Rougemont, North Carolina | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Durham and Person |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 16.56 |
Area Land Km2: | 16.36 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.20 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1001 |
Population Density Km2: | 61.20 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 574 |
Coordinates: | 36.2208°N -78.9206°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 27572 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 37-58040 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2628653 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.39 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.32 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 158.51 |
Rougemont is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Durham and Person counties, North Carolina, United States. The population of the CDP was 978 at the 2010 census.[2] An act to incorporate Rougemont as a town was introduced to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011.[3]
Rougemont is located in northern Durham County along U.S. Route 501. The center of town is north of the center of Durham and south of Roxboro. The CDP extends north into Person County as far as the Flat River, east to Moores Mill Road, south to Quail Roost Farm Road, and west to Harris Road and Chambers Road. The Rougemont ZIP code covers a much larger area, extending west into Orange County and east into Granville County, but all population statistics are for the smaller CDP area.