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The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High ...
Located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, Burlington is characterized as having mostly flat land with a few rolling hills. [20] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.82 square miles (82.4 km 2), of which 30.27 square miles (78.4 km 2) is land and 1.55 square miles (4.0 km 2) (4.87%) is water. [2]
Jerome Thomas Evans was a black high school football coach in the state of North Carolina during the 1950s through the 1970s. He became head football coach at Walter M. Williams High School in 1970, later serving as assistant principal. He died on August 13, 1995, in Burlington, North Carolina, United States at the age of 65.
The Piedmont Crescent, also known as the Piedmont Urban Crescent, is a large, polycentric urbanized region in the U.S. state of North Carolina that forms the northern section of the rapidly developing Piedmont Atlantic megalopolis (or "megaregion"), a conurbation also known as the "I-85 Boombelt", which extends from the Raleigh area in North Carolina, southwards to Atlanta, Georgia in the ...
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church located at 400 S. Broad Street in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The church was built in 1922–1924, and is a two-story, brick Neoclassical Revival style church building with stone ornamentation.
Lakeview Cemetery was established in 1867 when the city of Burlington purchased 23 acres of land from H. B. Sawyer for $3,500 (about $65,000 in 2019). [1] In 1868, the city purchased an additional seven acres from J. A. Arthur for $2,000 (about $38,000 in 2019).
Burlington station is a train station in Burlington, North Carolina. It is served by Amtrak , the United States' passenger rail system, and hosts two Amtrak trains, the Carolinian and Piedmont . The street address is 101 North Main Street, and is located in the heart of downtown Burlington.
Piedmont Wagon Company was a horse-drawn wagon works company in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.Founded by George G. Bonniwell and A. L. (Andy) Ramseur in 1878, [2] it became "one of the most conspicuous examples of New South prosperity in North Carolina" during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [3]