Stoneville, North Carolina

Stoneville is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States.HistorySettlers 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.Two people in the town were killed during the 1998 Gainesville–Stoneville tornado outbreak.GeographyStoneville is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2sqmi, all of it land.DemographicsAs 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 people per square mile (317.1/km²). There were 518 housing units at an average density of 424.1 per square mile (163.9/km²). 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.