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Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 201,292. Its county seat is Monroe. Union County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Anson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,948. Its county seat is Wadesboro.
Polkton is a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 3,375, up from 1,195 in 2000.
Piedmont is a region in Northwestern Italy.
Thomas Cass Ballenger was an American politician. A Republican, he represented North Carolina's 10th Congressional district, centered in North Carolina's foothills, in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 2005.
Central Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Charlotte, North Carolina. With an enrollment of more than 50,000 students annually, Central Piedmont is the second largest community college in the North Carolina Community College System and the largest in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The college has six campuses and three centers and offers nearly 300 degree, diploma and certificate programs.
Guilford Technical Community College is a public community college in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. It is the fourth largest institution in the North Carolina Community College System and the largest in the Piedmont Triad. Guilford Technical Community College also has campuses in Jamestown, High Point, Greensboro, and Colfax.
Alamance Community College is a public community college in Graham, North Carolina, with a secondary campus in Burlington. It serves the area of Alamance County and was established in 1958 as part of a statewide system known as industrial education centers.
The College of Coastal Georgia is a public college in Brunswick, Georgia. It was established in 1961 and opened in 1964, making it one of Georgia's newest state colleges. The college transitioned from a community college into a four-year college and conferred its first baccalaureate degrees on May 7, 2011.
On February 19–20, 1884, one of the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history occurred over the Southeastern United States. The outbreak produced the largest 24-hour total of killer tornadoes until the 1974 Super Outbreak on April 3–4. The precise number of tornadoes as well as fatalities incurred during the outbreak is unknown, but the death toll was variously estimated to range from 370–2,000 at the time. A reliable survey by the Signal Corps in 1889 located 182 fatalities, and a reanalysis by tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis in 1993 counted 178 deaths. Nonetheless, an inspection of newspaper reports and governmental studies published in the aftermath reveals successive, long-tracked tornado families striking Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with an estimation of at least 37 tornadoes. Some events counted as tornadoes in initial studies such as those by John Park Finley were likely downbursts, especially in northern and northeastern portions of the outbreak.
Piedmont College is the common name of many colleges including:
United Carolina Bank (UCB) was a bank headquartered in Whiteville, North Carolina. It was formed in 1980 by the merger of four banks, including Waccamaw Bank of Whiteville. BB&T acquired UCB in 1997.
The Charlotte metropolitan area or Metrolina is a metropolitan area of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte. The metropolitan area also includes the cities of Gastonia, Concord, Huntersville, and Rock Hill as well as the large suburban area in the counties surrounding Mecklenburg County, which is at the center of the metro area. Located in the Piedmont, it is the largest metropolitan area in the Carolinas, and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States.
Anson County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Anson County, North Carolina. Its 11 schools serve 3,845 students as of the 2010–2011 school year.
The Carolinas Writers Conference takes place in April each year in Wadesboro, North Carolina at the Lockhart-Taylor Center. The first conference was held in 2009 and was hosted by the Anson County Writers Club, South Piedmont Community College, the Carolinas Romance Writers and the Hampton B. Allen Public Library. The first conference featured two award winning authors: North Carolina author Robert Inman and Floridian Robert Macomber as well as 19 local authors. In 2012, a storytelling event was added called Back Porch Stories. The keynote speakers in the Fifth Annual Carolinas Writers Conference will be Marjorie Hudson, Rob Dunn, Robert Macomber and Angela Knight. The storytellers are: Michael R. Harrell, Martha R. Johnson and Tyris Jones.
Swans Branch is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises in the town of Peachland, North Carolinaand then flows east to meet Brown Creek south of Polkton, North Carolina. The watershed is about 57% forested, 35% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.
Ledbetter Branch is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises north of Polkton, North Carolina and then flows south to meet Brown Creek south of Polkton, North Carolina. The watershed is about 48% forested, 34% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.
Pinch Gut Creek is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises southeast of Polkton, North Carolina and then flows south to meet Brown Creek east of Polkton. The watershed is about 70% forested, 23% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.
