Asheboro tourist information
Located in the Piedmont/Triad Area of Central North Carolina, Asheboro and Randolph County is a modern, progressive community. Conveniently located near the major metropolitan communities of Greensboro, Charlotte and Raleigh, this area manages to retain small town charm and warmth.
During the early part of the eighteenth century, the section which is now Asheboro was occupied by the Catawba Indians. The first white people came from Pennsylvania, in the eighteenth century. They included Scotch-Irish, Germans, and English Quakers. There are many traces of the Indians still found, such as arrow-points, tomahawks, pottery, and other relies.
The present town of Asheboro is approximately the center of Randolph County, and is the center of the state. Asheboro is situated on a beautiful ridge of large hills or mountains, as they are called locally, with gentle rolling plains. The highest of these mountains, overlooking Asheboro from the northwest, is Caraway. There are two river systems, Uwharrie and Deep, in the county, with the third rising near Asheboro which is called Little River.
In the year 1793, the county paid ten shillings for two acres of land for the construction of public buildings, and on this land the present town of Asheboro was built in 1776. In which Asheboro is celebrating its Bicentennial this year. "Asheborough" as it was spelled then, was named in honor of Samuel Ashe, who was a distinguished soldier and Statesman during the American Revolution, and afterwards became governor of the State. Popular opinion played a major part in Asheboro's location when residents of the southern part of the county objected to traveling so far to do business at the courthouse. They wanted a county seat in the center of the county.
Around the courthouse, stores sprang up as the population increased, creating demand for goods and services. The Male and Female Academies prospered, as did the new churches. The village was a trading center for the gold mining interests in the count and would soon become a toll house stop on the Plank Road.
Asheboro followed the county's lead with similar views toward secession prior to the Civil War. During this time, Jonathan Worth emerged as the major force in Asheboro's business, political and educational matters. Elected to the state General Assembly four times representing Randolph County, Worth served as State Treasurer during the Civil War and was the North Carolina Governor from 1865 until 1868.
Asheboro grew industrially with the arrival of the railroad in 1889. Textiles and furniture ruled the economic picture in Asheboro, until the mid-1950's. 1960's and early 1970's with the arrival of diversified industries such as Goodyear, Arrow International, Eveready Battery, Klaussner Furniture Industries and Georgia Pacific.
As Asheboro entered the Twentieth Century, it began receiving notice that it was a transportation center, primarily because of the excellent road system and its central location in North Carolina.
Asheboro is famous for the North Carolina Zoological Park, the Seagrove Area Potteries, the Richard Petty Museum, and the American Classic Motorcycle Museum.
Randolph County was formed in 1779 from Guilford County. It was named in honor of Peyton Randolph, member of the notable Virginia family. He was first president of the Continental Congress (1774-75). Randolph County is in the central section of the state and is bounded by Chatham, Moore, Montgomery, Davidson, Guilford and Alamance Counties. It's present area is 790 square miles and its present population is 108,000 according to the 1991 census. Asheboro was established as the county seat on the land of Jesse Henley in 1796. A new courthouse was authorized to be built in 1819 at Asheboro.
Randolph county serves as home to an urban and rural population, last taken in 1997, of approximately 119,306 residents. The average elevation of Randolph County is 870 feet above sea level. It covers approximately 790 square miles in the very heart of North Carolina soil. The average annual temperature in Randolph County is 60.1°F. January temperatures average around 41.8°F, while July's average is 78.0°F. Annual precipitation varies with average annual rainfall at 44.8 inches and 6.8 inches of average annual snowfall.
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