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1999 as a fully gated residential community near country clubs and golf courses like the Bermuda Run Country Club, Oak Valley Golf Club, and Tanglewood Park. In 2000, the town annexed into neighboring Hillsdale, picking up a commercial district. The town rests on the western bank of the Yadkin River along U.S. Route 158 and North Carolina Highway 801. Interstate 40 provides express access to Winston-Salem, the town's nearest urban center. In 2012, Kinderton Village was voluntarily annexed by the town of Bermuda Run.

History

The English colony (now designated a British Overseas Territory) of Bermuda, or the Somers Isles, was settled in 1609 by the survivors of the Virginia Company's flagship, the Sea Venture. The Royal Charter of the company and the boundaries of Virginia were extended in 1612 to include Bermuda, although administration of the archipelago was transferred to a new company with the same shareholders, the Somers Isles Company, in 1615, which controlled Bermuda until 1684. Whereas the Virginia colony struggled to survive, Bermuda quickly became thriving and populous. Its limited land mass, however, meant there were few prospects for many members of its rapidly multiplying working class, and roughly 10,000 Bermudians would emigrate during the 17th and 18th Centuries, primarily to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. This included the establishment of the city of Charleston and the colony of South Carolina under William Sayle in 1670. One result of this exodus is the appearance of the name Bermuda in many locations in the American South where Bermudians settled, from Bermuda Hundred, VA to Bermuda Island, in the Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. The name Bermuda Run was also previously used for areas of what are now Colonial Heights and Hopewell in Virginia.

Win-Mock Farm Dairy was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Geography

Bermuda Run is located in northeastern Davie County at 35°59′55″N 80°25′53″W / 35.99861°N 80.43139°W / 35.99861; -80.43139 (35.998557, -80.431377). It is bordered to the northeast, across the Yadkin River, by the village of Clemmons in Forsyth County. Interstate 40 accesses the town from Exit 180 and leads northeast 13 miles (21 km) to Winston-Salem and southwest 31 miles (50 km) to Statesville. Mocksville, the Davie County seat, is 11 miles (18 km) to the southwest via US 158.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Bermuda Run has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), of which 1.7 square miles (4.3 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 3.05%, is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2000 1,431
2010 1,725 20.5%
2019 (est.) 2,709 57.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

2020 census

Bermuda Run racial composition
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 2,728 87.44%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 118 3.78%
Native American 7 0.22%
Asian 69 2.21%
Other/Mixed 90 2.88%
Hispanic or Latino 108 3.46%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,120 people, 1,128 households, and 710 families residing in the town.

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