Town file
Cary, North Carolina
Cary, North Carolina (Wake County, North Carolina) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 545, "Google Map My Murder" (14 November 2024).
- Town
- Cary
- County
- Wake County
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 545
- Approximate location
- 35.781, -78.823
Episode 545 / 14 November 2024 / 174 min / full
Google Map My Murder
""We are going to North Carolina today"; "a suburb of Raleigh here, East Central, North Carolina, about 15 minutes outside of Raleigh"; "This is in Wake County"" about 0:04:04
The case: Murder of Nancy Cooper (July 12, 2008). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 171,000
- Median age
- 39
- Median household income
- $113,782
- Median home value
- $574,400
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,630
- Religious
- 43.4%
- Property crime
- ▼ about one-third below
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one-third
History, in brief
- In the 1750s John Bradford moved here and opened an inn, also called an ordinary, and the town was named Bradford's Ordinary. about 0:04:44
- Most of the surrounding land stayed in the hands of two different men, both named Nathaniel Jones. about 0:05:16
- In 1775 Jones of White Plains Plantation owned 10,461 acres, while Jones of Crabtree owned most of what is now western Cary. about 0:05:27
- After the Revolutionary War the community sat on the road between the new capital in Raleigh and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. about 0:05:42
- Lumberman Allison Francis Page arrived in 1854 and is credited with founding the town. about 0:06:12
- Page purchased 300 acres for $2,000 and planned the town. about 0:06:18
- Page put up a sawmill and a general store and donated acreage for the railroad depot. about 0:06:50
- The town was known at various times as Page, Page's Siding, Page's Station, Page's Tavern and Page's Turnout. about 0:06:58
- In 1856 Page added a post office and became the town's first postmaster. about 0:07:13
- Page named the community Cary after Samuel Fenton Cary, head of the Sons of Temperance in North America. about 0:07:44
- Cary formed the Community Appearance Commission in 1972 to regulate the look of things through ordinances. about 0:08:28
- In 1974 the town required developers to set aside one acre of green space for every 35 housing units built. about 0:08:40
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A charming, vibrant downtown with a new downtown park, green lawns, water features and local breweries."about 0:09:08
3 stars
"An affluent suburb with low crime and plenty of restaurants, but the people are generally pretentious and entitled."about 0:09:58
2 stars
"Could use more good Asian places, not just expensive ones, and is drastically lacking acceptable vegetarian restaurants."about 0:10:33
1 star
"The music is way too loud and it bothers the neighbours."about 0:11:27
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Selma, North Carolina34 miles
- Burlington, North Carolina41 miles
- Raeford, North Carolina60 miles
- Clinton, North Carolina61 miles
- Summerfield, North Carolina67 miles
- High Point, North Carolina67 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.