Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, North Carolina

Buckhorn Township is one of thirteen townships in Harnett County, North Carolina

Harnett County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 91,025 people, 33,800 households, and 24,099 families residing in the county. The population density was 153 people per square mile . There were 38,605 housing units at an average density of 65 per square mile...

, USA. The township had a population of 1,905 according to the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

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Geographically, Buckhorn Township occupies 28.75 square miles (74.5 km²) in northwestern Harnett County. There are no incorporated municipalities located in Buckhorn Township, however, there are several unincorporated communities located here, including the communities of Cokesbury

Cokesbury, North Carolina

Cokesbury is an unincorporated community located in the Buckhorn Township of Harnett County, North Carolina. The community was named for Methodist bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. The Buckhorn Iron Furnace, a former landmark near here, operated during the American Civil War until 1873...

and Duncan

Duncan, North Carolina

Duncan is an unincorporated community located in the Buckhorn Township of Harnett County, North Carolina .Duncan was used as major source of inspiration for the fictional town of Missing Mile, North Carolina in Poppy Z. Brite's novel Drawing Blood....

. The township's northern border is with Wake County

Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 900,993 making it North Carolina's second most populated county...

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