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King is a city in Stokes and Forsyth counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,096 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] King is part of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area, located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Winston-Salem .
King Historic District is a national historic district located at King, Stokes County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 72 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of King.
Rock House, also known as the John Martin House, is a historic home located near King, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and is a two-story, fieldstone ruin. It has been a ruin since the late-19th century. It is believed to have been built by Colonel John Martin, an early landowner in Stokes County.
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Calvary Christian School (CCS) is a Christian, Independent Baptist private school located in King, North Carolina that was founded in 1982 by Roger Baker. In 2021, an all new state-of-the-art school building was built next to the Calvary Baptist Church. [2] [3]
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Originally the settlement was called White Plains, but the city was incorporated on October 16, 1874, and the name was changed.It was decided that "Kings Mountain" would be a more appropriate name since the community was close to the site of the historic 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain in York County, South Carolina, a turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
On October 30, 1629, King Charles I of England granted a patent to Sir Robert Heath for the lands south of 36 degrees and north of 31 degrees, "under the name, in honor of that king, of Carolana." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Heath wanted the land for French Huguenots , but when Charles restricted use of the land to members of the Church of England , Heath ...