Bermuda Run, North Carolina
| Bermuda Run, North Carolina | |
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| Town | |
 Bermuda Run
Bermuda Run
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| Coordinates: 35°59′55″N 80°25′53″W / 35.99861°N 80.43139°WCoordinates: 35°59′55″N 80°25′53″W / 35.99861°N 80.43139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Davie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.71 sq mi (4.42 km2) |
| • Land | 1.65 sq mi (4.28 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,725 |
| • Density | 1,043/sq mi (402.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 27006 |
| Area code(s) | 336 |
| FIPS code | 37-05135 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1848621 |
| Website | www |
Bermuda Run is a town in Davie County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,725 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1999 as a fully gated residential community near country clubs and golf courses like the Bermuda Run Country Club, Oak Valley Golf Club, and Tanglewood Park. In 2000, the town annexed into neighboring Hillsdale, picking up a commercial district. The town rests on the western bank of the Yadkin River along U.S. Route 158 and North Carolina Highway 801. Interstate 40 provides express access to Winston-Salem, the town's nearest urban center. In 2012 Kinderton Village was voluntarily annexed by the town of Bermuda Run.
The English colony (now designated a British Overseas Territory) of Bermuda, or the Somers Isles, was settled in 1609 by the survivors of the Virginia Company's flagship, the Sea Venture. The Royal Charter of the company and the boundaries of Virginia were extended in 1612 to include Bermuda, although administration of the archipelago was transferred to a new company with the same shareholders, the Somers Isles Company, in 1615, which controlled Bermuda until 1684. Whereas the Virginia colony struggled to survive, Bermuda quickly became thriving and populous. Its limited land mass, however, meant there were few prospects for many members of its rapidly multiplying working class, and roughly 10,000 Bermudians would emigrate during the 17th and 18th Centuries, primarily to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. This included the establishment of the city of Charleston and the colony of South Carolina under William Sayle in 1670. One result of this exodus is the appearance of the name Bermuda in many locations in the American South where Bermudians settled, from Bermuda Hundred, VA to Bermuda Island, in the Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. The name Bermuda Run was also previously used for areas of what are now Colonial Heights and Hopewell in Virginia.
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