Butner, North Carolina

• Naujoks's mission is to protect the Yadkin River
  

  RIPPLE/Tim Bullard Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks is featured in a documentary created by Christine Rucker and Phoebe Zerwick about the river entitled a oeThe Yadkin River Story.a The documentary will be on display during of the opening of the Yadkin Arts Center during the Harvest Festival.

• POW past comes to Edenton on a bus
  

  Submitted photoThis photo reportedly taken by Dana Mueller in 2009 shows a leftover structure from Edenton's former prisoner of war camp that housed Germans during World War II.

• 9DPK_15593137_German_POWS___library_4powbus4.jpg
  

  WHAT: Held on the Homefront exhibit WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today WHERE: The BUS-eum in the parking lot of the Durham County Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.

• A glimpse into Madoffa s prison life
  

  The above clip is an excerpt from a CNBC episode - part of its "American Greed" series on mass swindler Bernard Madoff - that will air for the first time tonight.

• Mental Health Hospital Patients To Goldsboro, Butner7:35 pm EDT August 25, 2010
  

  North Carolina's oldest mental hospital to close at the end of this year. The state's first mental health hospital is transferring its patients and staff to other hospitals as it prepares to close.

• Unfiled tickets in office of fired officer
  

  North Carolina authorities are investigating 10 traffic tickets that appear not to have been filed, along with an unserved arrest warrant, found in the office of a fired Butner police officer.

• Traces WWII mobile museum downtown Sept. 7
  

  The Friends of the Library and the Vance County Historical society are sponsoring the Traces WWII Museum outside of the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The museum is located in a retrofitted school bus called the "BUS-eum 3". The bus, which includes a 21-seat theater, contains information ...

• Dix to close most services by the end of the year
  

  The state Department of Health and Human Services says some services will remain on the Dorothea Dix campus under the direction of Central Regional Hospital, including 24 beds for those charged with crimes and a child outpatient clinic.

• The Carolinas
  

  An organization that for decades has raised hundreds of children with nowhere else to go is hoping a plan to lease some of its expansive campus will help keep it going.

• Unfiled tickets in office of fired NC officer
  

  North Carolina authorities are investigating 10 traffic tickets that appear not to have been filed, along with an unserved arrest warrant, found in the office of a fired Butner police officer.

• Bus routes made public worry parents
  

  When Butner-Stem Middle School posted the details of student bus routes, in an effort to communicate with parents, some worried the information went a bit too far.

• King storms from back of the pack
  

  ALTAMAHAW , N.C. - Ace Speedway veteran driver Brian King weaved his way through early traffic after electing to start at the rear of the field, despite having the fastest time in qualifying.

• Real estate people
  

  Send announcements to business@citizen-times.com. Mark Fields is a new agent at Keller Williams Professionals in Weaverville.

City Description

Butner is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,792 at the 2000 census. Butner was managed by the state of North Carolina from 1947 through 2007. A bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly incorporating the town was signed by Gov. Mike Easley on July 27, 2007. It is the former site of the U.S. Army's Camp Butner, which was named for Major General Henry W. Butner (1875–1937), a North Carolina native. The area around Butner has several state and federal correctional institutions. Butner is located at 36°8′18″N 78°45′32″W / 36.13833°N 78.75889°W / 36.13833; -78.75889 (36.138298, -78.758828). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,792 people, 1,438 households, and 1,009 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 873.4 people per square mile (337.3/km²). There were 1,489 housing units at an average density of 224.5/sq mi (86.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 48.58% White, 45.27% African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 3.35% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races.

City Contained By:

• Granville County
• North Carolina
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Butner Federal Correctional Institution
• Butner

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 17.0939215282 km squared

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