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The Buncombe County Special Collections Library is a medium-sized archival facility located on the lower level of Pack Memorial Library. It contains a special collection of photographs, manuscripts, postcards, architectural drawings, maps and other materials related to the history of Asheville, Buncombe County, and Western North Carolina.
Cherryville is a city in northwestern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,760 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] The New Year's Shooters celebrate the area's German heritage by beginning each year with a customary chant and the honorary shooting of muskets . [ 5 ]
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Gastonia is the most populous city in and the county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest satellite city of the Charlotte area, behind Concord. The population was 80,411 in the 2020 census, up from 71,741 in 2010. [7] [8] Gastonia is the 13th-most populous city in North Carolina.
Nantahala Regional Library is the oldest regional library in North Carolina and one of the first regional libraries formed in the United States. Its headquarters is in Murphy, North Carolina. The library has branches in Cherokee, Clay, and Graham counties. [1] The board of directors consists of nine members (three from each county) serving six ...
North Carolina's colonial policy restricted the size of land grants, and in Gaston County they tended to be about 400 acres (1.6 km 2) each. One of the earliest grants in the area was given to Captain Samuel Cobrin, commander of a local militia company, on September 29, 1750. [10] Gaston County was founded in 1846, partitioned from Lincoln ...
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 ...
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