Wentworth, North Carolina
Wentworth is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,646 at the 2020 census. Wentworth is the county seat of Rockingham County and is part of the Greensboro-High Point metropolitan area of the Piedmont Triad. On May 6, 2022, an EF-1 Tornado hit Wentworth. The storm traveled as a supercell with crazy structure from the Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, and Pinnacle, North Carolina, area across central Stokes County and into Rockingham County. It took out trees, damaged homes, and blocked roads before it lifted off southwest of Reidsville.
Center of Wentworth, with the former jail at left and the former county courthouse at right
The Carter Family Plantation in Wentworth.
Rockingham County, North Carolina
Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth. The county is known as "North Carolina's North Star".
Rockingham County Courthouse in Wentworth
William Byrd II surveyed the eventual county and dubbed the area the "Land of Eden".
Morehead Mill in Spray, c. 1911
American Tobacco Company plant in Reidsville c. 1937