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Research Triangle
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A2013 Census estimate put the population at 2,037,430, making it the second largest metropolitan area in the state of North Carolina behind Charlotte. The Raleigh–Durham television market includes a broader 24-county area which includes Fayetteville, the Triangle name was cemented in the public consciousness in the 1950s with the creation of Research Triangle Park, home to numerous high-tech companies and enterprises. Most of the Triangle is part of North Carolinas second, fourth, depending on which definition of the Research Triangle region is used, as few as three or as many as 16 counties are included as part of the region. All of these counties when included hold a population over 2,167,000 people. S. S, Census Bureau divided the region into two metropolitan statistical areas and one micropolitan area in 2003. Some area television stations define the region as Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville, Fayetteville, North Carolina, is over 50 miles from Raleigh, but is part of the Triangle television market. Other larger systems in the region include Durham Public Schools and rapidly growing Johnston County Schools, the North Carolina Tar Heels, NC State Wolfpack, and Duke Blue Devils are all members of the ACC. Rivalries among these schools are strong, fueled by proximity to each other. Adding to the rivalries is the number of graduates the high schools in the region send to each of the local universities. It is very common for students at one university to know many students attending the local universities. The four ACC schools in the state, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, all four teams consistently produce high-caliber teams. Each of the Triangle-based universities listed has won at least two NCAA Basketball national championships, other colleges in the Triangle that field intercollegiate teams include Campbell University, Meredith College, and William Peace University. The region has one professional team of the four major sports. Since moving to the Research Triangle region from Hartford, Connecticut, they have enjoyed great success, with only one top-level professional sports option, minor league sports are quite popular in the region. The American Badminton Academy is also located here in a facility with seven permanent courts. The Academy is unique among U. S. badminton facilities in that it hosts an international player development program run by Dennis Christensen, anchored by leading technology firms, government and world-class universities, medical centers and schools, the areas economy has performed exceptionally well. Significant increases in employment, earnings, personal income, and retail sales are projected over the next 15 years, the regions growing high-technology community includes such companies as IBM, SAS Institute, Cisco Systems, NetApp, Red Hat, EMC Corporation, and Credit Suisse First Boston. In addition to high-tech, the region is ranked in the top three in the U. S. with concentration in life science companies. Some of these companies include GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen Idec, BASF, Research Triangle Park and North Carolina State Universitys Centennial Campus in Raleigh support innovation through R&D and technology transfer among the regions companies and research universities
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U.S. state
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A U. S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a geographic territory. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders. States range in population from just under 600,000 to over 39 million, four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names. States are divided into counties or county-equivalents, which may be assigned some local authority but are not sovereign. County or county-equivalent structure varies widely by state, State governments are allocated power by the people through their individual constitutions. All are grounded in principles, and each provides for a government. States possess a number of powers and rights under the United States Constitution, Constitution has been amended, and the interpretation and application of its provisions have changed. The general tendency has been toward centralization and incorporation, with the government playing a much larger role than it once did. There is a debate over states rights, which concerns the extent and nature of the states powers and sovereignty in relation to the federal government. States and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a legislature consisting of the Senate. Each state is represented in the Senate by two senators, and is guaranteed at least one Representative in the House, members of the House are elected from single-member districts. Representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census, the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50, alaska and Hawaii are the most recent states admitted, both in 1959. The Constitution is silent on the question of states have the power to secede from the Union. Shortly after the Civil War, the U. S. Supreme Court, in Texas v. White, as a result, while the governments of the various states share many similar features, they often vary greatly with regard to form and substance
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North Carolina
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North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U. S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties, the most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City. The state has a range of elevations, from sea level on the coast to 6,684 feet at Mount Mitchell. The climate of the plains is strongly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the falls in the humid subtropical climate zone. More than 300 miles from the coast, the western, mountainous part of the state has a highland climate. North Carolina is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north, the United States Census Bureau places North Carolina in the South Atlantic division of the southern region. So many ships have been lost off Cape Hatteras that the area is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, the most famous of these is the Queen Annes Revenge, which went aground in Beaufort Inlet in 1718. The coastal plain transitions to the Piedmont region along the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, the Piedmont region of central North Carolina is the states most populous region, containing the six largest cities in the state by population. It consists of rolling countryside frequently broken by hills or low mountain ridges. The Piedmont ranges from about 300 feet in elevation in the east to about 1,500 feet in the west, the western section of the state is part of the Appalachian Mountain range. Among the subranges of the Appalachians located in the state are the Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Mountains, the Black Mountains are the highest in the eastern United States, and culminate in Mount Mitchell at 6,684 feet, the highest point east of the Mississippi River. North Carolina has 17 major river basins, the five basins west of the Blue Ridge Mountains flow to the Gulf of Mexico, while the remainder flow to the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 17 basins,11 originate within the state of North Carolina, but only four are contained entirely within the states border – the Cape Fear, the Neuse, the White Oak, and the Tar-Pamlico basin. Elevation above sea level is most responsible for temperature change across the state, the climate is also influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream, especially in the coastal plain. These influences tend to cause warmer winter temperatures along the coast, the coastal plain averages around 1 inch of snow or ice annually, and in many years, there may be no snow or ice at all. North Carolina experiences severe weather in summer and winter, with summer bringing threat of hurricanes, tropical storms, heavy rain
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Greensboro is a city in the U. S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County, as of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city, in 1808, Greensborough was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. In 2003, the previous Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area was re-defined by the U. S. Office of Management and this region was separated into the Greensboro-High Point MSA and the Winston-Salem MSA. The 2010 population for the Greensboro-High Point MSA was 723,801, the combined statistical area of Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, popularly referred to as the Piedmont Triad, had a population of 1,599,477. At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that became Greensboro were a Siouan-speaking people called the Saura, other indigenous cultures had occupied this area for thousands of years, typically settling along the waterways, as did the early settlers. Quaker migrants from Pennsylvania, by way of Maryland, arrived at Capefair in about 1750, the new settlers began organized religious services affiliated with the Cane Creek Friends Meeting in Snow Camp in 1751. Three years later,40 Quaker families were granted approval to establish New Garden Monthly Meeting, the settlement grew rapidly during the next three years, adding members from as far away as Nantucket in Massachusetts. It soon became the most important Quaker community in North Carolina and mother of several other Quaker meetings that were established in the state and west of the Appalachians. After the Revolutionary War, the city of Greensboro was named for Major General Nathanael Greene, although the Americans lost the battle, Greenes forces inflicted heavy casualties on the British Army of General Cornwallis. Following this battle, Cornwallis withdrew his troops to a British coastal base in Wilmington, Greensboro was established near the geographic center of Guilford County, on land that was an unbroken forest with thick undergrowth of huckleberry bushes, that bore a finely flavored fruit. Property for the village was purchased from the Saura for $98. Three north-south streets were laid out intersecting with three east-west streets, the courthouse was built at the center of the intersection of Elm and Market streets. By 1821, the town was home to 369 residents, stimulated by rail traffic and improved access to markets, the city grew substantially, soon becoming known as the Gate City due to its role as a transportation hub for the Piedmont. The railroads transported goods to and from the textile mills. Many of the manufacturers developed workers housing in mill villages near their facilities, Textile companies and related businesses continued into the 21st century, when most went bankrupt, reorganized, and/or merged with other companies as textile manufacturing jobs moved offshore. Greensboro is still a center of the textile industry, with the main offices of International Textile Group, Galey & Lord, Unifi. ITG Brands, maker of Kool, Winston and Salem brand cigarettes, is the third largest tobacco company in the United States and is headquartered in Greensboro, rail traffic continues to be important for the citys economy, as Greensboro is a major regional freight hub
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. With a 2015 estimated population of 241,218, it is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and the fifth largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region,100 North Main Street, formerly the Wachovia Building, Winston-Salem is called the Twin City for its dual heritage and City of the Arts and Innovation for its dedication to fine arts and theater and technological research. Camel City is a reference to the citys involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Companys Camel cigarettes. Winston-Salem is also known for its traditional furniture company, many locals refer to the city as Winston in informal speech. The Dash is referenced from the hyphen between Winston and Salem and was popularized by the nickname of the minor league baseball team. In 2012, the city was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U. S. by CBS MoneyWatch, the city of Winston-Salem is a product of the merging of the two neighboring towns of Winston and Salem in 1913. The origin of the town of Salem dates to January 1753 and he called this area die Wachau named after the ancestral estate of Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. The land, just short of 99,000 acres, was purchased from John Carteret. On November 17,1753, the first settlers arrived at what would become the town of Bethabara. This town, despite its growth, was not designed to be the primary settlement on the tract. Some residents expanded to a settlement called Bethania in 1759. Finally, lots were drawn to select suitable sites for the location of a new town. The town established on the site was given the name of Salem chosen for it by the Moravians late patron. On January 6,1766, the first tree was felled for the building of Salem, Salem was a typical Moravian settlement congregation with the public buildings of the congregation grouped around a central square, today Salem Square. These included the church, a Brethrens House and a Sisters House for the members of the Congregation. For many years members of the Moravian Church were permitted to live in the settlement. This practice had ended by the American Civil War, many of the original buildings in the settlement have been restored or rebuilt and are now part of Old Salem Museums & Gardens
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High Point, North Carolina
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High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of the State of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census the city had a population of 104,371. High Point is currently the ninth-largest municipality in North Carolina, High Point is known for its furniture, textiles, and bus manufacturing. The city is referred to as the Furniture Capital of the World. The citys official slogan is North Carolinas International City due to the semi-annual High Point Furniture Market that attracts 100,000 exhibitors and buyers from around the world. Most of the city is located in Guilford County, with portions spilling into neighboring Randolph, Davidson, High Point is North Carolinas only city that extends into four counties. Among the first Europeans to settle Guilford County were English Quakers, High Point was located at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro where it intersected the 1852 Great Western Plank Road. Its central location and transportation allowed for the delivery of raw materials like cotton and lumber and processed goods in and out of the city, settled before 1750, High Point was incorporated in 1859. Before it became a manufacturing center, the most important industries were tobacco, woodworking. The first of many High Point furniture factories was opened in 1889, established in 1924, High Point University is a liberal arts institution with approximately 4,400 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states. It is ranked by U. S. News and World Report 2013 edition of Americas Best Colleges 1st among comprehensive universities in the South, the university offers 44 undergraduate majors,10 graduate-degree programs and one doctorate program. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA Division I, High Point is the only city in North Carolina that exists within four counties, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph. It also stands within two watersheds, the Yadkin–Pee Dee to the west and the Cape Fear to the east. Parts of the city rise above 1,000 feet, making it among the highest cities in North Carolinas Piedmont, High Point is located at 35°58′14″N 79°59′51″W. It is bordered by the city of Greensboro to the north, Jamestown to the northeast, the city limits of Trinity and Thomasville come within half a mile of the High Point city limits to the south and southwest, respectively. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 55.4 square miles, of which 53.8 square miles is land and 1.7 square miles. Summers are hot and humid, and the dew points will often climb to near or even above 70 °F by late June through much of August, nights usually remain warm above 70 degrees. Most summers the hottest day will record a maximum between 96 and 98 °F, about once every 5 to 10 years the city will climb to or above 100 °F
