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City Facts and Links - Raleigh
Site Contains facts about the city of Raleigh and the metropolitan area. Numerous web-links to sites about the Raleigh Area.
City of Raleigh
"City of Oaks" Raleigh is a city in Wake County. It is the state capital and the county seat. Raleigh is in the eastern piedmont The community was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, English colonizer, courtier, and writer Former and merged community names include: • Bloomsbury • Caraleigh • Oberlin Although Raleigh was surrendered to Gen. William T. Sherman in 1865, Union forces did not officially withdraw until 1877
Raleigh Demographics
Statistics about Raleigh and its metropolitan area including information on towns located in and around Raleigh.
Raleigh Historic Districts
A Raleigh Historic District is a distinctive area, a place of singular historical flavor characterized by its streets and squares, buildings and trees, architectural design and landscape features. It may be monumental or simple, residential or commercial. A historic district is also a legacy, linking present and future generations with their heritage and providing a diversity vital to the city’s future quality of life
Raleigh Neighborhoods
Whether you’re looking for a downtown loft, a restored Victorian bunga-low or a brand-new mansion, Raleigh’s housing market has what you’re dreaming of. The options for families and individuals relocating to Greater Raleigh are endless.
Town of Apex
Apex is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. So named because it was believed to be the highest point on the railroad line from Richmond, VA, to Jacksonville, FL Early industries included turpentine-making from local pine trees When the disease known as the Granville Wilt forced many tobacco farmers out of Person and Granville counties in the late 1800s, many moved to farmland around Apex
Town of Cary
Cary is a town in Wake County. The community was named after Samuel Cary, temperance leader Former and merged community names include: • Carey • Page • Page's Siding • Page's Tavern • Page's Turnout
Town of Fuquay Varina
Fuquay-Varina is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. The community was named from the merger of adjacent towns of Fuquay, named for early setters, and Varina, named for the wife of Jefferson Davis. The communities merged in 1963 Former and merged community names include: • Fuquay Springs
Town of Garner
Garner is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. The community is in The community was named for H.C. Garner, founder Former and merged community names include: • Garner's Station Early settlers grew cotton
Town of Holly Springs
Holly Springs is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. The community declined during the Civil War and afterward, when it was bypassed by the railroad. It revived with the arrival in 1875 of George Benton Alford, an entrepreneur who started a store, a sawmill, a cotton gin, a newspaper and a real estate development company
Town of Morrisville
Morrisville is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. The community was named for Jeremiah (Jerry) Morris, landowner who sold right-of-way to the railroad Well-known residents have included: • Victor G. Sorrell, baseball player
Town of Rolesville
Rolesville is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. The community was named for William Roles, settler Rolesville attractions: Fantasy Lake Scuba Park
Town of Wake Forest
Wake Forest is a town in Wake County, in the Raleigh-Cary metro area The community was named for Wake County Wake Forest University moved from this community to Winston Salem in 1956 Well-known residents have included: • Ray Billingsley, cartoonist (Curtis)
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