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Rowan County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753,as part of the British Province of North Carolina. It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries,but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries. As of the 2020 census,its population was 146,875. Its county seat,Salisbury,is the oldest continuously populated European-American town in the western half of North Carolina. Rowan County is located northeast of Charlotte,and is considered part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia,NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina,United States;it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. Located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Charlotte and within its metropolitan area,the town has attracted a growing population. The 2020 census shows 35,580 residents.
Anthony Eden Rand was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2009.
Alexander Martin was a Founding Father of the United States,framer of the U.S. Constitution,fourth and seventh Governor of North Carolina,and an infantry officer in the American Revolutionary War. In private life,Martin was a lawyer,merchant,planter,and slave owner.
Fred F. Steen II served as the chief lobbyist/legislative liaison for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory until 2016 when McCrory appointed him to the Board of Review. From 2004 through 2012,Steen served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 76th House District,including constituents in Rowan County. A cost analyst from Landis,North Carolina,he served as the town's mayor for eight years until he was appointed on 16 February 2004 to fill the seat of W. Eugene McCombs,who died in office.
The Early College at Guilford (ECG) is ranked as the number one public high school in the nation,according to the U.S. News &World Report. It has approximately 200 students and is located in Greensboro,North Carolina. The school was started in 2002 as a partnership between Guilford College and Guilford County Schools as the first early college high school in North Carolina,allowing students to graduate with a high school diploma and up to two years of college credit from Guilford College.
William Lee Davidson (1746–1781) was an officer in the North Carolina militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Rowan County,North Carolina in 1750. He was killed at the Battle of Cowan's Ford.
Griffith Rutherford was an American military officer in the Revolutionary War and the Cherokee-American Wars,a political leader in North Carolina,and an important figure in the early history of the Southwest Territory and the state of Tennessee.
Earl Baker Ruth was a three-term U.S. Representative from North Carolina and subsequently served as governor of American Samoa.
Mount Ulla Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County,North Carolina,United States. It is currently the smallest township in Rowan County by population.
John Steele Henderson was a Representative for North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives.
The Salisbury District of North Carolina,was originally one of six colonial judicial districts established in 1766 by the Governor William Tryon of the Province of North Carolina. Immediately preceding the onset of the American War of Independence in 1775,these six regions were renamed "military districts" by the North Carolina Provincial Congress and used for organizing the North Carolina militia. The other military districts were Edenton,Halifax,Hillsborough,New Bern,and Wilmington districts. The military district designation was discontinued in 1835 during the North Carolina Constitution Convention.
Harry Joseph Warren is a Human Resource Specialist and Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 76th district since 2011.
The Rowan-Salisbury School System is a PK–12 graded school district in North Carolina covering nearly all of Rowan County including the city of Salisbury. The second largest employer in the county,the system's 35 schools serve 20,000 students as of 2013–2014. Salisbury split off from the original county-wide system in 1921,but merged back into the county system in 1989.
Duplin County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Duplin County,North Carolina. Its 16 schools serve 9,145 students as of the 2010–11 school year.
The Wil-Cox Bridge is a historic concrete arch pedestrian bridge spanning the Yadkin River between Rowan and Davidson counties in North Carolina. The bridge formerly carried two lanes of US 29/US 70/NC 150,but is now part of the Davidson County Greenway system and Yadkin River Park.
Adlai Osborne was a lawyer,public official,plantation owner,and educational leader from Rowan County,North Carolina. During the American Revolution,he served on the Rowan County Committee of Safety and commanded the 2nd Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress,but did not serve. In 1789,he was a delegate to the convention in Fayetteville that ratified the United States Constitution.
Ralph Wright Ketner was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Food Lion in 1957.
Ashton Wheeler Clemmons is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Clemmons has represented the 57th district since 2019. She has also served as the Deputy Minority Leader since 2023.
The Salisbury District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4,1776,and disbanded at the end of the war.
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