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Hickory was a pioneer in North Carolina and the nation in adoption of the council-manager form of government.

In 1722, a colony of Scotch Highlanders led by Lord Nairn settled in the "neck" of the Roanoke River. The name Scotland Neck first described the small communities that clustered around this original settlement.

Raleigh’s Fayetteville Street pedestrian mall has been reconverted to vehicular traffic and to even greater glory as North Carolina’s ceremonial corridor.

In 1907, the Raleigh Evening Times wrote that there was “more money per capita in Clayton than any city its size in the world.”

Originally called “Wye Town,” Conover began to develop in the mid 1800s as a "Y" intersection of the railroad traversing North Carolina.

Kings Mountain takes its name from the Revolutionary battle fought five miles south, thus bringing meaning to the town’s motto, "The Historical City." This battle was very important in early American history, being proclaimed "the turning point."

Bethania was North Carolina’s first planned Moravian settlement.

Named for "The Hall," the home of Benjamin L. Bitting, who used his home as a post office during the Civil War.

Fairmont was known as the “biggest little tobacco market in the world” during the 1950s.

Just three miles south of the geographic center of the state.