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Blowing Rock is a town in North Carolina, situated in both Caldwell and Watauga counties. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census. However, during the summer the town's population increases to about 10,000. These "summertime residents" consist mainly of people from the State of Florida who come to Blowing Rock to escape the heat and humidity of the Deep South. Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Caldwell County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ...
Watauga County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...
Summer is a season that is astronomically defined as beginning around June 21, and ending around September 23 in the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ...
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The town of Blowing Rock takes its name from an unusual rock formation which juts over 1,500 feet above the Johns River gorge. Due to the rock's shape and size, wind currents from the gorge often blow vertically, causing light objects to float upwards into the sky. The Blowing Rock area was once fought over by the Cherokee and Catawba Native American tribes. According to legend, two lovers - one from each tribe - were walking near the rocks when the man received a notice to report to his village and go into battle. When his lover urged him to stay with her, he became so distraught that he threw himself off the blowing rock into the gorge. The woman prayed to the Great Spirit to return her lover, and the Spirit complied by sending a gust of wind which blew the man back up the cliff and landed him safely on the blowing rock itself. Today "The Blowing Rock" is a popular tourist attraction and is well-known for its superb views of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. Another popular tourist attraction in Blowing Rock is the Tweetsie Railroad theme park, which is home to the only remaining fully-functional steam engine train in North Carolina. Visitors to Tweetsie can ride the train for three miles and enjoy the mountain scenery; the park also contains traditional amusement-park rides and attractions. Other attractions in the Blowing Rock area include the elegant Green Park Inn and Country Club, and the Blowing Rock Stage Company, which presents plays and musicals. On the nearby Blue Ridge Parkway is Moses Cone Memorial Park, which offers scenic views of the surrounding mountains. The park contains the impressive Moses Cone Manor and Estate, and features a large lake surrounded by woods and forests. Adjacent to the park is the Blowing Rock Equestrian Preserve, where visitors can rent a horse and take a guided-trail ride across the Moses Cone Park; there are 25 miles of riding and carriage trails in the park. Annual festivals in Blowing Rock include the "Art In The Park" festival, a monthly summertime event in downtown Blowing Rock where artists of all types set up booths to sell their work to tourists, the "Fourth of July" festival and parade, and the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show which has been a tradition for 84 years. It is the longest continuously-run horse show in the United States. The show features some of the best horse riders in the Eastern United States. For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ...
Catawba may refer to several things: The Catawba, a Native American tribe The name used by this and some other Native American tribes for a genus of trees, now usually spelled Catalpa Catawba grape, a variety of grape Catawba Island, Ohio, one of the Bass Islands in Lake Erie Catawba...
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ...
Tweetsie Railroad is a family oriented railroad theme park located between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina. ...
Blue Ridge Parkway route map The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. ...
A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ...
Geography Blowing Rock is located at 36°7′47″N, 81°40′21″W (36.129663, -81.672566),GR1 in the Blue Ridge mountain range. Adapted from Wikipedias NC county maps by Seth Ilys. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
- a total area of 7.8 km² (3.0 mi²).
- 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and
- 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²), or 1.00% of total area, is water.
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Climate The town's elevation of 3500-3600 feet above sea level results in substantially cooler summer temperatures compared to lowland areas to the east and south. Daytime temperatures in the summer rarely rise above 80 degrees fahrenheit. However, temperatures in the winter are much colder and harsher than would be expected in a southern state. Daytime highs can frequently fall into the 20s or lower. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all common in the winter months. Springtime in Blowing Rock is cool and generally pleasant. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ...
Rainfall is moderate; thunderstorms are occasional, and rarely severe.
The best weather forecast for the local area is: http://booneweather.com/blowingrock/forecast.php
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,418 people, 663 households, and 387 families residing in the town. The population density was 184.3/km² (477.9/mi²). There were 1,524 housing units at an average density of 198.1/km² (513.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.95% White, 0.35% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 663 households, of which
- 16.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them,
- 52.3% were married couples living together,
- 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and
- 41.5% were non-families.
35.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 persons and the average family size was 2.59. “Matrimony†redirects here. ...
The population consists of
- 15.0% under the age of 18,
- 4.9% from 18 to 24,
- 20.0% from 25 to 44,
- 34.1% from 45 to 64, and
- 26.0% 65 years or older.
The median age is 51 years. For every 100 females there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $54,271, and the median income for a family was $66,979. Males had a median income of $45,417 compared to $27,361 for females. The per capita income for the town was $34,294. About 2.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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History Before 1752, when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg of the Moravian Church visited The Blowing Rock, the windy cliffs of the area were home to the Cherokee and the Catawba Native American tribes. August Gottlieb Spangenberg (July 15, 1704 _ September 18, 1792), Count Zinzendorfs successor, and bishop of the Moravian Brethren, was born at Klettenberg, on the south of the Harz Mountains, where his father, Georg Spangenberg, was court preacher and ecclesiastical inspector of the courtship of Hohenstein. ...
A Moravian is a Protestant belonging to a religious movement that originated in Moravia, Czech Republic. ...
