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William B. Umstead State Park is a North Carolina state park in Wake County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 5,599 acres (22.66 km 2) [3] nestled between the expanding cities of Raleigh, Cary, and Durham, North Carolina. It offers hiking, bridle, and bike trails, boat rentals, camping, picnic areas, and educational programs.
William Bradley Umstead (May 13, 1895 – November 7, 1954) was an American politician who served as the 63rd governor of North Carolina from 1953 until his death in 1954. A Southern Democrat , he previously represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate from 1946 to 1948 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939.
Cary is a town in Wake, Chatham, and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. [1] According to the 2020 census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh-most populous municipality in North Carolina, and the 148th-most populous in the United States. [3]
SAS created an education division in 1997 to create software for schools, including the newly formed Cary Academy. In 2003 the Bank of America Foundation purchased and donated licenses for the software to 400 schools in North Carolina. [28] SAS funded its first advertising program in 2000 with a $30 million television and radio campaign. [24]
Preston is a neighborhood located in Cary, North Carolina. It is located near several public schools, including Morrisville Elementary School and Green Hope High School , as well as Prestonwood Country Club , [ 1 ] which hosts the annual SAS Championship .
Adolphus W. Umstead House is a historic home located at Bahama, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame I-house . It has a long one-story offset rear ell and a one-story one-room side wing.
The railroad came to Cary in 1854 with the arrival of the North Carolina Railroad. [3] This is the northernmost track in Cary today, and it was originally built mostly by enslaved people. [3] A second line for the Chatham Railroad was completed in 1868, creating a railroad crossing in Cary. [3] Regular passenger service to Cary started in 1867. [3]
On March 31, 2017, it was announced that Sahlen Packing Company had acquired naming rights to the main stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, thus becoming "Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park". Sahlen's paid $400,000 over 5 years for the rights, with $100,000 going to the town of Cary and the rest to the North Carolina Courage. [5]