Maiden, North Carolina
Maiden, North Carolina | |
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Memorial Reformed Church in downtown Maiden | |
| Motto(s): "A town with a future" "Biggest little football town in the world" | |
| Coordinates: 35°35′11″N 81°15′35″W / 35.58639°N 81.25972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Catawba, Lincoln |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Max A. Bumgarner Jr. |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.25 sq mi (16.20 km2) |
| • Land | 6.19 sq mi (16.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2) |
| Elevation | 833 ft (254 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,736 |
| • Density | 603.75/sq mi (233.10/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 28650 |
| Area code | 828 |
| FIPS code | 37-40660 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2406081 |
| Website | www |
Maiden is a town in Catawba and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,845 at the 2023 census.
Maiden High School was the first public high school in the state with an observatory and is currently home to an Apple iCloud Data Center, covering 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2). In May 2012, Apple announced it would generate 60 percent of the Maiden facility's power itself, through a large deployment of fuel cells at the site and a 100-acre (40 ha) solar farm, with an additional 150-acre (61 ha) site 2 miles (3 km) away.
The Catawba County portion of Maiden is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Lincoln County portion is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.