Clyde North Carolina is located in the Western North Carolina County of Haywood. The county seat of Haywood is Waynesville, NC. Communities that are nearby to Clyde are Lake Junaluska and West Canton. The Clyde Post Office serves several surrounding smaller rural communities including Fines Creek.  The Township of Clyde, NC was created in 1877 from  Beaverdam, Pigeon, and Waynesville which are nearby communities. The original name for this town was "Lower Pigeon" and was later changed to Clyde which at the time was a small town on the banks of the Pigeon River.
The most recent census in 2000 has the population at 1,324 people and it is located in the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 1,324 people include 547 households and 373 families. This is a density of 1579.2 people per square mile. The 547 households had 29.3% children under the age of 18, 51.6% married couples living together, 12.8% female head of the household with no husband present, 31.8% were non families. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family was 2.82. Clyde, NC is the location for Haywood County North Carolina's only institution of higher education, Haywood Community College. This also the location of Haywood Community College Arboretum. Clyde, NC is the location for the Shook Museum, Shook-Smathers House, where it is believe to be the oldest known frame house in the Western North Carolina area. This house in Clyde, NC was built around 1795. Clyde NC Real Estate For Sale Information Clyde North Carolina homes for sale range in price from $67,000 to $650,000 with a median price of $213,000. Clyde, NC land to build a home ranges from $20,000 to $480,000 with a median price of $65,000. All listings for Clyde NC real estate are found on the MLS Listings Search page. |