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In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).
Andrew Herbst, general manager of the Misty Meadow Farm Creamery in Washington County, used to have a corn maze on the property, which has been in his family over a century. The pandemic changed ...
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Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 215,999. [1] Its county seat is Smithfield. [2]Johnston County is included in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
Location of Meadows Township in Stokes County, N.C. Meadows Township is one of nine townships in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 5,279 according to the 2000 census. [citation needed] Geographically, Meadows Township occupies 53.4 square miles (138 km 2) in south-central Stokes
Carolina Meadows is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. [2] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 727. [3] The community is in northern Chatham County, 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of the center of Chapel Hill.
The Carolina gold rush, the first gold rush in the United States, followed the discovery of a large gold nugget in North Carolina in 1799, [2] by a 12-year-old boy named Conrad Reed. He spotted the nugget while playing in Meadow Creek on his family's farm in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Quaker Meadows, also known as the McDowell House at Quaker Meadows, is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1812, and is a two-story, four bay by two bay, Quaker plan brick structure in the Federal style. It features two one-story shed porches supported by square pillars ornamented ...