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Kings Mountain is a small suburban city within the Charlotte metropolitan area in Cleveland and Gaston counties, North Carolina, United States. Most of the city is in Cleveland County, with a small eastern portion in Gaston County.
Kings Mountain (Alaska), a summit in Alaska; Kings Mountain, California, an unincorporated community in San Mateo County; Kings Mountain, Kentucky, an unincorporated community; Kings Mountain, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina Kings Mountain Mine, a lithium mine near the city of Kings Mountain; Kings Pinnacle, a mountain in North ...
Kings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, along the North Carolina/South Carolina border. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The park commemorates the Battle of Kings Mountain , a pivotal and significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War .
Kings Mountain was a pivotal moment in the history of the American Revolution. Coming after a series of disasters and humiliations in the Carolinas—the fall of Charleston and capture of the American army there, the destruction of another American army at the Battle of Camden , the Waxhaws massacre—the surprising decisive victory at Kings ...
The Kings Mountain Gold Mine operated intermittently until was closed in the early 1900s. In 1880, prospectors discovered cassiterite , tin ore , in the pegmatites within a 20 mi (32 km) wide, 110 mi (180 km) long, north-south trending zone of bedrock that became known as the Carolina tin belt and later the King Moumtain belt .
Kings Mountain State Park is a South Carolina state park located in the Piedmont region of South Carolina. It is situated in York County near the city of Blacksburg , about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina near Interstate 85 .
West End Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina.It encompasses 100 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a residential section of Kings Mountain.
Central School Historic District is a national historic district located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina.It encompasses 52 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in a residential section of Kings Mountain.