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The Haywood plantation house where Oscar Haywood lived is in Mount Gilead. He is buried in Sharon Cemetery in the town. Mount Gilead is the birthplace of civil rights attorney Julius L. Chambers (b. 1936). [6] A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1962), Chambers served as editor-in-chief of the school's Law Review.
Notable buildings include the Harris Building (1916), Mt. Gilead Town Hall and Annex (1939, 1955, 1960), Mt. Gilead Post Office (1910), First United Methodist Church (1910, 1960), First Baptist Church (1919), Randolph Knitting Company (1910), and Kennedy's Taxi Stand (1920s). [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
Mount Gilead may refer to: The Mount of Gilead, in the Bible; Mount Gilead, a pioneer estate now located in Gilead, New South Wales; Mount Gilead, North Carolina. Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District; Mount Gilead, Ohio. Mount Gilead High School; Mount Gilead State Park; Mount Gilead-Mansfield Road; Mount Gilead-Mount Vernon Road; Mount ...
Frutchey donated the mound and about an acre of surrounding land to the state of North Carolina, and it was called Frutchey State Park for several years. [6] The name was changed to Town Creek in the 1940s, and it has been administered by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Town Creek was the first state historic site to be ...
In Mount Gilead, NC 731 intersects NC 109 and NC 73 and has a concurrency with the unsigned NC 109 Business (NC 109 Bus.). Forming the southern boundary of the Uwharrie National Forest , it continues a northwesterly direction, linking up with US 220 Alternate (US 220 Alt.) as it enters Candor .
John Gold Memorial Freeway – Official North Carolina name of US 52 within the borders of Forsyth County. [19] Pilot Mountain Parkway – Official North Carolina name of US 52, it originally went from King to the Virginia state line. In 2002, it was shortened to the I-74 interchange south of Mount Airy, for the Andy Griffith Parkway. [19]
Despite its heart-healthy image, the latest research finds that alcohol is associated with a higher risk of heart disease. That risk appears to increase with the amount and frequency of alcohol ...
Montgomery County is a member of the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, a regional voluntary association of 12 counties, [20] It is located entirely in the North Carolina Senate's 29th district, the North Carolina House of Representatives' 67th district, [21] and North Carolina's 8th congressional district.