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Star is known as the geographic center of North Carolina as measured via satellite, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. A plaque marking the exact center was placed at 35°23′59″N 79°46′00″W / 35.399756°N 79.766613°W / 35.399756; -79.766613 (35.399756, -79.766613
Star Historic District is a national historic district located at Star, Montgomery County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 85 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the town of Star.
Montgomery County Airport covers an area of 83 acres (34 ha) at an elevation of 633 feet (193 m) above mean sea level.It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).
Growler Manufacturing and Engineering, formerly American Growler, Inc., is an automotive manufacturing firm producing light tactical vehicles, originally based in Ocala, Florida, then in Robbins, North Carolina, and now in the HUBZone in Star, North Carolina.
The Aberdeen and West End Railroad (owned by the Page family of Aberdeen, North Carolina) completed a branch to Star, North Carolina from Filo, NC (current Biscoe) in 1895. [7] The A & W. E. R.R. was merged into the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad in 1897. [8] Biscoe was incorporated in 1901. [9]
The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (reporting mark ACWR) is a short-line railroad running from Aberdeen to Star, North Carolina. It was incorporated in 1987 and operates on a former Norfolk Southern Railway branch line. It also leases track from Norfolk Southern between Charlotte and Gulf, North Carolina. It serves approximately 20 ...
Okeewemee lies between the Town of Star and the Town of Troy, at the junction of State Road 1340 (Okeewemee - Star Road) and State Road 1323 (Okeewemee Road) in Montgomery County. The community is approximately three miles (4.8 km) west of Star, four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Troy, and nine miles (14.5 km) southwest of the Town of Seagrove.
The community of Black Ankle is located at the junction of NC State Road 1349 (Ether Road) and NC State Road 1354 (Blackankle Road). It lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Troy, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Star, 7 miles (11 km) north of Okeewemee, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Seagrove, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Ether, and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Steeds.