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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]
The park preserves the land around the Medoc, as well as the banks of nearby Little Fishing Creek. Merchants Millpond State Park: Coastal Plain Gates [2] 3,520 acres (14.2 km 2) [5] 1973 [2] Open The park protects a unique, cypress filled millpond and the Lassiter Swamp. Morrow Mountain State Park: Piedmont Stanly [2] 5,702 acres (23.08 km 2 ...
The 66-acre millpond known as Killens Pond is the centerpiece of the park that bears its name. Established at the end of the 18th century, the pond is home to pickerel, bluegills, carp, catfish ...
Colt State Park Fishing Pier in Bristol. The pier is on Narraganset Bay in the East Passage, just a few hundred yards from the East Bay shipping channel that acts as a fish conduit pushing bait ...
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.
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