Casar, North Carolina
human settlement in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Casar is a small town in northern Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Casar had a population of 305.
Geography and History
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all land. According to locals, Casar was originally incorporated as Race Path in 1890. In 1903, the name was to be changed to Caesar, but Joe Meade with the US Postal Service sent off the application for incorporation, the name came back misspelled and the town officially became Casar. Needs Citation
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 308 people, 132 households, and 93 families residing in the town. The population density was 176.0 inhabitants per square mile (68.0/km2). There were 145 housing units at an average density of 82.9 per square mile (32.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.35% White and 0.65% African American.
There were 132 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Casar, North Carolina” is human settlement in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Casar, North and Carolina, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “human settlement in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2024871. Authority coordinates are 35.514, -81.616. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1890, 1903 and 2000.
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This entry incorporates text from “Casar, North Carolina” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.