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The Community Building, originally built as the Rowan County Courthouse, is a historic building located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built between 1854 and 1857, and is a two-story, Classical Revival, stuccoed brick building on a granite foundation. It measures 50 feet wide and 85 feet long and features a pedimented ...
Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District. / 35.66833°N 80.46472°W / 35.66833; -80.46472. Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District is a national historic district located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 37 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site consisting primarily of railroad ...
84002488 [1] Added to NRHP. February 17, 1984. Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Cemetery, and Manse is a historic church at 220 White Road off NC 150 in Mill Bridge in Rowan County, North Carolina, ten miles west of the town of Salisbury. Presbyterians have been worshipping at this site since at least 1750.
Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.
FIPS code. 37-58860 [4] GNIS feature ID. 2405407 [2] Website. www .salisburync .gov. Salisbury ( / ˈsɔːlzbɛri / SAWLZ-ber-ee) [5] [6] is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River.
UTC-4 (EDT) Unity Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 2,215 according to the 2010 census. [1] Geographically, Unity Township occupies 24.82 square miles (64.3 km 2) in northwestern Rowan County. There are no incorporated municipalities in Unity Township.
Locke Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 12,401 according to the 2000 census . Geographically, Locke Township occupies 30.66 square miles (79.4 km 2) in central Rowan County. The only incorporated municipality here is a portion of the city of Salisbury, the ...
History. In 1831, the first post office in the general vicinity of present-day Cleveland was established. It was named Cowansville. In 1850 before Western North Carolina (WNC) Railroad was built, the post office and thus the town in the vicinity of present-day Cleveland was called Rowan Mills, getting its name from a large five-story flour milled owned by Osborn Giles Foard (1820-1882), who ...