Maiden, North Carolina | |
|---|---|
 Memorial Reformed Church in downtown Maiden | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto(s): "A town with a future" "Biggest little football town in the world" | |
  Maiden Location within the state of North Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 35°35′11″N 81°15′35″W / 35.58639°N 81.25972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Catawba, Lincoln |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Max A. Bumgarner Jr. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.25 sq mi (16.20 km2) |
| • Land | 6.19 sq mi (16.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2) |
| Elevation | 833 ft (254 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 3,736 |
| • Density | 603.75/sq mi (233.10/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 28650 |
| Area code | 828 |
| FIPS code | 37-40660[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2406081[2] |
| Website | www |
Maiden is a town in Catawba and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,310 at the 2010 census.[4]
Maiden was the first public high school in the state with an observatory[5] and is currently home to an Apple iCloud Data Center, covering 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2). In May 2012, Apple announced it would generate 60 percent of the Maiden facility's power itself, through a large deployment of fuel cells at the site and a 100-acre (40 ha) solar farm, with an additional 150-acre (61 ha) site 2 miles (3 km) away.[6]
The Catawba County portion of Maiden is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Lincoln County portion is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maiden, North Carolina
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Maiden town, North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ^ Whisenant, Jeff. "LMO Story Page". www.catawbasky.org. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ "Apple Data Center Will Be Totally Green by 2013". BloombergBusinessWeek. May 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2012.