Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Morven, NC

Morven is a town in Anson County in North Carolina's southern Piedmont, located on U.S. Highway 52 near the South Carolina line.

Morven began in 1823 with the establishment of a post office, and it was named for Morven in Argyllshire, Scotland, the home of Esperon Cameron McKenzie, mother of Hugh McKenzie, the first postmaster.

When the Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad came through, the settlement moved from its original site to its present location, and the town was incorporated in 1883.

During the Civil War, Sherman's troops encamped at Loch Adele plantation near Morven, and Union raiders burned most of the original town, known as Old Morven.

The 2020 census counted 329 people in Morven, a sharp drop of about 36 percent from 511 in 2010; the town's population peaked at 765 in 1980.

Morven has long had a majority Black population: about 77 percent of its residents were African American in the 2020 census.

Morven is the hometown of Juanita Moody (1924-2015), a noted American cryptographer and intelligence analyst, and of Belvin Maynard, a pioneering aviator of the World War I era.

The town covers about 1.03 square miles in southeastern Anson County, whose county seat is Wadesboro.