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Piedmont (United States)
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The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States. It sits between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New Jersey in the north to central Alabama in the south, the Piedmont Province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division which consists of the Piedmont Upland and the Piedmont Lowlands sections. The Atlantic Seaboard fall line marks the Piedmonts eastern boundary with the Coastal Plain, to the west, it is mostly bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the easternmost range of the main Appalachians. The width of the Piedmont varies, being quite narrow above the Delaware River, the Piedmonts area is approximately 80,000 square miles. The name Piedmont comes from the French term for the physical region, literally meaning foothill, ultimately from Latin pedemontium. The region is named after the Italian region of Piedmont, the lowlands which abut the Alps, the surface relief of the Piedmont is characterized by relatively low, rolling hills with heights above sea level between 200 feet and 800 feet to 1,000 feet. Its geology is complex, with rock formations of different materials. Essentially, the Piedmont is the remnant of ancient mountain chains that have since been eroded away. Geologists have identified at least five events which have led to sediment deposition, including the Grenville orogeny. The last major event in the history of the Piedmont was the break-up of Pangaea, large basins formed from the rifting and were subsequently filled by the sediments shed from the surrounding higher ground. The series of Mesozoic basins is almost entirely located inside the Piedmont region, Piedmont soils are generally clay-like and moderately fertile. In some areas they have suffered from erosion and over-cropping, particularly in the South where cotton was historically the chief crop. In the central Piedmont region of North Carolina and Virginia, corn is the crop, while in the north region there is more diversity, including orchards, dairying. The Piedmont region is associated with the Piedmont blues, a style of blues music that originated there in the late 19th century. According to the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, most Piedmont blues musicians came from Virginia, the Carolinas, during the Great Migration, Black Americans migrated to the Piedmont. Thus, Piedmont blues was influenced by many types of such as ragtime, country. Many major cities are located on the line, the eastern boundary of the Piedmont. The fall line, where the land rises abruptly from the plain, marks the limit of navigability on many major rivers
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Metropolitan area
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As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions. The Greater São Paulo is a term for one of the multiple definitions the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil. A metropolitan area combines an urban agglomeration with zones not necessarily urban in character and these outlying zones are sometimes known as a commuter belt, and may extend well beyond the urban zone, to other political entities. For example, El Monte, California is considered part of the Los Angeles metro area in the United States, in practice, the parameters of metropolitan areas, in both official and unofficial usage, are not consistent. Population figures given for one area can vary by millions. A polycentric metropolitan area is one not connected by continuous development or conurbation, in defining a metropolitan area, it is sufficient that a city or cities form a nucleus that other areas have a high degree of integration with. The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines statistical divisions as areas under the influence of one or more major towns or a major city. However, this definition has become obsolete with the conurbation of several statistical divisions into a larger metropolitan areas. In Brazil, metropolitan areas are called metropolitan regions, each State defines its own legislation for the creation, definition and organization of a metropolitan region. The creation of a region is not intended for any statistical purpose, although the Brazilian Institute of Geography. Their main purpose is to allow for a management of public policies of common interest to all cities involved. They dont have political, electoral or jurisdictional power whatsoever, so living in a metropolitan region do not elect representatives for them. Statistics Canada defines a metropolitan area as an area consisting of one or more adjacent municipalities situated around a major urban core. To form a CMA, the area must have a population of at least 100,000. To be included in the CMA, adjacent municipalities must have a degree of integration with the core. As of the Canada 2011 Census, there were 33 CMAs in Canada, including six with a population over one million—Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. In Denmark the only area is Greater Copenhagen, consisting of the Capital Region of Denmark along with the neighboring regions Region Zealand. Greater Copenhagen has an population of 1.25 million people
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Interstate Highway System
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The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways is a network of controlled-access highways that forms a part of the National Highway System of the United States. The system is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation, construction was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, and the original portion was completed 35 years later, although some urban routes were cancelled and never built. The network has since been extended and, as of 2013, as of 2013, about one-quarter of all vehicle miles driven in the country use the Interstate system. In 2006, the cost of construction was estimated at about $425 billion, the nations revenue needs associated with World War I prevented any significant implementation of this policy, which expired in 1921. In the plan, Mehren proposed a 50, 000-mile system, the system would include two percent of all roads and would pass through every state at a cost of $25,000 per mile, providing commercial as well as military transport benefits. As the landmark 1916 law expired, new legislation was passed—the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 and this new road construction initiative once again provided for federal matching funds for road construction and improvement, $75 million allocated annually. The Bureau of Public Roads asked the Army to provide a list of roads that it considered necessary for national defense. A boom in construction followed throughout the decade of the 1920s. As automobile traffic increased, planners saw a need for such a national system to supplement the existing, largely non-freeway. By the late 1930s, planning had expanded to a system of new superhighways, in 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave Thomas MacDonald, chief at the Bureau of Public Roads, a hand-drawn map of the United States marked with eight superhighway corridors for study. He recognized that the system would also provide key ground transport routes for military supplies. The publication in 1955 of the General Location of National System of Interstate Highways, informally known as the Yellow Book, assisting in the planning was Charles Erwin Wilson, who was still head of General Motors when President Eisenhower selected him as Secretary of Defense in January 1953. The Interstate Highway System was authorized on June 29,1956 by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate, three states have claimed the title of first Interstate Highway. Missouri claims that the first three contracts under the new program were signed in Missouri on August 2,1956, the first contract signed was for upgrading a section of US Route 66 to what is now designated Interstate 44. On August 13,1956, Missouri awarded the first contract based on new Interstate Highway funding, kansas claims that it was the first to start paving after the act was signed. Preliminary construction had taken place before the act was signed, the state marked its portion of I-70 as the first project in the United States completed under the provisions of the new Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The Pennsylvania Turnpike could also be considered one of the first Interstate Highways, on October 1,1940,162 miles of the highway now designated I‑70 and I‑76 opened between Irwin and Carlisle. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania refers to the turnpike as the Granddaddy of the Pikes, October 12,1979, The final section of the Canada to Mexico freeway Interstate 5 is dedicated near Stockton, California
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Interstate 40 in North Carolina
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Interstate 40 is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Barstow, California to Wilmington, North Carolina. In North Carolina, I-40 enters the state along the Pigeon River Gorge, crossing the entire state, it connects the cities of Asheville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Durham and Raleigh before ending along U. S. Highway 117/North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington. At a total of 423.55 miles, it is the longest interstate highway in North Carolina, there are five auxiliary Interstates in the state related to I-40, as well as one business loop which currently runs through Winston-Salem. The route is labeled east-west for the route, however the eastern portion follows a much more north-south alignment. The freeway bears several names in addition to the I-40 designation, throughout the state the freeway is known as the Blue Star Memorial Highway a name shared with multiple interstates across the state. From the Guilford-Alamance county line to one mile east of NC54, in Graham, from Orange County to Raleigh I-40 is known as the Harriet Morehead Berry Freeway, the John Motley Morehead, III Freeway, and the Tom Bradshaw Freeway. I-40 is the James Harrington Freeway from US70 to I-95, in Duplin County a section of I-40 is known as the Henry L. Stevens, Jr. Highway. From the Pender County-New Hanover County line to the terminus of I-40. Interstate 40 was an original Interstate Highway planned in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, in North Carolina the original highway was to run from the Tennessee state line to Greensboro where the freeway would end at Interstate 85. In 1958, the first section of completed interstate highway in the state was I-40 along the East–West Expressway in Winston-Salem, I-40 received two extension approvals, the first in 1969 to Interstate 95, to be routed in or near Smithfield, and the second in 1984 to Wilmington. After 34 years since it first opened, the last section completed was the Winston-Salem Bypass in 1992, the highest point is at 2,786 feet, located at Swannanoa Gap, and the lowest point is at 15 feet, located at the Pender–New Hanover county line. All of I-40 is listed in the National Highway System, a network of important to the countrys economy, defense. I-40 is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway throughout the state, I-40 enters North Carolina along the north banks of the Pigeon River, at the foot of Snowbird Mountain. Winding in parallel with the river, I-40 goes through twin tunnels, when the tunnels opened in 1968 they were the first Interstate tunnels east of Mississippi River. I-40 then goes down a steep grade for the next 16 miles, just south of exit 7, I-40 uses another tunnel, for eastbound traffic only, through Hurricane Mountain. The westbound lanes use a rock cut through Hurricane Mountain, a short distance after the tunnel is the North Carolina Welcome Center. Immedietly afterwards is Waterville Lake, where there are a few intersections in this location, used as service access for Walters Dam. Interstate 40 then merges with US74, I-40 and US74 encounters the Interstate 26, Interstate 240 interchange, sometimes called Malfunction Junction, in the southwestern part of the city
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Interstate 85 in North Carolina
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In the U. S. state of North Carolina, Interstate 85 scales the state for 234.6 miles from the South Carolina border to the Virginia border. As the second-longest interstate in the state, it links the three largest metropolitan areas in North Carolina, Metrolina, the Piedmont Triad, and the Research Triangle. Nine of the twenty largest municipalities in the state lie along I-85, and it connects those cities to Richmond, Virginia to the north, I-85 enters the state from Cherokee County, South Carolina near Grover in Cleveland County, which is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. After only a few miles, the highway enters Gaston County, near Kings Mountain, I-85 turns from a northeast trajectory to an eastward one and goes through Gastonia, where it widens from four to six lanes. It stays at six lanes until it reaches Belmont, where the highway again to eight lanes. The highway crosses the Catawba River just before entering Charlotte and it passes north of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and goes by a number of retail centers before turning northeastward again just west of Uptown Charlotte. The highway bypasses the area, but several exits do provide access to the area. A partial wrong-way interchange exists at the exit with Interstate 77 north of Uptown, the highway actually lies within the city limits of Charlotte for most of its route through Mecklenburg County. As a result, none of the exit signs list Charlotte as a destination for the intersecting routes and it also passes by the University City area and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. After Charlotte, I-85 continues northeastward into Cabarrus County, passing through the cities of Concord and it drops from eight to four lanes between exit 55 and exit 68 near the Rowan County town of China Grove, at which point it increases to eight lanes again. Between Exits 96 and 102, the northbound and southbound lanes switch places, the southbound lane crosses over the northbound lane just before the northbound lane passes over a small bridge over Hamby Creek. Only after the underpasses beneath Johnstown Road does the northbound lane run over the one returning to its proper location. Approximately 70 miles northeast of the Charlotte area is the Triad area, anchored by the cities of Winston-Salem, Greensboro, I-85 bypasses High Point and also largely bypasses Greensboro. Up until February 2004, I-85 went through the heart of Greensboro, today, I-85 is routed along the Greensboro Urban Loop and meets I-40 east of downtown. Its former route is now known as Business 85, interstates 85 and 40 remain joined as they continue eastward to the Triangle region, anchored by the cities of Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh. In between Greensboro and Durham, 85/40 is 8 lanes wide even through the suburban stretches. Once 85 hits Durham is widens to 10 lanes and it takes on a more suburban character once it leaves Durham, bypassing Oxford and Henderson before crossing into Mecklenburg County, Virginia. I-85 in North Carolina feature a few dedicated or memorialized stretches of freeway, blue Star Memorial Highway – official North Carolina honorary name of Interstate 85 throughout the state
