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Barringer Township covers an area of 30.41 square miles (78.76 km 2), and of this, 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2), or 0.23 percent, is water. [1] Barringer Township lies on the western edge of the Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin. [10] Bodies of water within Barringer Township include the following. [11] I-L Creek; Kerr Branch; Rocky Branch ...
The workforce decreased into the 1970s and was confined to conducting minor repairs and refueling for diesel locomotives operating out of Spencer Yard. In 1979 Southern Railway opened Linwood Terminal, a hump yard with repair facilities several miles north in Linwood, and Spencer Shops was closed. [7]
Linwood is a small unincorporated community (ZIP Code 27299) just south of Lexington in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. [2] The area contains operations of several important companies in Davidson County, including Keply Hardwood, Legget-Platt, PPG Industries , LMI Builders, and Owens & Minor . [ 3 ]
The yard is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Spencer, off Interstate 85 in Davidson County, west of Linwood. [3] The yard is on the edge of the NS Charlotte District and Danville District, and the Asheville District is nearby in Salisbury.
Jersey Settlement Meeting House, also known as Jersey Baptist Church, is a historic church and meeting house located near Linwood, Davidson County, North Carolina.The Baptist congregation was founded around 1755 by settlers from New Jersey.
Iredell County (/ ˈ aɪ ər d ɛ l / EYE-ər-del) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. [3] Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest community is Mooresville.
In 1825, Matthias Tobias Barringer discovered gold nuggets along a section of Long Creek that ran through his farm. He found $8,000 worth of gold ($179,000 in 2020 dollars), and eventually the country's first gold vein in quartz. Newspapers in 24 states reported the find, and North Carolina's gold rush began. Meanwhile, Barringer was sued ...
The Norfolk Southern S-Line is a secondary railroad line which runs between Morristown, Tennessee and Salisbury, North Carolina.. It is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway under 2 divisions.