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Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] 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.
Salisbury (/ ˈ s ɔː l z b ɛ r i / 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. [7] [8] Located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Charlotte and within its metropolitan area, the town has ...
In 1831, the first post office in the general vicinity of present-day Cleveland was established. It was named Cowansville. [4] 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 was ...
Franklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 12,301 according to the 2000 census . Geographically, Franklin Township occupies 37.52 square miles (97.2 km 2) in northern Rowan County. The only incorporated municipality located in Franklin Township is a portion of ...
Rowan Resolves. Rowan Resolves is the short name for a colonial era document called Resolutions by inhabitants of Rowan County concerning resistance to Parliamentary taxation and the Provincial Congress of North Carolina. It was signed in Salisbury, Rowan County, in the royal Province of North Carolina on August 8, 1774 in response to a series ...
Rowan County is the name of two counties in the United States: Rowan County, Kentucky; Rowan County, North Carolina This page was last edited on 29 ...
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 ...
Added to NRHP. March 5, 1970. 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 ...