Morganton, North Carolina Morganton, North Carolina Historic train station in Morganton Historic train station in Morganton State North Carolina Morganton is a town/city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States.
The populace was 16,918 at the 2010 census. Morganton is the county seat. Morganton is one of the principal metros/cities in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A site five miles north of here has been identified as the Mississippian culture chiefdom of Joara, occupied from 1400 - AD to 1600 - AD.
This was also the site of Fort San Juan, assembled in 1567 by a Spanish expedition as the first European settlement in the interior of North America, 40 years before the English settlement of Jamestown, Virginia.
The earliest-known European inland (non-coastal) settlement in the United States of Fort San Juan has been identified at Joara, a former Mississippian culture chiefdom positioned about five miles north of present-day Morganton.
Public welfare facilities, such as the North Carolina School for the Deaf: Main Building and Western North Carolina Insane Asylum, were first authorized by the state council in the late 19th century after the American Civil War.
In the early 20th century, textile mills were advanced in the Piedmont as trade left union-dominated areas of the Northeast United States.
In the late 20th century, Morganton and Burke County, which was still largely non-urban and with big poultry farms, became locations for industrial-scale poultry refining plants.
At the state level, North Carolina is working to encourage immigrant communities and their contributions.
They include enhance facilities, such as the state school for the deaf, various private homes and former company facilities, as well as a several historic districts.
They include the Avery Avenue Historic District, Avery Avenue School, Alphonse Calhoun Avery House, Bellevue, Broughton Hospital Historic District, Burke County Courthouse, Creekside, U.
Dale's Market, Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Company, Gaither House, Garrou-Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills, Gaston Chapel, Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge, Jonesboro Historic District, John Alexander Lackey House, Magnolia Place, Morganton Downtown Historic District, Mountain View, North Carolina School for the Deaf Historic District, North Carolina School for the Deaf: Main Building, North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District, Quaker Meadows, Quaker Meadows Cemetery, Dr.
Joseph Bennett Riddle House, South King Street Historic District, Swan Ponds, Tate House, Franklin Pierce Tate House, West Union Street Historic District, Western North Carolina Insane Asylum, and White Street-Valdese Avenue Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Morganton is positioned in central Burke County in the Catawba River valley in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Route 64 passes north south, dominant northeast 15 miles (24 km) to Lenoir and southwest 32 miles (51 km) to Rutherfordton.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Morganton has a total region of 19.2 square miles (49.6 km2), all of it land. The ethnic composition of the town/city was: 75.67% White, 12.76% Black or African American, 11.16% Hispanic or Latino American, 1.99% Asian American, 0.55% Native American, 0.81% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, 6.64% some other race, and 1.58% two or more competitions.
The state of North Carolina is a primary employer in Morganton.
State-operated facilities positioned in Morganton include Broughton Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) and the North Carolina School for the Deaf.
Foothills Higher Education Center, occupied by Western Piedmont Community College's Division of Continuing Education and serves as a satellite ground for certain courses of study offered by Appalachian State University, Lees-Mc - Rae College, and Western Carolina University.
Liberty Middle School (North Carolina)|Liberty Middle School Morganton Day School North Carolina School for the Deaf North Liberty Middle School Tod Robinson Caldwell, governor of North Carolina, 1871-1874 Joe Cheves, experienced golfer and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Burl Noggle, American historian, educated in Morganton enhance schools in the 1930s Billy Joe Patton, amateur golfer and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame 15 miles outside of Morganton is Lake James, which is surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. There are also multiple ski areas positioned approximately an hour from Morganton. City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium (Co - MMA), a enhance auditorium that hosts plays, musicals, graduations, and other cultural and enhance affairs. a b "American Fact - Finder".
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