Roaring Gap is an unincorporated community in the Cherry Lane Township

Cherry Lane Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina

Cherry Lane Township is one of seven townships in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,625 according to the 2000 census....

 of Alleghany County, North Carolina

Alleghany County, North Carolina

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 21* U.S. Highway 221* North Carolina Highway 18* North Carolina Highway 88* North Carolina Highway 93* North Carolina Highway 113-Demographics:...

 near the border with Wilkes County

Wilkes County, North Carolina

Wilkes County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The 2000 U.S. Census listed the county's population at 65,632; the 2010 U.S. Census listed the population at 69,340...

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History

Roaring Gap was established in 1890 as a summer resort by Elkin, North Carolina

Elkin, North Carolina

Elkin is a town in Surry and Wilkes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, along the Yadkin River. Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township...

 industrialist Alexander Chatham, one of the founders of the Chatham Manufacturing Company

Chatham Manufacturing Company

Chatham Manufacturing Company is a textile mill in located in Elkin, North Carolina and is one of the oldest in North Carolina.-History:...

. The community derives its name from the noise the wind makes when rushing through the mountains located here. . Roaring Gap has 3 Golf and Country Clubs in its area. YMCA Camp Cheerio, which is owned by the YMCA in High Point, NC; is also in Roaring Gap and is one of the largest and most popular overnight summer camps in the state.

Demographics

Roaring Gap's Zip Code Tabulation Area

ZIP Code Tabulation Area

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 (Zip Code 28668) has a population of 142 as of 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...

. The population is 52.1% male and 47.9% female. About 98.6% of the population is white and 1.4% is Hispanic

Hispanic

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The median household income

Median household income

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 is $61,154 with 0% of the population living below the poverty

Poverty

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See also

• Stone Mountain State Park
  Stone Mountain State Park
  Stone Mountain State Park is a North Carolina state park in Alleghany and Wilkes Counties, North Carolina in the United States.-Size and location:Located in Wilkes and Alleghany counties of North Carolina, it covers 13,747 acres ....
  
  
• Antioch United Methodist Church (Roaring Gap, North Carolina)
  Antioch United Methodist Church (Roaring Gap, North Carolina)
  Antioch United Methodist Church is a historical United Methodist country chapel located in Roaring Gap, North Carolina. The church also has a cemetery, with graves from the 19th century up to the 21st century. The church follows a Primitive Methodist tradition, in which the minister of the church...