Textile Mills in North Carolina - waywelivednc.com Textile Mills in North Carolina Author: Mark...

ALAMANCE

CHATHAM

ORANGE

PERSON

ROCKINGHAM

ALLEGHANY

ALEX-ANDER

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SURRY CA

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SO

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GUILFORD

FORSYTHDURHAM

WAKE

JOHNSTONHARNETTMOORE

RANDOLPH

STOKESASHE

WATAUGAWILKES

LEE

DUPLIN

WAYNE

WILSON

NASH

HALIFA

X

WARREN

NORTHAMPTON

FRANKLIN

GRANVILLE VANCE

GREENE

LENOIR

ROBESON BLADEN

RICHMOND

UNION

ANSON

HOKE

SC

OT

LA

ND

CU

MBER

LAN

D

SA

MP

SO

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Raleigh

Charlotte

Asheville

GreensboroWinston-

Salem

Fayetteville

Smithfield

Clinton

Sanford

Southern PinesPinehurst

Statesville

Mount Airy

Morganton

UwharrieNationalForest

PisgahNationalForest

Laurinburg

Goldsboro

Kinston

Rocky Mount

WilsonMarion

Mill Towns

Newton

Forest City

Shelby

High Shoals

HardinGastonia

McAdenville

CramertonBelmont

Mills with State Highway Historical Markers:

Schenck-Warlick Mill

Rocky Mount Mills

1. (built prior to 1816)

2. (building begun in 1818)First cotton mill in North Carolina

Second cotton mill in North Carolina

3. (opened 1836) —4. (built 1837) —5. - Cone Brothers (1895) —

Cedar Falls MillAlamance Cotton MillProximity Mill

Clothing for Confederate war effortFirst factory-dyed cotton cloth south of Potomac River

Pioneered marketing of denim and flannel

Pineville

Kannapolis

Mooresville

Salisbury

Lexington

Thomasville

Reidsville

Altamashaw

Elon

Haw River

Graham

Swepsonville

Burlington

Glencoe

Franklinville

SaxapahawHigh Point

Draper

Roxboro

Henderson

DurhamChapel Hill

Carrboro

Bynum

Hillsborough

Roanoke RapidsLeaksville

( )EdenSpray

Concord

Albemarle

Eldorado

Monroe

Rockingham

ErwinBessemer

City

Spindale

Cliffside

Textile MillsSelected Mills andMill Towns

IREDELL

BURKE

MCDOWELL

BUNCOMBE

RUTHERFORD

POLK

CATAWBA

CLE

VELA

ND

LINCOLN

AVERY

MADISON

MITC

HELL

YAN

CEY

HENDERSO

N

CALDWELL

YADKIN

ROWAN

CABARRUS

STANLY MONTGOMERY

MECKLENBURG

GASTO

N

MAP BY MARK ANDERSON MOORE

Yadkin River

Cape Fear RiverHaw

River

Neuse

River

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