Creedmoor, North Carolina Creedmoor, North Carolina Creedmoor, North Carolina (3).JPG Location of Creedmoor, North Carolina Location of Creedmoor, North Carolina Creedmoor is a town/city in Granville County, North Carolina, United States.
In 1885, a group of 25 taxpayers of Granville County including Civil War Confederate veteran Robert Fleming appeared before the Board of Commissioners for the County of Granville with a petition from the Dutchville Township.
Under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina which was entitled "An Act to Incorporate", the Oxford and Clarksville Railroad Company was notified on 28 February 1885.
Over the next several years, Creedmoor served as a barns depot between the Clarksville and Oxford Railroad and the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad.
Lyon applied to the Postal Department for a postal service to be positioned in Creedmoor.
Creedmoor was incorporated in 1905, having previously been known as "Creedmore".
Linking Creedmoor to Henderson and Durham was a primary cause of expansion of this town.
Also previously positioned on Elm Street was the initial First Baptist Church of Creedmoor, assembled in 1895.
Although the town is rich with history (home to four buildings on the National Register of Historic Places), it does not hold the title of a Historic District unlike close-by Oxford and Wake Forest.
Tobacco was a cash crop in Creedmoor, and was shipped by barns to close-by Oxford's Tobacco Research Facility and Durham's grow smoking tobacco industry, with firms including W.
At one time Creedmoor was a larger tobacco market than Durham.
In the wake of the tobacco era, mules came to Creedmoor.
Cooper established the Creedmoor Supply Company, which sold feed, mules, horses, buggies, and even some food and seeds to meet the demands of small-town farmers.
At one point in time, Creedmoor was considered to be the biggest mule trading center in the world and was widely referred to as "Mule Town".
Creedmoor Drugs Downtown Creedmoor Creedmoor is home to four buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Cannady-Brogden Farm south of Creedmoor in Wake County Creedmoor High School opened in 1909 at the intersection of Main Street and Highway 56.
This school served grades one through twelve until 1963, when white students went to South Granville High School.
On January 9, 1970, Creedmoor School, at that time serving grades one through eight, burned down.
Behind the former Creedmoor High School gym lies B.C.
Creedmoor is also the home of South Granville High School, G.C.
Hawley Middle, and Creedmoor Elementary.
The doors to Hawley School first opened for all small-town black students in September 1952 after many years of tireless and dedicated work spearheaded by Reverend Hawley.
In 1975, Hawley became a middle school serving grades five through eight from the Butner, Stem, and Creedmoor areas and eighth graders from Wilton.
At the present time, Hawley Middle School teaches grades six through eight from the Creedmoor and Wilton area.
He attended the University of North Carolina as an undergraduate before going to the University of Louisville School of Medicine for his medical degree.
He moved to Creedmoor about 1908.
Creedmoor Cemetery, positioned beside Creedmoor Elementary on Highway 56, is the final resting place of many prominent figures from the early days of Creedmoor.
Like most towns, Creedmoor has a range of media.
The Butner-Creedmoor News - The small-town journal business was established in 1965 inside the former USO building on Creedmoor's Main Street.
Creedmoor is positioned in southern Granville County at 36 7 23 N 78 41 0 W (36.123081, -78.683252). It is bordered to the west by the town of Butner.
Route 15 passes through Creedmoor as Durham Avenue, dominant north 14 miles (23 km) to Oxford, the Granville County seat, and southwest 16 miles (26 km) to Durham.
To the east, as Wilton Avenue, it leads 13 miles (21 km) to Franklinton, and to the west, as Lake Road, it leads 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Interstate 85 and 5 miles (8 km) to the center of Butner.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Creedmoor has a total region of 4.8 square miles (12.4 km2), of which 4.6 square miles (11.9 km2) is territory and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km2), or 4.66%, is water. Creedmoor is inside the Neuse River watershed.
Creedmoor Elementary School of the Arts Creedmoor's first mayor: Current mayor: On November 2, 1999, Creedmoor propel Darryl Moss as mayor. Moss is the town's first black mayor.
Prior to becoming mayor, he served on Creedmoor's planning board and then as town/city commissioner from 1989 to 1999.
Commissioners: The Creedmoor town/city commissioners are Larry Robinson, Herman B.
Former commissioners John Stallings and Otha Piper have both also served as mayor of Creedmoor in the past.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Creedmoor city, North Carolina".
Moss, City of Creedmoor.
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