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Interstate 73
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Interstate 73 is an intrastate Interstate Highway, located within the U. S. state of North Carolina. It is part of a longer planned corridor, defined by federal laws to run from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Marie, Michigan, but only the south of West Virginia is under study as of 2012. The corridor passes through the states of South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia is building its section, mostly along U. S. Highway 52, as a four-lane divided highway, but not meeting the Interstate Highway standards. On the other hand, North Carolina and South Carolina have built sections, thus Interstate 73 will, once scheduled projects are completed, run from South Carolina to Roanoke, Virginia, where it will end at Interstate 81. Associated with these plans are those for the extension of Interstate 74 from Cincinnati to Myrtle Beach, currently, there is one continuous section of Interstate 73, traversing 82.4 miles along the US220 freeway from Ellerbe, NC to Greensboro, NC. Future Interstate 73 will traverse northeastern South Carolina, from the Grand Strand to Bennettsville, the current alignment will replace South Carolina Highway 22 and parallel north of U. S. Route 501 and South Carolina Highway 38. North Carolina is the state that has a finished section of Interstate 73. It traverses along the US220 freeway from Ellerbe, through Asheboro, to Greensboro, when completed, it will also connect the cities of Rockingham and Madison. Future Interstate 73 is planned to connect Martinsville and Roanoke, then head west to Blacksburg before entering West Virginia, Future Interstate 73 is planned to enter, from Virginia, near Bluefield and then go northwest along the King Coal Highway to Huntington. Future Interstate 73 is planned to parallel US52 to Portsmouth, then north with US23 through Columbus, Future Interstate 73 is planned to go northwesterly to Jackson then go north with US127 to Grayling. From there, the corridor continues along Interstate 75 to Sault Ste, with coal employment in decline and the desire to bring in other businesses, Ammar worked to get the road improved. In 1989, Bluefield State College Professor John Sage learned of plans to add more Interstate Highways, Ammar and Sage came up with the idea for a road that would be called I-73, to run from Detroit to Charleston, South Carolina. Ammar and others promoted the idea to the people of Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1991, as Congress worked on reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act, the people from West Virginia worked to get I-73 approved, the highway would run alongside US52. The influential Robert Byrd, at the time West Virginias senior senator, chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, in North Carolina, Marc Bush of the Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce admitted the plan would benefit his area, but said it was not a priority. This would provide for a corridor from Charleston, splitting at Portsmouth, with I-74 turning west to its current east end in Cincinnati. In North Carolina, any new construction would require more money than the state had available, but Walter C. A connector between I-77 and US52 at Mt. Airy was planned, and US52 from Mt. Airy to Winston-Salem, a US311 bypass of High Point was planned, which would eventually connect to US220 at Randleman
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Interstate 74 in North Carolina
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Interstate 74 is an Interstate Highway that is partially completed in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of January 1,2017, there is a total of 122.0 miles of Interstate 74, the first section of I-74 begins at the Virginia state line (overlapped with I-77 for approximately 4 miles. After separation, it goes east and connects to US52 near Mount Airy, under a new accelerated construction plan for the Beltway, right-of-way acquisition began in 2012 and construction started in December 2014. The second section of I-74 extends along the US311 freeway from the intersection with I-40 in Southeastern Winston-Salem to High Point and this section was designated despite not having 10-foot shoulders, with the promise that shoulders would be widened later. Signs were installed by August 2014 and this section connects directly to another section, called the High Point East Belt. It connects High Point with both I-85 Business and I-85, construction recently completed June 7,2013 extended the freeway an additional 8 miles to US 220/I-73 at mile marker 86 in Randleman. I-74 joins with I-73/US220 South in Randleman going south to Asheboro, the freeway is already completed, but was not allowed to be signed as a full interstate until the segment through Asheboro was upgraded to interstate standards in December 2013. The fourth section of I-74 starts along a bypass of Asheboro where a project to improve US220 to interstate standards was completed, Interstate 74 continues concurrently with I-73 and US220 between I-73 mile markers 68-42, the first section marked as I-74 in North Carolina in 1997. It continues south bypassing the towns of Seagrove, Biscoe and Candor, visitor centers are located eastbound and westbound at mile marker 61. After Exit 41 U. S.220 leaves the freeway and this situation was remedied on July 7,2011 when the FHWA approved the addition of this segment to the interstate system. The route was signed as Interstates 73 and 74 in the fall of 2013. The first section of the Bypass, four miles of upgraded US220, is under construction with a completion date of March 2018. Future I-73 ends near the NC38 exit where it is planned to be routed south into South Carolina, Future I-74 continues to the end of the freeway. Between Hamlet and Laurinburg is an expressway that will eventually be upgraded to Interstate standards. The third section of I-74 is officially named the American Indian Highway, completed in 2008, after NC41, I-74 ends for the final time as the highway continues on as an at-grade expressway signed as US 74/Future I-74 Corridor. Future I-74 is to continue to follow US74, going through the city of Whiteville and bypassing the town of Lake Waccamaw. Before the town of Bolton, it will separate from US74 onto a new freeway towards Shallotte. This entire section of I-74 is still under a Feasibility Study with several possible routing options, current NCDOT plans suggest that construction may not begin until after 2020, and that this will likely be the last section of I-74 to be completed
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Piedmont Triad International Airport
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The airport, located just off Bryan Boulevard, sits on a 2,800 acre campus and has 3 runways. Piedmont Triad International airport is the third busiest airport in North Carolina averaging 280 takeoffs, PTI is owned and operated by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority. An antecedent of PTI Airport, one of the first commercial airports in the South, Maynard Field was dedicated on December 6,1919, racing pilot Captain Roscoe Turner referred to the current location of Piedmont Triad International Airport as the best landing field in the south. Greensboro and Guilford County jointly purchased the Friendship property from Paul C. and Helen G. Lindley, the field then had no runways, no lights, no hangar, and no passenger station. Charles Lindbergh stopped at Lindley Field with the Spirit of St. Louis on his cross-country tour celebrating the advances of aviation on October 14,1927, regular mail service started in 1928. Sid Malloy, the pilot of the aircraft, landed with two bags of mail and took three bags of mail to be sent to Atlanta, after a brief closure during the Great Depression, the airport reopened on May 17,1937 with two all-weather runways. In time, Pitcairn Aviation built a hangar, Greensboro built a station, the United States government established a weather bureau. Passenger service was inaugurated by Dixie Flying Service on November 6,1930, with a route to Washington, Pitcairn Aviation took over the route under its new name Eastern Air Transport, which later became Eastern Air Lines. In July 1942 responsibility for the airport was given to the Greensboro-High Point Airport Authority, with representatives from Greensboro, High Point, shortly thereafter the Army Air Corps requisitioned the airport and its facilities for war use and airmail and passenger service was discontinued. The Corps lengthened the runways and built a new passenger terminal, civilian service resumed after the war, though growth was moderate due to the success of nearby Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. 1950s, The new passenger terminal opened in 1958, replacing the facility that had served since World War II. The new terminal was a glass paneled structure with a single pier. PTI was then served by Eastern, Piedmont, and Capital, 1970s, By 1975 airport officials began to plan for a new terminal. Piedmont Airlines, which for years had served PTI and Smith Reynolds Airport in nearby Winston-Salem, in the months that followed, Piedmont Airlines instead opened a hub in Charlotte. The airport was renamed Greensboro-High Point Airport and later Greensboro – High Point – Winston-Salem Regional Airport, work on a new facility began in 1978. The airport gained greater prominence on the East Coast offering passenger service from Delta, Piedmont, United, cargo carriers, including the postal service, textile manufacturers, and Federal Express- a new overnight letter and package delivery service- were shipping tons of freight each year. 1980s, The new terminal complex was completed in 1982, designed by Reynolds, Smith & Hills, the following year, the Marriott opened a $16 million, 300-room hotel on the airport property. The facility was renamed Piedmont Triad International in 1987, 1990s, TIMCO Aviation Services opened its world headquarters at PTI
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Southeastern United States
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The Southeastern United States is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. It comprises 15 states in the southern United States, there is no official Census Bureau definition of the southeastern United States. The OSBO uses the same states, but includes Arkansas and Louisiana, the most populous state in the region is Florida, followed by Georgia, and North Carolina. With tropical air masses influencing the region precipitation is high throughout the year, the tropical air masses do however cause significant hurricanes such as Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina wreaking havoc and causing significant damage to coastal areas. The winters highly vary depending on latitude and elevation, the Southeast has changed dramatically in the last two generations. Since 1980, there has been a boom in its economy, manufacturing base, high technology industries. Fortune 500 companies having headquarters in the region included 20 in Virginia,16 in Florida,15 in North Carolina and this economic expansion has enabled parts of the South to have of some of the lowest unemployment rates in the United States. In Alabama, there is a manufacturing project owned by the German steel megacorporation Thyssen-Krupp. The Cummings Research Park in the Huntsville, Alabama area is the second largest research complex in the nation, located in Huntsville is the Redstone Arsenal, United States Army Missile Command, the U. S. Space and Rocket Center, NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center and many key government, military. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida is the largest laboratory in the devoted to the study of magnetism. There are a number of universities, with several large research universities which exert influence beyond the region. These include the oldest public universities in the country, the University of Alabama, the region is home to the most historically black colleges and universities in the nation. The three largest in the region are North Carolina A&T University, Florida A&M University, and Jackson State University, on this list New Orleans Refers to the Orleans Parish Population. Therefore the population given is for the entire city excluding other incorporated places lying within the county limits, five Major League Baseball teams play in the Southeast, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles. The Braves, Nationals and Marlins play in the NL East,4 Major League Lacrosse teams play in the southeast, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Florida Launch, Charlotte Hounds, and the Atlanta Blaze. Seven National Basketball Association teams play in the Southeast, Washington Wizards, Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and New Orleans Pelicans. The Wizards, Heat, Hornets, Magic and Hawks are in the Eastern Conference, the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Citrus Bowl are notable college football bowls held in Southeastern cities
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina, the seat of Wake County in the United States. Raleigh is known as the City of Oaks for its oak trees. The city covers a area of 142.8 square miles. The U. S. Census Bureau estimated the population as 451,066 as of July 1,2015. It is also one of the cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County, Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University and is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham and Chapel Hill. The Triangle nickname originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located in Durham and Wake Counties, partway between the three cities and their universities. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U. S. Census Bureaus Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, the Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 1,214,516 in 2013. Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a small portion extending into Durham County. Raleigh is an example in the United States of a planned city. It was chosen as the site of the capital in 1788. The city was laid out in a grid pattern with the North Carolina State Capitol in Union Square at the center. Raleigh is home to cultural, educational, and historic sites. The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Raleigh features three venues and serves as the home for the North Carolina Symphony and the Carolina Ballet. Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek is a large music amphitheater located in southeast Raleigh, one U. S. president, Andrew Johnson, was born in Raleigh. Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina, was the first nominal capital from 1705 until 1722, the colony had no permanent institutions of government until the establishment at the new capital New Bern in 1743. In December 1770, Joel Lane successfully petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly to create a new county, on January 5,1771, the bill creating Wake County was passed in the General Assembly. The county was formed from portions of Cumberland, Orange, the county gets its name from Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of Governor William Tryon
