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Salisbury | city and county seat, E central Rowan County. Est. 1755. Presumably named for the town in England but possibly for the town in Maryland, the point of origin of some of the earliest settlers in Rowan County. Catawba and Livingstone Colleges are there. Produces textiles, processed food, corrugated boxes, furniture, chemicals, machinery, structural steel, and wire cloth. Alt. 764. |
Salisbury District | at the time of the 1790 census, was composed of Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, and Surry Counties. |
Salisbury Township | E Rowan County. |
Salisbury West | unincorporated outskirts of city of Salisbury, E central Rowan County. |
South Salisbury | unincorporated outskirts of city of Salisbury, E central Rowan County. |
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