Pfafftown, North Carolina
Pfafftown, North Carolina is an unincorporated community located outside of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in Forsyth County. As of the 2000 census, the Pfafftown Zip Code of 27040 had a population of 9,562.
Demographics
Pfafftown's Zip Code Tabulation Area has a population of about 9,562 as of the 2000 census. The population is about 49% male and 51% female. About 89.6% of the population is white, 8% African-American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.6% Asian, 1.5% Hispanic, and 0.8% of another race. 0.9% of people are two or more races. There are no native hawaiians or other Pacific islanders.
The average household size is 2.6 people, and the average family has 2.9 people. There are 3,783 houses, with 94.5% of them occupied, 91% bought and 3.5% rented. There are 214 vacant housing units.
Geography
The Pfafftown ZCTA is 12 miles across at the widest part. Pfafftown is located in Western Central North Carolina, Northwest of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Attractions/Facilities
Pfafftown has the 18-hole Grandview Golf Course, and a Grandview Swim Club. A high school is to be completed in August of 2005, and Vienna Elementary School is located in Pfafftown.
Ronald Reagan High School
Vienna Elementary School
In addition to schools, C.G. Hill Memorial Park contains a hollow Elm tree which was used to store weapons for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Annexation
Pfafftown is currently up for annexation by two of its neighbors, Winston-Salem, and Lewisville, North Carolina. North Carolina law currently has no restrictions on city's annexing territories, so Pfafftown citizens have been trying to incorporate, but North Carolina laws are not supportive of incorporation, making it difficult.
The people of Pfafftown have been trying to stop Winston-Salem's imposing annexation, but so far nothing has proved to work. Pfafftown has formed a group, Forsyth Citizens Against Forced Annexation,
and has won several cases in local and state court. Unfortunatley, this will most likely prove to be a losing battle, as North Carolina state laws support the growth of established, larger cities, over the formation and development of smaller cities. Parts of Pfafftown have been annexed by Lewisville, and Winston-Salem is pressing forward with no signs of stopping.