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Sparta is a town and the county seat of Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population of the town was 1,834. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Gap Civil Township is one of seven townships in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 4,474 according to the 2010 census. [1] Gap Civil Township occupies 48.8 square miles (126.4 km 2) in central Alleghany County.
The major rivers of Alleghany County are the New River, [18] and the Little River; the latter flows through the town of Sparta, the county seat. Isolated by mountainous terrain from the remainder of North Carolina to the east, Alleghany County was described in the 19th and early 20th centuries as one of the Lost Provinces of North Carolina. [19]
Some roads could be closed in NC for 'foreseeable future' Officials brought children home from Carolina Beach schools in a high water vehicle after buses couldn't get down flooded roads, the New ...
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the economy of eastern North Carolina was adversely affected. In the Reconstruction era, freedmen gained political power and, as a result, three blacks were elected to the North Carolina General Assembly between 1868 and 1872 and blacks held significant influence in local government. [10]
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Alleghany is a part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and is currently classified as a 1A school. It is a member of the Northwest 1A Conference. The Alleghany High team name is the Trojans, with the school colors being green and vegas gold. [3]