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The Highlands North Nistoric District encompasses the historic heart of Highlands, North Carolina, a summer resort town high in the state's western mountains.Its 60 acres (24 ha) include some of the first permanent year-round settlements in the town (established 1875), as well as a high concentration of its oldest surviving structures.
The Playmore–Bowery Road Historic District is a residential historic district composed of a collection of summer resort houses in the hills east of Highlands, North Carolina. The principal estate in the area, called Playmore, was established by the Ravenel family in 1879–80; it is situated on 140 acres (57 ha) south of Horse Cove Road.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
Scaly Mountain, viewed from Rabun Bald. Scaly Mountain (separate of near-easterly big / little Scaly Mountains, per se - see External link below) is a small unincorporated community along North Carolina Highway 106, southwest of Highlands [1] and northeast of Dillard, Georgia (about halfway between the two), and nearest to Sky Valley, Georgia, just to the south-southwest.
Scotland County has long had significant white, black, and Lumbee Indian populations. The Hispanic population grew in the early 21st century. [57] From 2010 to 2020, Scotland County's population declined from 36,157 to 34,174, a decrease of about five percent. [49] The proportion of county residents under the age of 18 dropped by 19.2 percent. [58]
Publisher: Hudson Library of Highlands, North Carolina (1994) ISBN 0-9640078-3-5 A written history of the town library. Heart of the Blue Ridge Highlands, North Carolina by Randolph P. Shaffner; Publisher: Faraway Publishing (2004) ISBN 0-9710130-3-9 A written history of the town of Highlands, NC from its foundation to the publication of this book.
The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 471 Main Street in Highlands, North Carolina. The single story wood-frame church was built in 1883–85, and occupies a prominent site in downtown Highlands, surrounded by a period picket fence. It is the oldest church in the city, and was built by Marion Wright, a local master builder.
Cashiers (/ ˈ k æ ʃ ər z / KASH-ərz) [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated village located in southern Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.As of the 2020 United States census, the community had a total population of 657, [6] up from 157 at the 2010 census. [7]