Maiden, North Carolina

Maiden, North Carolina
Memorial Reformed Church in downtown Maiden
Memorial Reformed Church in downtown Maiden
Flag of Maiden, North Carolina
Official seal of Maiden, North Carolina
Motto(s): 
"A town with a future"
"Biggest little football town in the world"
Maiden is located in North Carolina
Maiden
Maiden
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°35′11″N 81°15′35″W / 35.58639°N 81.25972°W / 35.58639; -81.25972
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountiesCatawba, Lincoln
Government
 • MayorMax A. Bumgarner Jr.
Area
 • Total
6.25 sq mi (16.20 km2)
 • Land6.19 sq mi (16.03 km2)
 • Water0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation833 ft (254 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
3,736
 • Density603.75/sq mi (233.10/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28650
Area code828
FIPS code37-40660[3]
GNIS feature ID2406081[2]
Websitewww.maidennc.com

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.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maiden, North Carolina
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Whisenant, Jeff. "LMO Story Page". www.catawbasky.org. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  6. ^ "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.