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Durham, North Carolina
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Durham is a city in the U. S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, though portions also extend into Wake County in the east, the U. S. Census Bureau estimated the citys population to be 251,893 as of July 1,2014. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area and it is the home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University, and is also one of the vertices of the Research Triangle area. The Eno and the Occoneechi, related to the Sioux and the Shakori and they may have established a village named Adshusheer on the site. The Great Indian Trading Path has been traced through Durham, and Native Americans helped to mold the area by establishing settlements, in 1701, Durhams beauty was chronicled by the English explorer John Lawson, who called the area the flower of the Carolinas. During the mid-1700s, Scots, Irish, and English colonists settled on land granted to George Carteret by King Charles I, early settlers built gristmills, such as West Point, and worked the land. Prior to the American Revolution, frontiersmen in what is now Durham were involved in the Regulator movement, according to legend, Loyalist militia cut Cornwallis Road through this area in 1771 to quell the rebellion. Later, William Johnston, a shopkeeper and farmer, made Revolutionaries munitions, served in the Provincial Capital Congress in 1775. Large plantations, Hardscrabble, Cameron, and Leigh among them, were established in the antebellum period, by 1860, Stagville Plantation lay at the center of one of the largest plantation holdings in the South. There were free African-Americans in the area as well, including several who fought in the Revolutionary War and this road, eventually followed by US Route 70, was the major east-west route in North Carolina from colonial times until the construction of interstate highways. Steady population growth and an intersection with the road connecting Roxboro and Fayetteville made the area near this site suitable for a US Post Office, Durhams location is a result of the needs of the 19th century railroad industry. The wood-burning steam locomotives of the time had to frequently for wood and water. Eventually a railway depot was established on land donated by Bartlett S. Durham in 1849, sherman occupied the nearby state capital of Raleigh during the American Civil War. The last formidable Confederate Army in the South, commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston, was headquartered in Greensboro 50 miles to the west. After the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia by Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9,1865, fortunately for Durham, its future had nothing to do with 19th-century politics. As both armies passed through Durham, Hillsborough, and surrounding Piedmont communities, they confiscated the areas Brightleaf Tobacco, the community of Durham Station grew slowly before the Civil War, but expanded rapidly following the war. Much of this attributed to the establishment of a thriving tobacco industry. Veterans returned home after the war, with an interest in acquiring more of the tobacco they had sampled in North Carolina
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Chapel Hill is a city in Orange County, North Carolina, and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care. The population was 57,233 at the 2010 census, Chapel Hill is the 15th-largest city in North Carolina. Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh make up the three corners of the Research Triangle, so named in 1959 with the creation of Research Triangle Park, a research park between Durham and Raleigh. Chapel Hill is one of the cities of the Durham-Chapel Hill MSA. Chapel Hill sits atop a hill which was occupied by a small Anglican chapel of ease, built in 1752. The Carolina Inn now occupies the site of the original chapel, in 1819, the town was founded to serve the University of North Carolina and grew up around it. The town was chartered in 1851, and its main street, in 1968, only a year after its schools became fully integrated, Chapel Hill became the first predominantly white municipality in the South to elect an African American mayor, Howard Lee. Lee served from 1969 until 1975 and, among other things, helped establish Chapel Hill Transit, several hybrid and articulated buses have been added recently. All buses carry GPS transmitters to report their location in time to a tracking web site. Buses can transport bicycles and have wheelchair lifts, in 1993, the town celebrated its bicentennial, which resulted in the establishment of the Chapel Hill Museum. On February 10,2015, three students were killed in their home, Finley Forest Condominiums, next to the Friday Center for Continuing Education. Their next-door neighbor, Craig Stephen Hicks, was arrested by police, Chapel Hill is located in the southeast corner of Orange County. It is bounded on the west by the town of Carrboro, however, most of Chapel Hills borders are adjacent to unincorporated portions of Orange and Durham Counties rather than shared with another municipality. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 21.3 square miles. Durham, North Carolina, is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill MSA, the US Office of Management and Budget also includes Chapel Hill as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 1,749,525 as of Census 2010. According to the 2010 U. S. Census,57,233 people in 20,564 households resided in Chapel Hill, the population density was 2,687 people per square mile. The racial composition of the town was 72. 8% White,9. 7% African American,0. 3% Native American,11. 9% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,2. 7% some other race, and 2. 7% of two or more races. About 6. 4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race, about 30. 6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
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Alamance County, North Carolina
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Alamance County /ˈæləmæns/ is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 151,131, formed in 1849 from Orange County to the east, Alamance County has been the site of significant historical events, textile manufacturing, and agriculture in North Carolina. Alamance County comprises the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point. The 2012 estimated population of the area was 153,920. The paths later became the basis of the railroad and interstate highway routes, Great Alamance Creek, and in turn Little Alamance Creek, according to legend, were named after a local Native American word to describe the blue mud that was found at the bottom of the creeks. In the 1780s, the Occaneechi Native Americans returned to North Carolina from Virginia, during the early 19th century, the textile industry grew heavily in the area, and as such, the need for better transportation grew. By the 1840s several mills were set up along the Haw River and near Great Alamance Creek, between 1832 and 1880, there were at least 14 major mills powered by these rivers and streams. Mills were built by the Trollinger, Holt, Newlin, Swepson, one of the mills, built in 1832 by Ben Trollinger, is still in operation. It is owned by Copland Industries and sits in the community of Carolina and is the oldest continuously-operating mill in the state of North Carolina. One of the textiles produced in the area were the Alamance Plaids or Glencoe Plaids used in everything from clothing to tablecloths. The Alamance Plaids manufactured by textile pioneer Edwin M. Holt were the first colored cotton goods produced on power looms in the South, and paved the way for the regions textile boom. But by the late 20th century, most of the plants and mills had now gone out of business, including the mills operated by Burlington Industries, a company that was based in Burlington. By the 1840s, the industry was booming, and the railroad was being built through the area as a convenient link between Raleigh and Greensboro. The county was formed January 29,1849 from Orange County, in March,1861, Alamance County residents voted overwhelmingly against North Carolinas secession from the Union,1,114 to 254. At the time of the convention, around 30% of Alamance Countys population were slaves, overall, North Carolina was reluctant to join other Southern states in secession, the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1961 changed that. When Lincoln called up troops, Governor John Ellis replied, I can be no party to this violation of the laws of the country. You can get no troops from North Carolina, after a special legislative session, North Carolinas legislature unanimously voted in favor of secession on May 20,1861. No battles took place in the county itself, Alamance County sent its share of soldiers to the front lines
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Caswell County, North Carolina
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Caswell County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,719, Caswell County was formed from a northern portion of Orange County, in 1777. The newly formed county was named for Richard Caswell, Governor of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780, leasburg was the first county seat. In 1792, roughly the half of Caswell County became Person County. After the division, the Caswell County center of government was moved to a central location. Later, the name was changed to Yanceyville, Caswell County produced many political leaders, including Bartlett Yancey, Jr. Archibald Debow Murphey, Romulus Mitchell Saunders, Bedford Brown, Calvin Graves, John Kerr, Jacob Thompson, and others. At one time it was stated that all successful North Carolina legislation had to make its way through the Caswell County legislators. As an example, Bartlett Yancey, Jr. was Speaker of the North Carolina Senate 1817-1827 and it was in Caswell County that the Slade family discovered the bright-leaf tobacco curing process that revolutionized the tobacco industry and brought great wealth to the region. The local paper The Caswell Messenger is more than eighty-five years old, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 428 square miles, of which 425 square miles is land and 3.3 square miles is water. The population density was 55 people per square mile, there were 9,601 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 61. 07% White,36. 52% African American,0. 19% Native American,0. 15% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,1. 17% from other races, and 0. 86% from two or more races. 1. 77% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,23. 20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the family size was 3.01. In the county, the population was out with 23. 20% under the age of 18,7. 70% from 18 to 24,30. 10% from 25 to 44,26. 00% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 102.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.30 males, the median income for a household in the county was $35,018, and the median income for a family was $41,905. Males had an income of $28,968 versus $22,339 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,470, about 10. 90% of families and 14. 40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18. 30% of those under age 18 and 21. 10% of those age 65 or over
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Davidson County, North Carolina
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Davidson County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 162,878 and its county seat is Lexington, and its largest city is Thomasville. Davidson County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, parts of Davidson County are in the Yadkin Valley wine region. When Tennessee was established as a state in 1796, this county became Davidson County. The current North Carolina county was formed in 1822 from Rowan County and it was named after Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, an American Revolutionary War general killed at the Battle of Cowans Ford on the Catawba River in 1781. In 1911, a new county called Piedmont County was proposed, with High Point as its county seat, to be created from Guilford, Davidson, many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest. The state legislature voted down the plan in February 1911, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 567 square miles, of which 553 square miles is land and 14 square miles is water. Davidson County is located entirely within the Piedmont region of central North Carolina, the Piedmont consists of gently rolling terrain frequently broken by hills or shallow valleys formed by rivers and streams. An exception to this terrain are the Uwharrie Mountains in the western and southwestern sections. The Uwharries are the oldest mountain range in North America, however, time has worn them down to little more than high hills, yet due to the relative flatness of the surrounding countryside they still rise from 250 to 500 feet above their base. The highest point in the Uwharries - and the highest point in Davidson County - is High Rock Mountain in the southwestern corner. It has an elevation of 1,119 feet above sea level. US29 US52 US64 US70 NC8 NC47 NC49 NC62 NC68 NC109 NC150 As of the census of 2010, there were 149,331 people,58,156 households, the population density was 267 people per square mile. There were 62,432 housing units at a density of 113 per square mile. 3. 24% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,22. 90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the family size was 2.92. In the county, the population was out with 24. 30% under the age of 18,7. 60% from 18 to 24,31. 20% from 25 to 44,24. 10% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 96.00 males
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Davie County, North Carolina
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Davie County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,240, Davie County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. The county was formed in 1836 from Rowan County and it was named for William R. Davie, Governor of North Carolina from 1798 to 1799. 1,147 soldiers from Davie County fought in the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 267 square miles. Wines made from grapes grown in the Yadkin Valley AVA may use the appellation Yadkin Valley on their labels, USA Today Bestselling Author, Nancy Naigle. Www. NancyNaigle. com I‑40 US64 US158 US601 NC801 NC901 As of the census of 2000, there were 34,835 people,13,750 households, the population density was 131 people per square mile. There were 14,953 housing units at a density of 56 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 90. 44% White,6. 80% Black or African American,0. 23% Native American,0. 31% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 31% from other races, and 0. 89% from two or more races. 3. 47% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,22. 20% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the family size was 2.91. In the county, the population was out with 24. 30% under the age of 18,7. 10% from 18 to 24,29. 40% from 25 to 44,25. 50% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males, the median income for a household in the county was $40,174, and the median income for a family was $47,699. Males had an income of $33,179 versus $24,632 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,359, about 6. 40% of families and 8. 60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10. 20% of those under age 18 and 11. 30% of those age 65 or over. Davie County is a member of the Piedmont Triad Regional Council
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Forsyth County, North Carolina
