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Cranberry Township is one of seven townships in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 375, according to the 2010 census. [1] Before 1880, it was included in Prathers Creek Township. [2] Cranberry Township occupies 23.9 square miles (62.0 km 2) in southwestern Alleghany County. The township's western ...
North Carolina's 1868 constitution adopted a "Township and County Commissioner Plan" for structuring local government, largely inspired by provisions in Pennsylvania's constitution. Townships were created under the county unit of government, with every county divided into them, and each given their own township board.
Before the settlement of Cranberry, the area was already known for one of the largest veins of iron ore in the United States. [2] During the Civil War, iron was produced for the Confederate Army. In 1882, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ("Tweetsie") linked Cranberry with Johnson City, Tennessee ; it was later extended on ...
The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but lost it during ...
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Cranberry Township is a township located in Avery County, North Carolina, United States 36°09′12″N 81°57′33″W / 36.15333°N 81.95917°W / 36.15333; -81 This article about a location in Avery County , North Carolina is a stub .
Cranberry Township is the name of four townships in the United States: Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania; Cranberry, Venango County, Pennsylvania; Cranberry Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina; Cranberry Township, Avery County, North Carolina; Cranberry Township, Ohio
The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (reporting mark ET&WNC), affectionately called the "Tweetsie" as a verbal acronym of its initials (ET&WNC) but also in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad established in 1866 for the purpose of serving the mines at Cranberry, North Carolina.