Английская Википедия:Andrews, North Carolina

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Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox settlement Andrews is a town in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,667 at the 2020 census.

Файл:A-1. Main Street, Andrews, North Carolina (5755493605).jpg

Postcard of main street in Andrews (1950s)

History

White settlement and history

In 1905, the town was incorporated, with David Samuel Russell appointed as the first mayor of the new town. The Franklin Pierce Cover House, First Baptist Church, and Walker's Inn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

After African-Americans were forced out of Cumming, Georgia in 1912, some came to Andrews and started a community called Happytop.

Andrews was home to the Wilhide brothers, Robert M. and Wilfred W. Wilhide, born between 1920 and 1922. Both were born and raised in Andrews, attended flight school at Cherry Point, North Carolina, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as pilots during World War II. In the space of several days, after inflicting severe losses upon the Japanese fleet, both brothers were lost and killed during missions near Okinawa. The Wilhide brothers were given a memorial in the Valleytown cemetery, and a monument at Veterans Memorial Park in Andrews, not far from their childhood home and birthplace.

In the mid-1950s a 30-bed non-profit regional hospital named District Memorial was constructed in Andrews. Citing uncollected payments, District Memorial declared bankruptcy in 2000, closed soon afterward, and was demolished. Today the town is served by Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital Шаблон:Convert southwest in Peachtree.

Mayoral history

1. David Samuel Russell (1905–c.1928)
2. J.H. Chrsity (1929–)
3. D.S. Russell (1931–)
4. D.H. Tillitt (c.1939)
5. R.T. Heaton (c.1943)
6. Percy B. Ferebee (c.1961–1966)
7. Ty Burnette (c.1971)
8. Nancy Curtis (2013–)
9. James Reid (2017–present)

Geography

Andrews is located in northeastern Cherokee County on the south side of the Valley River, a southwestward-flowing tributary of the Hiwassee River and part of the Tennessee River watershed.Шаблон:Citation needed

U.S. Routes 19, 74, and U.S. Route 129 form a four-lane bypass around the northern edge of the town; the highways lead northeast Шаблон:Convert to Topton, where they diverge, and southwest Шаблон:Convert to Murphy, the county seat. Bryson City is Шаблон:Convert northeast via US 19/74, and Robbinsville is Шаблон:Convert north via US 129.Шаблон:Citation needed

According to the United States Census Bureau, Andrews has a total area of Шаблон:Convert, all land.

Valleytown Township dominates the eastern part of Cherokee County. The area is bordered by Graham County to the north, Clay County to the south, and Macon County to the east. Within the township are the towns of Marble in the west, Andrews at the center, and Topton in the far east at the Macon and Graham county lines.Шаблон:Citation needed

Demographics

2020 census

Andrews racial composition

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	1,388	83.26%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	21	1.26%
Native American	25	1.5%
Other/Mixed	94	5.64%
Hispanic or Latino	139	8.34%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,667 people, 714 households, and 400 families residing in the town.

2010 census

In the 2010 census, the total population was 1,781 people residing in 780 households including 452 family units. The population density was 1,090 people per square mile.

Transportation

The Western Carolina Regional Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located Шаблон:Convert west of the central business district of Andrews.

Andrews was served by railroad from 1891 until the 1980s when Norfolk Southern decided to close the Murphy Branch west of Sylva, North Carolina, because of declining freight traffic. The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad operated passenger excursions from Dillsboro, North Carolina to Andrews from 1988 until 2010.

Law enforcement

The Andrews Police Department occupies the former town hall, a 1940s stone building that city administration moved out of in 2023. The town's police department faced turmoil in the early 2020s, according to the Cherokee Scout newspaper, as it went through eight police chiefs in six years. In 2020 the police chief resigned after the mayor ordered him to establish checkpoints and harass visitors to prevent COVID-19 from entering Andrews. In 2021 an officer wrecked a patrol car at a high speed downtown. Afterwards, officers contemplated disabling their automatic vehicle locators so they couldn't be tracked. That same year the city's entire police force was suspended after officers reportedly moved cameras facing locations like the station's evidence room. In May 2023 the assistant chief was wounded after he was accidentally shot with an AR-15 style rifle. In June 2023 a female officer who allegedly stalked a 16-year-old Andrews High School student she dated was ordered to stay away from the girl. In September 2023 the police chief was suspended after he was charged with obtaining property under false pretenses and obstruction of justice. He died before arrest.

Media

Andrews was served by the weekly Andrews Journal newspaper from 1959 until January 1, 2019, when it merged with the Cherokee Scout in Murphy. Andrews no longer has a newspaper of its own.

Notable people

• Dave Bristol – Major League Baseball manager
• Charles Frazier – National Book Award-winning author, grew up in Andrews

External links

• Шаблон:Commons category-inline
• Шаблон:Official website