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Forsyth County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 350,670, Forsyth County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. Parts of Forsyth County are in the Yadkin Valley wine region, the county was formed in 1849 from Stokes County. It was named for Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, who was killed in the War of 1812. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 413 square miles. The population density was 747 people per square mile, there were 133,093 housing units at an average density of 325 per square mile. 6. 40% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, in 200562. 9% of Forsyth countys population was non-Hispanic whites. 25. 9% of the population was African-American,1. 3% was Asian and 1. 1% reported two or more races. The decline in the last is due to changes in counting which basically excluded all Latinos from this category,28. 90% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the family size was 2.94. In the county, the population was out with 23. 90% under the age of 18,9. 60% from 18 to 24,31. 10% from 25 to 44,22. 80% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 91.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.40 males, the median income for a household in the county was $42,097, and the median income for a family was $52,032. Males had an income of $36,158 versus $27,319 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,023, about 7. 90% of families and 11. 00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15. 10% of those under age 18 and 9. 70% of those age 65 or over. The Forsyth County Government Center is located at 201 North Chestnut Street in Downtown Winston-Salem, Forsyth County is a member of the regional Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments. The Forsyth County Public Library, founded in 1906, is free for residents of Forsyth and surrounding counties, the library runs Adult, Childrens, and Hispanic Outreach programs. Its main Central Library is in downtown Winston-Salem, with locations all across the county
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Guilford County, North Carolina
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Guilford County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 488,406, since 1938, an additional county court has been located in High Point, North Carolina. The county was formed in 1771, Guilford County is included in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that became Guilford County were a Siouan-speaking people called the Saura, beginning in the 1740s, settlers arrived in the region in search of fertile and affordable land. As population increased, the North Carolina colonial legislature organized the county in 1771, from parts of Rowan and it was named for Francis North, Earl of Guilford, father of Frederick North, Lord North, British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Friedens Church, whose name means peace in German, is in eastern Guilford County, at 6001 NC Hwy 61 North and it is a historic church established by some of the earliest European settlers in this area. According to a history, Rev. Friedens Church built a log structure in 1745. The second building, completed about 1771, was substantial and was used for a century. That third building was destroyed by fire on January 8,1939, the church was rebuilt and reopened in May 1939. The Quaker meeting also played a role in the European settlement of the county. Numerous Quakers still live in the county, New Garden Friends Meeting, established in 1754 and first affiliated with a Pennsylvania meeting, still operates in Greensboro. Alamance Presbyterian Church, a log structure, was built in 1762, the congregation was not officially organized until 1764 by the Rev. Henry Patillo, pastor of Hawfields Presbyterian Church. It has operated since then on the site in present-day Greensboro. According to the history, the congregation has built five churches on that site. On March 15,1781, during the American Revolution, the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought just north of present-day Greensboro between Generals Charles Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene and this battle marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South. His decision ultimately led to his later in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, by a combined force of American. In 1779 the southern third of Guilford County was separated as Randolph County, in 1785, following the American Revolution, the northern half of its remaining territory was organized as Rockingham County. In 1808, Greensboro replaced the hamlet of Guilford Court House as the county seat and it was more centrally located, making it a better location for travelers of the time
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Montgomery County, North Carolina
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Montgomery County is a rural county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,798, Montgomery Countys motto is The Golden Opportunity. The county was formed in 1779 from Anson County and it was named in honor and respect of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. It is situated in the heart of the Uwharrie National Forest, the population density was 55 people per square mile. There were 14,145 housing units at a density of 29 per square mile. 10. 43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the family size was 3.080. In the county, the population was out with 24. 90% under the age of 18,9. 00% from 18 to 24,28. 50% from 25 to 44,23. 60% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 102.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.60 males, the median income for a household in the county was $32,903, and the median income for a family was $39,616. Males had an income of $27,832 versus $21,063 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,505, about 10. 90% of families and 15. 40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. 50% of those under age 18 and 17. 80% of those age 65 or over. Montgomery County is a member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments. As of the 2000 Census, Montgomery County is located entirely in North Carolinas 8th congressional district, which is currently represented in the 113th United States Congress by Richard Hudson
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Randolph County, North Carolina
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Randolph County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 141,752, Randolph County is included in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of North Carolina was located in Randolph County, some of the first settlers of what would become the county were English Quakers, who settled along the Haw, Deep, and Eno Rivers. The county was formed in 1779 from Guilford County and it was named for Peyton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress. The Legislature of 1779, then sitting at Halifax, passed an act providing for the formation of a new county out of Guilford and Rowan, notice having been given, the citizens met accordingly on Monday, the 8th day of March,1779. Randolph County was the location of what became Duke University. The county is home to one of the last remaining covered bridges in the state, the Pisgah Covered Bridge, in Union Township, in the southwestern part of the county, was destroyed by a flood in 2003, but has been completely restored and is still standing. In 1911, a new county called Piedmont County was proposed, with High Point as its county seat, to be created from Guilford, Davidson, many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest. The state legislature voted down the plan in February 1911, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 789 square miles, of which 783 square miles is land and 6.8 square miles is covered by water. Randolph County is located in the center of North Carolina, Randolph County is located in the Piedmont section of central North Carolina, a region of gently rolling hills and woodlands. However, the central and western parts of the county contain the Uwharrie Mountains and these two ranges are the remnants of a much-higher range of ancient peaks. Today, they rarely top 1,000 feet above sea level, yet due to the low terrain around them. The highest point in Randolph County is Shepherd Mountain, a peak in the Caraways, the North Carolina Zoo is located atop Purgatory Mountain, one of the peaks of the Uwharries. Guilford County - north Alamance County - northeast Chatham County - east Moore County - southeast Montgomery County - southwest Davidson County - west I‑73 I‑74 I‑85 I‑85 Bus, the population density was 166 people per square mile. The 54,422 housing units averaged 69 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 89. 20% White,5. 63% Black or African American,0. 45% Native American,0. 64% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,3. 01% from other races, and 1. 06% from two or more races. About 6. 63% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race, as with much of North Carolina, the Latino population of Randolph County continued to grow into the 21st century. In 2005, figures placed the Latino population as 9. 3% of the countys total, about 22. 50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8. 60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
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Rockingham County, North Carolina
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Rockingham County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 93,643, the county is known as North Carolinas North Star. Rockingham County is included in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, between 1728-1733, the Dan River Valley was surveyed by William Byrd II. He soon thereafter purchased 20,000 acres of the land, the regions first western settlers came from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia and were of German, English, Scottish, and Irish descent. The county was formed in 1785 from Guilford County. It was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Prime Minister from 1765 to 1766, rockinghams administration was dominated by the American issue. Rockingham wished for repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and won a Commons vote on the resolution by 275 to 167 in 1766. This made him a figure among British colonials in America. People in North Carolina were still fond of him in the following the independence of the United States. By the early 19th century a network of grist mills had been established along the Dan, the textile industry was founded in 1813 with construction of the first cotton mill at the junction of the Dan and Smith rivers. Founded by John M. Morehead, it was one of the first cotton mills in the state, the county was the location for the Searcy & Moore arms factory, which was at Hogans Creek, a small village 20 miles northwest of Greensboro. The factory produced firearms called the N. C, rifle for the Confederate States of America forces during the Civil War. Owned by Alexander M. Searcy and Dr. J. S. Moore, the town of Stoneville was incorporated in 1877. In 1911 a large fire destroyed the Avalon Mill, the town was soon thereafter abandoned and its workers were transferred to Mayodan, while some of the other residents relocated to Stoneville. The 60 or so Avalon company houses were put on logs and rolled by mules and horses to Mayodan, the only remains in Avalon are the mills powerhouse, railroad tracks, and the dam works. The Mayo Mill, which was called the Washington Mills-Mayodan Plant. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 573 square miles. The Dan River and Haw River drain the county, Rockingham County has a municipal airport eight miles northwest of Reidsville called Shiloh Airport, which has a paved 5, 000-foot runway, a fixed-base operation, and hangar space
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Stokes County, North Carolina
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Stokes County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,401, Stokes County is included in the Winston-Salem, N. C. Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point. The county was formed in 1789 from Surry County, after the war, Captain Stokes was appointed a judge of the United States district court for North Carolina. In 1849 the southern half of Stokes County became Forsyth County, during the American Civil War, Moratock Iron Furnace located near Danbury served as a foundry for the Confederate Army. It was destroyed in April 1865 when Union cavalry under the command of General George Stoneman conducted extensive raiding through the region, Hanging Rock State Park was formed primarily from blocks of land donated in 1936 and contained 6,921 acres in 2005. Many of the facilities in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1935 and 1942. The park is located atop the Sauratown Mountains, and contains a center, a manmade lake, and plenty of hiking trails, climbing trails, picnic areas. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 456 square miles. The county lies within the Piedmont region of western North Carolina, however, the Sauratown Mountains run across the center of the county. The Sauras are named after the Saura Native American tribe which lived in the county before European settlement, a chain of jagged ridges, the Sauratown Mountains are an isolated remnant of the Blue Ridge Mountains far to the west. Although the Sauratown Mountains occupy only 5% of Stokes County, they dominate the scenery from almost any direction, moores Knob, the highest point in the chain, rises to 2,579 feet. Most of the county is less than 1,000 feet above sea level, the Dan River runs from the northwest corner to the southeastern section of Stokes County. Stokes County is home to Hanging Rock State Park and also has the majority of Belews Lake. The population density was 99 people per square mile, there were 19,262 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 93. 43% White,4. 66% Black or African American,0. 24% Native American,0. 19% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,0. 88% from other races, and 0. 54% from two or more races. 1. 87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,22. 80% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the family size was 2.94
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Surry County, North Carolina
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Surry County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,673 and its county seat is Dobson, and its largest city is Mount Airy. Surry county comprises the Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, the county was formed in 1771 from Rowan County. It was named for the county of Surrey in England, birthplace of William Tryon, in 1777 parts of Surry County and Washington District were combined to form Wilkes County. The first permanent courthouse was established at Richmond in 1779, what is now the modern-day Old Richmond Township in Forsyth County near Donnaha, however, in 1789 the eastern half of Surry County became Stokes County, thus making the Richmond site unusable for either county. In 1790, the county seat was moved to Rockford where it remained for half a century. In 1850 the half of the remaining territory south of the Yadkin River became Yadkin County. The town of Dobson was established in 1853 to be the new county seat, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 536 square miles, of which 532 square miles is land and 4.1 square miles is water. The whole county is considered part of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area. Surry County is located in the Yadkin Valley AVA, an American Viticultural Area, wines made from grapes grown in Surry County may carry the appellation Yadkin Valley on their label. Surry County is located both within the Piedmont region of central North Carolina and in the Appalachian Mountains region of western North Carolina, most of the eastern two-thirds of the county lies within the Piedmont, a region of gently rolling hills and valleys. However, the Piedmont of Surry County also contains a portion of the Sauratown Mountains. The western third of the county lies within the Blue Ridge Mountains, the mountain passes are notorious for their occasional high winds, which can force automobiles and even large Eighteen wheeler trucks off the highways which lead through the passes. As a result, high wind advisories issued by the National Weather Service are not uncommon, the highest point in Surry County is Fisher Peak in the Blue Ridge, it rises to 3,570 feet above sea level. However, the peak in Surry County is not the highest. That honor goes to Pilot Mountain, an isolated monadnock and a North Carolina landmark, Pilot Mountain sharply rises some 2,421 feet above the surrounding countryside, and can be seen for miles. Another notable peak in Surry County is Cumberland Knob, in the northwest corner of the county, the following table provides a list of some of the more prominent mountains of the county. While there are creeks and streams in Surry County, there are three recognized major rivers in the county, the Ararat, the Fisher, and the Mitchell
