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The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.09. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.80% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years.
Sampson (later renamed Mammoth) [1] was a Shire horse gelding born in 1846 and bred by Thomas Cleaver at Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England. According to Guinness World Records (1986) he was the tallest horse ever recorded, by 1850 measuring 219.7 centimetres (7 ft 2.5 in) or 21.2-1/2 hands in height. [ 1 ]
Between 1950 and 1959, only 25 horses were registered in the United States. However, numbers began to increase, and 121 horses were registered in the US by 1985. [11] A bay-coloured Shire, showing Clydesdale influence in colour and markings. The National Shire Horse Spring Show is held annually and is the largest Shire show in Great Britain. [12]
Sampson County MRA. NRHP reference No. 86000559 [1] Added to NRHP. March 17, 1986. Lewis Highsmith Farm, also known as Sweet Liberty, is a historic home and farm complex located near Harrells, Sampson County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1840, and is a large two-story, double pile, Federal style frame dwelling with a gable roof.
35°12′35″N 78°24′58″W. / 35.209664°N 78.416231°W / 35.209664; -78.416231 ( Asher W. Bizzell House) Rosin. 4. Black River Presbyterian and Ivanhoe Baptist Churches. Black River Presbyterian and Ivanhoe Baptist Churches. March 17, 1986. ( #86000550) SR 1102 E of SR 1100.
86000569 [1] Added to NRHP. March 17, 1986. Fleet Matthis Farm was a historic home and farm complex located near Taylors Bridge, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and was a tall two-story, single pile, frame dwelling with Federal style design elements. It had a gable roof, a full width double tier front porch, and rear ...
The Tar Heel Formation, also known as the Coachman Formation in its southern region, is a Late Cretaceous (early to middle Campanian -aged) geologic formation in North Carolina and South Carolina. It preserves fossils, including amber dating back to the Cretaceous period. A locality known as Phoebus Landing, has been dated to 78.5-77.1 Ma.
Coharie is the name for the Great Coharie Creek [ 1 ] and its tributary the Little Coharie Creek, both in Sampson County, North Carolina. [ 2 ] The Great Coharie Creek is a tributary of the Black River that joins the Cape Fear River that flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Coharie also refers to the Coharie Formation, named for the creeks, a terrace ...