Cliffside, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Cliffside is located in North Carolina
Cliffside
Cliffside
Cliffside is located in the United States
Cliffside
Cliffside
Coordinates: 35°14′53″N 81°45′55″W / 35.24806°N 81.76528°W / 35.24806; -81.76528
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyRutherford
Area
[1]
 • Total2.33 sq mi (6.03 km2)
 • Land2.33 sq mi (6.03 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
843 ft (257 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total530
 • Density227.76/sq mi (87.93/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28024
Area code828
GNIS feature ID2628618[2]

Cliffside is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States.[2] Its population was 611 as of the 2010 census. Cliffside has a post office with ZIP code 28024.[3][4] U.S. Route 221 Alternate and North Carolina Highway 120 pass through the community.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020530—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

History

Cliffside was founded by Raleigh Rutherford (R.R.) Haynes, who established a textile mill there on the Second Broad River. High Shoals, a former community in this vicinity, was a post office as early as 1828.[6]

Cliffside Public School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cliffside, North Carolina
  3. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Powell, William S. (1968). The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-8078-1247-1.
  7. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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