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History · Micro

Micro dates to 1890

Most of Micro was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1900.

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How Micro began

When was Micro founded?

1890

Micro dates its founding to 1890 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 61 in 19002020 census: 458136 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1891.The full story ↓

What stands out about Micro’s past

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The story

How Micro came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Micro.

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The community was settled in about 1890, developing along the "Short-Cut" rail line of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. It was incorporated nine years later as Jerome, being named for local landowner Jerome Creech. The name was changed to Micro in 1905 to avoid confusion with the Jerome community in Bladen County. A wooden school for white children was built that year. It was replaced by a brick building in 1924, which operated until 1987.

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Timeline

Micro, 1890 to 1917

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890
    FoundingMicro is established
  3. 1891Post officeThe Micro post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1917Born hereEarl Smith is born here
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On the map

Micro on the map, 1902 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Micro. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Micro on the 1902 USGS mapMicro on the 1978 USGS map1902Kenly sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Micro.

People over time

Micro, census by census

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Grew from 61 people in 1900 to 458 in 2020, 7 times over.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Micro’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Micro’s history

What year was Micro founded?

In 1890, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Micro’s post office opened in 1891, and the census of 1900 counted 61 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.