For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ...
Catawba may refer to several things: The Catawba, a Native American tribe The name used by this and some other Native American tribes for a genus of trees, now usually spelled Catalpa Catawba grape, a variety of grape Catawba Island, Ohio, one of the Bass Islands in Lake Erie Catawba...
After the mid-eighteenth century, when hardy Scotch-Irish pioneers began to settle in the region, the mountain passes from southern Virginia into Kentucky attracted many colonists, farmers, hunters, and trappers who continued south to the mountains of North Carolina. The first family to settle in Blowing Rock were the Greenes, who were established by the mid-1800’s on a site that would become the Green Park Hotel property. Other early settlers in Blowing Rock included the Hayes, Coffey, Bolick, Estes and Storie families. During the American Civil War the mountains of North Carolina often witnessed fierce guerilla warfare between groups of pro-Confederate and pro-Union fighters. To keep their families safe, men leaving for service in the Confederate Army often sent them to Blowing Rock, which became a local refuge from the fighting. After the Civil War many of these veterans would join their families and remain in the Blowing Rock area. At the same time, summer residents began to come up from the nearby city of Lenoir to enjoy the cool fresh air and magnificent mountain views. Seeing the potential of their village to become a haven for well-to-do tourists, the residents of Blowing Rock had their village incorporated into a town on March 11, 1889. The town's first mayor was "Uncle" Joe Clarke, and the town initially had a population of about 300. Ulster-Scots is a term mainly used in Ireland and Britain (Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irishis commonly used in North America) primarily to refer to Presbyterian Scots, or their descendents, who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland), largely across the 17th century. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area Ranked 35th - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 7. ...
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Lenoir is either: Lenoir, North Carolina, United States Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States Lenoir City, Tennessee Etienne Lenoir French pioneer of the internal combustion engine William B. Lenoir astronaut See also: Rosetta LeNoire Lenoir-Rhyne College This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages...
As word traveled to other parts of the South about the merits of Blowing Rock, more visitors began to arrive, first camping out, and later taking rooms at boarding houses such as the Hayes and Martin Houses on Main Street. Eventually there were more visitors than the existing boarding houses could handle, and so many homes were turned into hotels. The first hotel in Blowing Rock was the Watauga Hotel, built in 1884; the hotel added cottages in 1888. The Green Park Hotel opened in 1891, it was followed eight years later by the Blowing Rock Hotel. Walter Alexander, a prominent local resident, touted the clean air and healthy environment of Blowing Rock; in 1922 he opened his own hotel, called Mayview Manor. A boarding house can also be called a Rooming house or a Lodging house. It is a house (often a family home) in which holiday-makers (people on vacation in American English) or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of...
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As the tourist economy became Blowing Rock's main industry in the late 1800's, the town was forced to adapt to meeting the needs of tourists. The need for cleaner and better streets (most streets then were simply dirt tracks) led to the paving of the town's streets and highways. Another issue involved the need to build fences to keep farm animals from wandering into town and disturbing visitors - at the time most farms in the area were not fenced. In 1896 the town passed an ordinance which required local farmers to fence in their livestock. Ordinance can mean: A law made by a non-sovereign body such as a city council or a colony. ...
The introduction of the automobile and improved roads early in the twentieth century further eased the journey to Blowing Rock, and visitors began to arrive from as far away as Florida. Today Blowing Rock remains a popular tourist destination for visitors from all over the United States. Due to the town's well-to-do, out-of-state summertime residents, Blowing Rock boasts top-quality restaurants, hotels, golf courses, and other attractions. A recent priority for Blowing Rock's residents has been to preserve and protect the town's historic structures and maintaining the small-town charm and scenery that has attracted so many people for the last 150 years. Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ...
Miscellaneous The town has a vibrant economy based in part on tourism. A small, quaint downtown area is characterized by numerous shops of varying types, a pleasant public park, and diverse restaurants. The mountainous terrain provides scenic views with long-range vistas from several locations around town, including the Blowing Rock itself. Blowing Rock is a rocky outcropping, at the town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, above a gorge in Caldwell County, in the northwest of that state. ...
Most essential services are available in Blowing Rock, in Boone, North Carolina, approximately eight miles away, or elsewhere in the county. Boone is a town located in the northern mountains of North Carolina and in Watauga County, North Carolina, for which it is the county seatGR6 and market town. ...
The town is served by U.S. Highways 221 and 321 as well as the Blue Ridge Parkway. For other transportation facilities, consult Boone, North Carolina and Watauga County, North Carolina. Blue Ridge Parkway route map The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. ...
Boone is a town located in the northern mountains of North Carolina and in Watauga County, North Carolina, for which it is the county seatGR6 and market town. ...
Watauga County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...
Author Tom Robbins was born in Blowing Rock in 1936 before moving to Burnsville, NC in 1943. He recounts some early memories of Blowing Rock in Wild Ducks Flying Backwards. Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. ...
Burnsville is a town in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. ...
Wild Ducks Flying Backward is Tom Robbinss newest book. ...
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