Stoneville, North Carolina

Stoneville is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. Stoneville is part of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan area of the Piedmont Triad. At the 2020 United States census, the town had a population of 1,308.

History
Settlers came to the ridge between the Mayo and Dan rivers in the northwest Piedmont region in the early 1800s. In 1827, the Deep Springs Plantation was built for James Madison Scales and his wife Elizabeth Lesuer in what is now Stoneville. In 1843 the R.H. Lewis Tobacco company was established in the south side of the land that was to become the town of Stoneville. In the late 1850s, brothers Thomas and Pinkney Stone bought land in the area. On March 5, 1877, the town was officially incorporated. A natural stop on the Norfolk-Western rail line, Stoneville became the trade hub for the surrounding localities and profited off of tobacco, cotton and grist-milling industries.

On March 20, 1998, Stoneville was struck by an F3 tornado. It caused severe damage to commercial structures in the town's main business district along Henry Street, destroyed the railway depot, and killed one person in the town, an elementary school teacher and dancer named Beth Mitchell. Several buildings in the downtown were completely removed, and most cleanup and repair work was done within a year. The town later built Friendship Park and painted a mural at the site of a destroyed store to commemorate the victim killed in the town and a farmer killed further west in the county.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 sqmi, all of it land.

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,308 people, 474 households, and 374 families residing in the town.

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,056 people, 469 households, and 292 families residing in the town. The population density was 820.4 /mi2. There were 518 housing units at an average density of 424.1 /mi2. The racial makeup of the town was 77.64% White, 19.26% African American, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 2.10% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.59% of the population.

There were 469 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.0% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,313, and the median income for a family was $39,375. Males had a median income of $26,167 versus $21,354 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,255. About 8.2% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 20.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Stoneville is served by the following public schools:
 * Stoneville Elementary School
 * West Rockingham Middle School (located in Madison)
 * Dalton McMichael High School (located in Mayodan)

The Rockingham Public Library system provides the town with the Stoneville branch library.

Airports
Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport, addressed to and located just southeast of Stoneville, is a county-owned public-use airport which serves the town as well as the nearby population centers of Madison, Eden, and Reidsville.

Highways
Stoneville is centered around the crossroads of Main Street (North Carolina Highway 770) and Henry Street. U.S. Route 220 bypasses the town to the west, connecting Stoneville to Martinsville, Virginia in the north and Greensboro in the south, and U.S. Route 311/North Carolina Highway 135 passes south of the town between the central business district and the airport.

Rail
The Winston-Salem District of the Norfolk Southern Railroad passes north–south through Stoneville, bisecting the town.

Historic sites

 * Deep Springs Plantation
 * Mulberry Island Plantation

Notable people

 * Tabitha Brown (born 1979) - actress and social media personality
 * Beth Mitchell (1972-1998), competitive shag dancer
 * T. Clarence Stone (1899–1969) - politician and businessman
 * William F. Stone (1909-1973) - lawyer and politician
 * J.J. Webster (1898-1965) - farmer, businessman, politician
 * Jeff Webster (born 1966) - checkers champion
 * John Ray Webster (born 1942) - checkers champion
 * Mary Comer Webster (1928–2008) - political strategist