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Yadkin County, North Carolina
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Yadkin County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,406, Yadkin County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. The county was formed in 1850 from the part of Surry County south of the Yadkin River, for which it was named. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 338 square miles. Yadkin County is located in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina, the Piedmont consists of rolling farmlands frequently broken by hills or valleys formed by streams. The extreme western section of the county contains the Brushy Mountains, Yadkin County marks the eastern end of the Brushy Mountains range, none of the peaks rise more than 400–500 feet above the surrounding countryside. The highest point in the county is Star Peak near Jonesville, the Yadkin River forms the countys northern and eastern borders. The county takes its name from the river, the population density was 108 people per square mile. There were 15,821 housing units at a density of 47 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 92. 54% White,3. 43% Black or African American,0. 16% Native American,0. 17% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,2. 91% from other races, and 0. 77% from two or more races. 6. 48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the family size was 2.92. In the county, the population was out with 24. 00% under the age of 18,7. 50% from 18 to 24,30. 20% from 25 to 44,24. 20% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males, the median income for a household in the county was $36,660, and the median income for a family was $43,758. Males had an income of $29,589 versus $22,599 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,576, about 7. 10% of families and 10. 00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10. 90% of those under age 18 and 17. 40% of those age 65 or over. Yadkin County is a member of the regional Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments, Yadkin County has three high schools, Forbush, Starmount, and the Yadkin Early College
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Burlington, North Carolina
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Burlington is a city in Alamance County in the U. S. state of North Carolina. The population was 50,042 at the 2010 census, which makes Burlington the 17th largest city in North Carolina, the Metropolitan Statistical Area population was over 150,000 in 2010. Alamance County was created when Orange County was partitioned in 1849, early settlers included several groups of Quakers, many of which remain active in the Snow Camp area, German farmers, and Scots-Irish immigrants. The need of the North Carolina Railroad in the 1850s to locate land where they could build, repair and do maintenance on its track was the genesis of Burlington, the company selected a piece of land slightly west of present-day Graham. On January 29,1856, the last spikes were driven into the tie of the North Carolina Railroad project, uniting the cities of Goldsboro. The next day, the first locomotive passed along the new route, when the iron horse arrived in Alamance County, locals referred to it as the eighth wonder of the world. Not long after this opening, the railroad realized a pressing need for repair shops. With Alamance Countys position along the new line, it became the choice for the shops location. After several debates concerning where the shops would be located, Gen. Benjamin Trollinger, Gen. Trollinger owned land just northwest of Graham, and he convinced several other prominent citizens owning adjacent lots to join him and sell their property to the railroad. By 1859, construction of the shops began, seemingly overnight, a town was born. A church, bank, hotel and restaurant sprang up, Company Shops, as the town became known, was also chosen as the railroads headquarters. By the time the shops were completed, the village had grown to twenty-seven buildings, thirty-nine white men, twenty Negro slaves and two free Negroes were employed in or around the shops. Sale of town soon started, but not surprisingly, the sale of lots was slow until after the Civil War. By 1864, Company Shops numbered about 300 persons, after twenty-five years of operations, the shops closed along with most of the areas railroad facilities. In 1886, the North Carolina Railroad Company transferred its operations to Spencer, the railroad offices and shops at Company Shops were closed. With the railroad no longer operated there, the citizens of Company Shops decided a new name was needed. Company Shops was reborn as Burlington on February 14,1893, the city of Burlington was incorporated, and a charter was issued by the State Legislature. Around the turn of the century, the era began
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Thomasville, North Carolina
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Thomasville is a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 26,757 at the 2010 census, the city is notable for its furniture industry, as are its neighbors High Point and Lexington. This Piedmont Triad community was established in 1852 and hosts the states oldest festival, built around the local railway system, Thomasville is home to the oldest railroad depot in the state, just a few hundred feet from the citys most notable landmark, The Big Chair. John Warwick Thomas was born June 27,1800, and by age 22 owned 384 acres in the Cedar Lodge area after marrying Mary Lambeth, by age 30 he was a state representative. In 1848 he became a state senator and he pushed to get a railroad built through Davidson County and even invested money. Knowing the railroad was coming, Thomas built the communitys first store in 1852 at present-day West Main and Salem streets, in 1855 the North Carolina Railroad was built through Davidson County, reaching Thomasville November 9. On January 8,1857, Thomasville was incorporated and occupied one square mile, in 1860 Thomasville had 308 people. After the Civil War the town had only 217 residents, but by 1880 the population was 450, long Bill Whiteheart may have been the first to make furniture, he made split-bottom chairs at home. Westmoreland also made chairs at home starting in 1866, and his factory on what became Randolph Street went up in 1879, the oldest plant still standing as of 1990 was that of Standard Chair, built in 1898. Other furniture companies were Lambeth Furniture, Thompson Chair, and Queen Chair Company, cramer Furniture was said to be the Souths second largest furniture company in 1901. Thomasville Chair, started in 1904, soon became the leading furniture manufacturer. By 1916,2,000 chairs a day were being made citywide, by 1909 Jewel Cotton Mills and Amazon Cotton Mills gave Thomasville another industry, textiles. Sellers Hosiery Mills of Burlington opened in 1913, and Thomasville Hosiery in 1916, Thomasville is commonly referred to as the Chair Town or Chair City, in reference to a 30-foot landmark replica of a Duncan Phyfe armchair that rests in the middle of the city. The original Big Chair was constructed in 1922 by the Thomasville Chair Company out of lumber, however, this chair was scrapped in 1936 after 15 years of exposure to the weather. In 1951, a concrete version of the chair was erected with the collaboration of local businesses and civic organizations. The Big Chair gained national attention in 1960 when then Presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson greeted supporters on the monument during a campaign whistle stop. Although larger ones have been built, many Thomasville residents still boast that the Big Chair between the two Main Streets is the Worlds Largest Chair, Thomasville is located in northeastern Davidson County at 35°53′9″N 80°4′38″W. It is bordered to the east by the city of Trinity in Randolph County
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Asheboro, North Carolina
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Asheboro is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 25,012 at the 2010 census and it is the home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo. Asheboro is located at 35°42′55″N 79°48′47″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.4 square miles, of which,15.3 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it is water. Asheboro is known as the point of NC. The town lies within the Uwharrie Mountains, an ancient series of ridges, as such, Asheboro gives the impression of being in a more mountainous area than it actually is. As of the census of 2000, there were 21,672 people,8,756 households, the population density was 1,412.5 people per square mile. There were 9,515 housing units at a density of 620.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 69. 45% White,12. 08% African American,0. 51% Native American,1. 39% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,7. 72% from other races, and 1. 80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 30. 9% of the population,31. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the family size was 3.01. In the city, the population was out with 24. 1% under the age of 18,10. 5% from 18 to 24,30. 7% from 25 to 44,19. 6% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males, built by Goodyear and acquired by Hyosung in 2011, the plant makes wires for use in car and truck tires. Asheboro is home to the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League, the Copperheads play at McCrary Park in Asheboro. The Copperheads began play for the 1999 season, caraway Speedway, a Whelen Southern Modified Tour racing location. It is.455 mile asphalt oval that has seen famous stockcar drivers Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, starred in motion pictures, daytime television show Days Of Our Lives, and had recording contracts spanning two decades. Keith Crisco, Secretary of Commerce for North Carolina, primary candidate for U. S. Representative, Second District. Route 220 and Interstate 73/Interstate 74, which connect it to Greensboro, U. S. Route 64, which connects it to Raleigh, and North Carolina Highway 49, Asheboro Regional Airport serves general aviation traffic to and from the city
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Kernersville, North Carolina
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Kernersville is a town in Forsyth County, in the U. S. state of North Carolina. A small portion of the town is also in Guilford County, the population was 23,123 at the 2010 census, up from 17,126 at the 2000 census. Kernersville is located at the center of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area, flue-cured tobacco was the major crop grown in the area and is still grown in some areas today. Kernersville is located 10 miles east of Winston-Salem and 17 miles west of Greensboro, U. S. Route 421 is a four-lane freeway through the town, following the prior routing of Interstate 40 before that highway was moved to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 17.4 square miles, of which 17.3 square miles is land and 0.1 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 23,123 people,7,286 households, the population density was 1,415.7 people per square mile. There were 7,950 housing units at a density of 657.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 84. 11% White,8. 74% African American,0. 32% Native American,1. 26% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,4. 33% from other races, and 1. 19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7. 36% of the population,30. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the family size was 2.88. In the town, the population was out with 23. 9% under the age of 18,9. 2% from 18 to 24,33. 8% from 25 to 44,22. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $41,520, and the median income for a family was $52,266. Males had an income of $36,777 versus $26,873 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,506, about 6. 3% of families and 8. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. 6% of those under age 18 and 11. 7% of those age 65 or over. The site was first settled by an Irishman named Jacob Story in 1756, around 1770 the site was purchased by William Dobson and was called Dobsons Crossroads. George Washington was served breakfast at Dobsons tavern on June 2,1791, Joseph Kerner bought the property in 1817, continuing to operate the inn, the town became known as Kerners Crossroads. Kerner left his property to two sons and a daughter, not long after the arrival of the railroad, the town was incorporated as Kernersville in 1873
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Lexington, North Carolina
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Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 18,931 and it is located in central North Carolina,20 miles south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, I-85B, U. S. Route 29, U. S. Route 70, U. S. Route 52, Lexington is part of the Piedmont Triad region of the state. Lexington, Thomasville, and the areas surrounding them are slowly developing as residential bedroom communities for nearby cities such as Winston-Salem, Greensboro. The Lexington area was at least sparsely settled by Europeans in 1775, the settlers named their community in honor of Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the first skirmish of the American Revolutionary War. Lexington was incorporated as a city in 1828, silver Hill Mine, located a few miles south of Lexington, opened in 1838, and was the first operating silver mine in the country. The oldest surviving house in Lexington is The Homestead, built by Dr. William Rainey Holt, the Homestead has windows, sidelights and other Palladian details characteristic of the pattern books of architect Asher Benjamin. The homes owner was a Pennsylvania-trained physician who practiced medicine after relocating to Davidson County, an ardent secessionist, Dr. Holt had three sons killed during military service for the Confederacy in the Civil War. His home was occupied by Union Army soldiers, following the war, Holt spent an increasing amount of time at his plantation Linwood, located southwest of Lexington, where he operated a scientific farm on his 1,600 acres. As president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, Holt was among the first to introduce purebred breeds of livestock to the state, in the twentieth century until the late 1990s, Lexingtons economy was mainly based on textile and furniture manufacturing. Since then, most local manufacturers have moved their facilities to Asia and Mexico as a way to reduce costs. This caused the closure of most textile and furniture factories and contributed to difficulties for a community that was heavily dependent on these two industries for employment. The Lexington industrial portfolio has since diversified, since 1984, the city has hosted the Lexington Barbecue Festival, one of the largest street festivals in North Carolina. As of 2003, the city has over twenty barbecue restaurants, in 2012, US News and World Report ranked Lexington as #4 on its list of the best cities for barbecue. Lexington-style barbecue is made with pork shoulder cooked slowly over a hardwood fire and it is basted in a sauce made with vinegar, ketchup, water, salt, pepper and other spices. The ingredients vary from restaurant to restaurant, with each recipe being a closely guarded secret. While each is based, the taste varies widely from tangy to slightly sweet or spicy. The most distinguishing feature of the Lexington Barbecue Sandwich is the inclusion of red slaw, red slaw is a combination of cabbage, vinegar, ketchup and crushed/ground black pepper
