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Merchants Millpond State Park is a North Carolina state park in Gates County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near Gatesville , in North Carolina's coastal plain , it covers 3,520 acres (14.2 km 2 ) [ 2 ] around a 200-year-old, 700-acre (280 ha) millpond and Lassiter Swamp .
In 1973 A.B. Coleman donated 925 acres (3.74 km 2) of land in the Millpond to the state. This was the basis of the Merchants Millpond State Park. [citation needed] In 1984 a tornado struck Gates County, killing two people and causing an estimated $500,000 to $5,000,000 worth of damage. Hurricane Floyd hit Gates County in 1999. [citation needed]
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The route, which is nearly 400 miles (640 km) in length, reaches six state parks and several other recreation areas, including Stone Mountain State Park, Pilot Mountain State Park, Hanging Rock State Park, and Merchants Millpond State Park; Hyco Reservoir, Kerr Lake and Lake Gaston Recreation Areas; and the Dismal Swamp and Currituck Sound ...
Eure is an unincorporated community in mid-western Gates County, North Carolina, United States.It lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m). [3] It is approximately 15 minutes away from Merchants Millpond State Park, [4] and about 40 minutes away from the Great Dismal Swamp.
But further downstream, Norfleets Millpond, which was built in 1811, thrived. Gristmills, a sawmill, a farm supply store and other enterprises made the area the center of trade in Gates County. Thus, the pond became known as Merchants Millpond." This appears to be taken verbatim from the NC Parks website on Merchants Millpond.
The town of Lexington is set to hold a ribbon-cutting for the new walking trail around the Old Mill Pond, which will cap a long road to restoring the historic pond that was drained after a dam ...
Goodwin's Millpond in Marlboro County, South Carolina; Hands Millpond in Cape May County, New Jersey; Merchants Millpond State Park in Gates County, North Carolina; Millpond, a small lake in Butler, New York; Millpond Acres in Sussex County, Delaware; Millpond Park in Mount Pleasant, Michigan; Millpond Plantation in Thomas County, Georgia