Topics Related to Richmond County

Site of American Indian civic-ceremonial village, with platform mound, dating to circa 1,000 C.E. Studied by archaeologists since 1937, Historic Site stands 2 mi. north.

Quaker meeting organized, 1755. Westward migration led to decline by the 1840s. Cemetery located 1 1/2 mi. west.

Organized by statewide convention of delegates in Rockingham, Oct. 4, 1887. Leonidas L. Polk elected first secretary.

Governor, 1921-1925; State legislator; U.S. Senator & Congressman; mayor of Rockingham. Birthplace was 6 mi. S.

U.S. Congressman; state legislator for 10 years. A founder of the state Republican party, 1867. Home is 6 mi. northwest.

Built in 1900 to serve Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Depot was major stop for passengers on east-west & north-south rail lines. About 2 blocks east.

Established as Dockery's Meeting House ca. 1774. Baptist State Convention, 1833, voted here to found Wake Forest Institute. About 4 miles North.

State home & school for African American boys, 1925-77. Agricultural, vocational, and academic skills taught 3 mi. W.

Jazz saxophonist and composer; influential stylist. Work spanned bebop to avant garde. Born one block S.W.

Brigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital. Grave is five miles S.