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Clemmons, North Carolina
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Clemmons is a village in Forsyth County, North Carolina and a suburb of Winston-Salem. The population was 18,627 at the 2010 census, with a population of 19,844 in 2015. Clemmons is located in southwestern Forsyth County at 36°1′31″N 80°23′11″W and it is bordered to the northeast by the city of Winston-Salem, to the north by the town of Lewisville, and to the southwest, across the Yadkin River, by the town of Bermuda Run in Davie County. Interstate 40 passes through the village, with access from Exits 182 and 184, downtown Winston-Salem is 10 miles northeast via I-40 and U. S. Route 421, and I-40 leads southwest 34 miles to Statesville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Clemmons has an area of 12.0 square miles, of which 11.8 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,827 people,5,291 households, the population density was 1,291.2 people per square mile. There were 5,614 housing units at a density of 524.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 89. 87% White,5. 21% African American,0. 09% Native American,2. 10% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 76% from other races, and 0. 95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 54% of the population,5. 6% of households had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the family size was 2.97. In the village, the population was out with 25. 7% under the age of 18,6. 1% from 18 to 24,30. 6% from 25 to 44,26. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males, the median income for a household in the village was $60,486, and the median income for a family was $70,029. Males had an income of $49,892 versus $32,558 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,679, about 2. 8% of families and 3. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 6% of those under age 18 and 8. 5% of those age 65 or over. Originally called Clemmonsville, the Village of Clemmons was founded in 1802, Clemmons is located in the Northwestern Piedmont section of North Carolina in Forsyth County. Clemmons is ten miles southwest of Winston-Salem, a city of approximately 229,617, Clemmons, population 18,627, is part of the Piedmont Triad and the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. The proximity of Clemmons to this urban center and its location along Interstate 40 has contributed to the growth of the Village
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Eden, North Carolina
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Eden is a city in Rockingham County, North Carolina in the U. S state of North Carolina. The population was 15,527 at the 2010 census, the city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three separate towns, Leaksville, Spray, and Draper. Several small historic downtown areas have opened up, such as the Olde Leaksville shopping district, the phone Area code is area code 336. Eden is the largest city in Rockingham County, North Carolina and is a city of the Piedmont Triad over the 10,000 population. Eden is part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, Eden is located at 36°30′23″N 79°44′42″W. The Smith and the Dan River have their confluence on the side of Eden. The Dan River flows along Edens southern border while the Smith River flows from the north bisecting the city on its route to meet the Dan River, the city of Greensboro is 25 miles Southwest and Reidsville is 11 miles Southeast of the City. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 15.2 square miles. Eden was a 70, 000-acre estate owned by William Byrd II, the estate was originally called The Land of Eden. During the last years of his life, William Byrd II dreamed of bringing large numbers of Swiss Protestants to the Land of Eden and he envisioned an industrious, self-sufficient colony that would thrive on the abundance of the frontier. Byrds dream was not to be realized, Byrd died August 26,1744, as the Land of Eden began to be surrounded by the settlement of Scotch-Irish, whom Byrd had compared to the Goths and Vandals. Eden descended to William Byrd III, who shared none of his fathers dreams of colonization, young Byrd married Elizabeth Hill Carter in 1748. He sought to dispose of Eden to gain cash to support his grand lifestyle and he was finally successful on November 8,1755, when he sold 26,000 acres in North Carolina to two merchant brothers from the island of Antigua, Simon and Francis Farley. By this time, settlement was increasing at a considerable pace, the Farley brothers attempted to create plantations on some of the richest acres, but more frequently, settlers squatted on the land and built homesteads. Many later settlers migrating to the Dan River Area knew little of William Byrd and they were familiar with an old Indian village in the area near Town Creek and the Farley holdings. This location became the center of settlement, and the 26,000 acres came to be called the Sauratown tract, in 1775, James Parke Farley and his new bride moved from cosmopolitan Williamsburg, Virginia, to the Sauratown. Farley claimed that Sauratown was his, created new plantations, and he built a home overlooking the Dan River. Farley was also a member of the 3rd Provincial Congress that met at Hillsboro, in 1776, the family left the Sauratown, partly as a result of Elizabeth Farleys fathers suicide and perhaps also of her dislike of frontier life
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Reidsville, North Carolina
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Reidsville is a city in Rockingham County, North Carolina. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 14,520. The American Tobacco Company was the mainstay of Reidsville economics until its sale, many textile mills were established in Reidsville as well, with Cone Mills and Burlington Industries consolidating most of them in the mid-20th century, although most have now closed. Reidsville is located at 36°2043 North, 79°4030 West, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.9 square miles, of which 13.4 square miles is land and 1.5 square miles is water. The total area is 10. 14% water and this outpost, called Wright’s Crossroads, was the earliest settlement in the present-day city and was overseen by Wright’s son, Nathan, and then Nathan Wright’s son-in-law, Robert Payne Richardson. Richardson’s home, built in 1842 on a knoll overlooking Little Troublesome Creek, Reuben Reid became a successful farmer, operated a store and a public inn maintained in a private home and served the county as a constable and justice of the peace. When the family secured a post office, aptly named Reidsville, in 1829 and he later became a State Senator, a U. S. Congressman, Governor of North Carolina and a U. S. Senator. On November 26,1858, William Lindsey of Pittsylvania County and he and his bride, Sarah Holderby, a daughter of Joseph Holderby of the northern part of the county, moved into the frame house Reuben Reid had built across from his store. It is now a landmark in Reidsville, the first frame house built in the village, Reidsville is located in east central Rockingham County. The Southern Railroad passes through the center of the city north to south. The town was incorporated in 1873 by the Legislature, Tobacco was a mainstay of the local economy for many years, with the history of the city tightly woven with that of American Tobacco Company. With the sale of American Tobacco in 1994, city leaders have diversified the economy and established Reidsville as a city that lives up to its motto. The Reidsville Chamber of Commerce, established in 1923 by business leaders in the community, is now located downtown, at the 2010 census, there were 14,520 people,6,013 households and 3,902 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,083.1 per square mile, there were 6,477 housing units at an average density of 484.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 57. 02% White,39. 52% African American,0. 21% Native American,0. 64% Asian,0. 06% Pacific Islander,1. 35% from other races, and 1. 19% from two or more races. 2. 63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,31. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the family size was 2.92. 23. 4% of the population were under the age of 18,6. 8% from 18 to 24,28. 0% from 25 to 44,23. 0% from 45 to 64, the median age was 40 years
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Graham, North Carolina
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Graham is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, as of the 2010 census the population was 14,153. It is the county seat of Alamance County, Graham was laid out in 1849 as the county seat of the newly formed Alamance County, and was incorporated as a town in 1851, it became a city in 1961. It was named for William Alexander Graham, U. S. senator from North Carolina, the Alamance County Courthouse, Cedarock Park Historic District, Graham Historic District, William P. Morrow House, North Main Street Historic District, and Oneida Cotton Mills, Graham is located at 36°3′52″N 79°23′53″W. It is bordered to the north and the west by the city of Burlington, the Haw River runs along the east edge of Graham, and the city extends south as far as Alamance Creek. Interstate 85 runs through the city, leading east to Durham and west to Greensboro. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 9.7 square miles, of which 9.6 square miles is land and 0.077 square miles. The climate in this area is characterized by high temperatures. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Graham has a Humid subtropical climate, the local school system is known as the Alamance-Burlington School System, which was created by a merger between the Alamance County School System and the Burlington City School System in 1996. Local public schools in Graham include, Southern Alamance High School Graham Middle School Southern Middle School Alexander Wilson Elementary School B, as of the census of 2000, there were 12,833 people,5,241 households, and 3,385 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,579.3 people per square mile, there were 5,685 housing units at an average density of 699.6 per square mile. 30. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.91. In the city, the population was out with 24. 0% under the age of 18,9. 9% from 18 to 24,31. 8% from 25 to 44,20. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males, the median income for a household in the city was $35,706, and the median income for a family was $40,769. Males had an income of $27,844 versus $22,163 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,865, about 11. 9% of families and 14. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. 8% of those under age 18 and 14. 9% of those age 65 or over
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Lewisville, North Carolina
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Lewisville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 12,639 at the 2010 census, up from 8,826 at the 2000 census and it is a Piedmont Triad community. Lewisville, North Carolina is a community of more than 13,000 people in western Forsyth County. While the town was incorporated in 1991, it has a history as a township dating back to the 1700s. One of the reasons the residents decided to incorporate was to retain the town’s small-town feel, a great deal of time and effort have gone into planning for future growth. The town square is the point for the downtown, setting the tone for that future development. It was from this foundation of community spirit and involvement that residents, in 1991, in developing the town’s Town Charter, the founding residents held three principles as the foundation for the community. First was the belief that governing begins with its residents. That’s why today Lewisville has a number of committees and boards that are created to develop. Lewisville is truly unique in this respect, the second principle is the almost sacred commitment to retain and preserve as much of Lewisville’s small town character and charm as possible. The community has some of the most demanding requirements for development of any community in North Carolina and these requirements are very specific about what types of development the town will allow and how it will allow that development to occur. One of the very first tasks tackled as a community was to develop a Comprehensive Plan setting the vision for the future, guided by community volunteers the plan serves as a blueprint for growth and is revised every five years with significant community engagement. From this plan the town has developed a number of tools to manage growth including the Lewisville Downtown Overlay, Vienna Business District. Each is crafted to allow growth yet preserve the natural character, the third principle the founders had in mind was a limited government – one that was empowered only to manage the essential services desired by residents. Others may be added in the future, but only after they receive a review and recommendation by its citizen committees. Lewisville is located in western Forsyth County at 36°5′53″N 80°24′58″W, U. S. Route 421, a four-lane freeway, passes through the southern part of the town, with access from Exits 242 and 244. Via US421, downtown Winston-Salem is 11 miles to the east, and Wilkesboro is 44 miles to the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 14.2 square miles, of which 14.0 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles
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Archdale, North Carolina
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Archdale is a city in Guilford and Randolph counties in the U. S. state of North Carolina. The population was 11,415 at the 2010 census, up from 9,014 at the 2000 census, Archdale is located primarily in Randolph County and extends north into Guilford County, the geographic center of the city is at 35°54′14″N 79°57′58″W. It is bordered to the southwest by the city of Trinity, interstate 85 passes through Archdale, with access from Exits 111 and 113. I-85 leads northeast 16 miles to Greensboro and southwest 77 miles to Charlotte, interstate 74 passes just east of Archdale, leading northwest 26 miles to Winston-Salem and southeast 21 miles to Asheboro. According to the United States Census Bureau, Archdale has an area of 8.2 square miles, of which 0.02 square miles. The city is within the watershed of the Deep River, a tributary of the Cape Fear River, as of the census of 2010, there were 11.415 people,4,556 households, and 3,137 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,151.8 people per square mile, there were 4,916 housing units at an average density of 509.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 87. 8% White, 4% African American,0. 6% Native American, 4% Asian,1. 4% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 4% of the population. 26. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city, the population was out with 23. 8% under the age of 18,7. 2% from 18 to 24,26. 6% from 25 to 44,26. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86 males, the median income for a household in the city was $48,291, and the median income for a family was $55,872. Males had an income of $34,449 versus $24,456 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,830, about 6. 7% of families and 9. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13. 9% of those under age 18 and 7. 8% of those age 65 or over. Archdale, previously known as Bush Hill, began as a predominantly Quaker settlement and received the name Archdale as a tribute to John Archdale and it was incorporated in July 1969 under the leadership of then-mayor Henry York, Sr. The Moses Hammond House and Harper House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, John Deere Vintage Tractor Museum Zimmerman Vineyards & Tours City of Archdale official website Heart of North Carolina Visitors Bureau Archdale–Trinity Chamber of Commerce
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Mebane, North Carolina
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Mebane /ˈmɛbən/ is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County, North Carolina. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and it was incorporated as Mebanesville in 1881, and in 1883 the name was changed to Mebane. It was incorporated as a city in 1987, the population as of the 2010 census was 11,393. The Alamance County portion is part of the Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Orange County portion is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area. The Charles F. and Howard Cates Farm, William Cook House, Cooper School, Cross Roads Presbyterian Church and Cemetery and Stainback Store, Durham Hosiery Mill No. In 1939 as part of the New Deal, Margaret C. Gates won a competition sponsored by the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the Treasury Department to create a post office mural in Mebane. Her painting, Landscape—Tobacco Curing, which showed a man and a boy walking in tandem on their way to work on a tobacco farm was completed and installed in 1941. In 1965, when the post office was remodeled, the mural was damaged beyond repair, a local artist, Henry E. Rood III, was hired to create an exact replica of the painting to adorn the new facility. In October 2014, the city voted to adopt a new seal and slogan, replacing A progressive community. Mebane is located at 36°5′45″N 79°16′15″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.5 square miles, of which 8.3 square miles is land and 0.12 square miles, or 1. 36%, is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 11,393 people residing in the city, the population density was 1,363 people per square mile. There were 5,045 housing units at a density of 554.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 73. 5% White,20. 4% African American,0. 5% Native American,1. 2% Asian,0. 1% Pacific Islander,0. 2% from other races, and 2. 6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6% of the population, Mebane straddles the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad areas of North Carolina. However, a majority of the numbers listed for the city are in the 919/984 area code. 984 was then introduced as an overlay with 919, followed by 743 as an overlay for 336, reflecting that the city is split between two television markets, Time Warner Cables Mebane system offers stations from both the Triad and Triangle. DirecTV, Dish Network and U-verse customers receive the Triad local feed, Mebane is home to Hurdle Field, airport code 4W7. The Alamance County portion is served by the Alamance-Burlington School System, there is one private school in Mebane, Bradford Academy, a classical Christian school started in 2008
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Mount Airy, North Carolina
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Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388, the town is perhaps best known internationally as the home of actor Andy Griffith and the inspiration for the fictional town of Mayberry on his eponymous show. Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stop on the road between Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation, Mount Airy was incorporated in 1885. The W. F. Mount Airy is located at 36°30′N 80°37′W, along the Ararat River, the United States Census Bureau says the city has a total area of 8.4 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 10,388 people in 4,934 households, the people per square mile was 891.4. The Population percent change from 2000 to 2010 was 22. 4% up, persons below poverty level was 21. 1%. High school graduates were 76. 9% and bachelors degree or higher was 25. 9%, as of the census of 2000, there were 8,484 people,3,667 households, and 2,130 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,010.8 people per square mile, There were 4,129 housing units at an average density of 491.9 per square mile. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5. 87% of the population,38. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 19. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the family size was 2.87. In the city, the population was out with 21. 6% under the age of 18,6. 5% from 18 to 24,25. 1% from 25 to 44,21. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, for every 100 females there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males, the median income for a household in the city was $26,910, and the median income for a family was $33,412. Males had an income of $27,299 versus $24,830 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,237, about 17. 4% of families and 19. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24. 7% of those under age 18 and 20. 7% of those age 65 or over. Actor Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, and the town is believed to have been the basis for Mayberry, the setting of the TV shows The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD. The community holds an annual Mayberry Days celebration during the last weekend of September,30,000 attended in 2009, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro estimates the town receives $5 million each year as a result
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Summerfield, North Carolina
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Summerfield is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,018 at the 2000 census, at the 2010 census, the population had risen to 10,232. The official town limits of Summerfield is entirely located within Guilford County, the town is largely regarded as a suburb of Greensboro and as development has grown, the town has slowly transformed from a rural farming area into a bedroom community. Summerfield is located at 36°11′57″N 79°53′9″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 27.3 square miles, of which 27.1 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles is water. Part of Summerfield is located in Rockingham County, North Carolina, at the 2010 census, there were 10,232 people,2,518 households and 2,094 families residing in the town. The population density was 258.9 per square mile, there were 2,653 housing units at an average density of 97.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 93. 47% Caucasian,4. 03% African American,0. 44% Native American,0. 64% Asian,0. 56% from other races, hispanic or Latino were 1. 42% of the population. 14. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 4. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.07. Age distribution was 28. 1% under the age of 18,5. 1% from 18 to 24,30. 5% from 25 to 44,27. 9% from 45 to 64, the median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The median household income was $71,738, and the family income was $79,433. Males had an income of $51,838 versus $32,798 for females. The per capita income for the town was $33,116, about 2. 5% of families and 3. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 3% of those under age 18 and 6. 6% of those age 65 or over. Summerfield serves as home to Summerfield Elementary School which serves as the school for grades kindergarten to fifth grade in the town. Most homes Summerfield attend Northern Guilford Middle School, and Northern Guilford High school, while some attend Northern Elementary School, for some, residents attend Northwest Guilford Middle School followed by Northwest Guilford High School for high school, both of which are located nearby in Greensboro. The mascot of the NW schools and Summerfield is the Viking, Summerfield School Gymnasium and Community Center has a gym that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The Summerfield Historic District was listed in 2005, former North Carolina Governor Alexander Martin had a house that he lived in the town square of Summerfield, which is still standing today. George Washington stayed in the house during the Revolutionary War, Alexander Martin, former North Carolina Governor
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Alamance, North Carolina
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Alamance is a village in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, the population was 951 at the 2010 census, up from 310 at the 2000 census. Alamance was the site of the largest conflict of the War of the Regulation on May 16,1771, governor William Tryons decisive victory over a force of 2,000 Regulators effectively ended the war. The region around Alamance was also the site of a defeat of British Loyalists in the American Revolutionary War in a known as Pyles Massacre on February 25,1781. Alamance played a significant role in the development of the industry in the South. In 1837 Edwin Michael Holt, son of a local farmer, holts mill produced the well-known Alamance Plaids, the first factory-dyed cotton cloth produced south of the Potomac. The Holt family subsequently built scores of mills across the state, as well as becoming involved in banking, railroads, politics and other ventures. The Alamance Battleground State Historic Site, Alamance Mill Village Historic District, L. Banks Holt House, Alamance is located at 36°1′40″N 79°29′20″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has an area of 0.77 square miles, of which 0.0039 square miles. The climate in this area is characterized by high temperatures. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Alamance has a Humid subtropical climate, as of the census of 2010, there were 951 people,365 households, and 291 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,285.1 people per square mile, there were 401 housing units at an average density of 541.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 94. 8% White,2. 9% African American,0. 2% Native American,1. 1% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 3% of the population. 17. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.94. In the village, the population was out with 25. 6% under the age of 19,4. 1% from 20 to 24,29. 6% from 25 to 44, 28% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40.2 years, the median income for a household in the village was $84,250, and the median income for a family was $93,125. The per capita income for the village was $35,037, about 1. 1% of families and 4. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 2% of those under age 18 and 21. 9% of those age 65 or over
I-40, the primary east-west route across the region. In the eastern Triad, it is conjoined with I-85, the two routes split in Greensboro.
I-40 Business (Green-40), runs through Kernersville and Winston-Salem. It is a former alignment of I-40, the segment of I-40 running through Greensboro also briefly bore the designation "Business 40" following the opening of the Greensboro Western Urban Loop in February, 2008; it was re-designated as I-40 later that year for the state to continue receiving federal funding for it.
I-840 (Painter Boulevard), part of the Greensboro Urban Loop, currently under construction. When complete, I-840 will be the northern half of the loop.
I-73, the primary north-south route across the region, much of which has yet to be constructed. The route follows the current US 220, with the exception of a small segment that shares the southwestern portion of the Greensboro Outer Loop, and was briefly designated as I-40 between its opening in February, 2008, this portion was originally designated as I-40, with the current and original I-40 being re-designated as Business 40.
I-74, running across the region from southeast to northwest. Like I-73, much of the route has yet to be constructed, but several disjointed segments are currently open and signed as either I-74 or "FUTURE I-74", the route, when complete, will enter the region from the south conjoined with I-73, and will diverge from there north of Asheboro to follow the US 311 freeway through High Point. From there it leaves US 311 and forms the eastern segment of the Winston-Salem Beltway before joining US 52 and following it northwest out of the region.
I-274, currently only in the planning stages, is the proposed designation for the western half of the Winston-Salem Beltway.
I-85, connects the region to Charlotte and points southwest. Enters from the east conjoined with I-40, and splits from that route in Greensboro.
I-85 Business (Green-85), a former alignment of I-85, it exists in two segments. The older, southern segment consists of a former temporary alignment of I-85 that contains some non-freeway portions, the northern segment, which received its designation when a new I-85 was opened as part of the Greensboro Urban Loop, is entirely freeway.
I-285, connecting Winston-Salem to Lexington, the route is currently part of the US 52 freeway that is being upgraded to Interstate standards.
I-785, connecting Greensboro to Danville, Virginia, the route is under development. It is currently part of US 29, much of which is not Interstate standard.
US 29 runs roughly northeast to southwest across the region. Most of the route is either currently, or planned to be, co-signed with Interstate highways, including I-785 and I-85 Business.
US 52, nominally an east-west highway, runs primarily north-south through the region, serving as the main north-south freeway route through Winston-Salem. The entire freeway is planned for upgrade to Interstate standards. North of Winston-Salem the route is scheduled to become part I-74 (a small segment near Mount Airy is currently signed as I-74), while south of the city it is scheduled to become I-285.
US 64 is an east-west highway through the southern Triad, connecting Asheboro, Lexington, and Mocksville.
US 70 is an east-west highway that closely parallels I-85 through the entire region.
US 158 runs roughly northeast-southwest across the region, terminating in Mocksville near the intersection if US 64 and I-40.
US 220 is currently the primary north-south route through Greensboro; the entire route is scheduled to be upgraded to or bypassed by I-73.
US 311 is a nominally north-south route that follows a C-shaped path, running northeast-southwest between Eden and Winston-Salem, and northwest-southeast between Winston-Salem and Randleman. The southern segment is being upgraded as part of a future I-74.
US 421 enters the region from the southeast, and joins I-85 in Greensboro. It then takes I-85 South to I-73 North to western Greensboro, the route is then co-signed with either I-40 Business or I-40 through the region to the west. After leaving Greensboro, it continues through Winston-Salem, the rural area of Yakdinville, and continues into Wilkesboro.
