Reidsville, North Carolina Reidsville, North Carolina Location of Reidsville, North Carolina Location of Reidsville, North Carolina State North Carolina Reidsville is a town/city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
At the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 14,520.
Reidsville was established in the early 19th century as an outpost and stop on the stage line that ran between Salisbury, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, and was originally known as Wright's Crossroads.
Reidsville was officially incorporated by the North Carolina State Legislature in 1873 and became a key locale of the American Tobacco Company which working large numbers of town/city and county residents.
The American Tobacco Company was the mainstay of Reidsville financial and business trends until its sale and closure in 1994.
Although Reidsville has experienced economic recession in recent years the improve has appreciateed a renewal of expansion as a sleeper town/city supplying a origin of non-urban evolution for the encircling larger cities.
Reidsville is positioned at 36 20'43" North, 79 40'30" West (36.345347, 79.675094). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.9 square miles (39 km2), of which 13.4 square miles (35 km2) is territory and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) is water.
The early roots of Reidsville, incorporated in 1873 by the State Legislature, date back to the early 19th century when William Wright of the Little Troublesome Creek region owned a tavern and store on the road connecting Danville and Salem.
This outpost, called Wright's Crossroads, was the earliest settlement in the present-day town/city and was overseen by Wright's son, Nathan, and then Nathan Wright's son-in-law, Robert Payne Richardson.
Reuben Reid of the Hogan's Creek region moved his family, including wife, Elizabeth Williams Settle, and son, David Settle Reid, to a 700-acre (2.8 km2) farm on the ridge between Wolf Island and Little Troublesome creeks in May 1814.
When the family secured a postal service, aptly titled Reidsville, in 1829, 16-year-old David Reid was appointed its first postmaster.
Congressman (1843 47), Governor of North Carolina (1850) and a U.S.
On November 26, 1858, William Lindsey of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, was high bidder for a 384-acre (1.55 km2) tract of territory known as Reidsville.
It is now a landmark in Reidsville, the first frame home assembled in the village.
Reidsville is positioned in east central Rockingham County.
The Southern Railroad passes through the center of the town/city from north to south.
Tobacco was a mainstay of the small-town economy for many years, with the history of the town/city tightly woven with that of American Tobacco Company.
With the sale of American Tobacco in 1994, town/city leaders have diversified the small-town economy and established Reidsville as a town/city that lives up to its motto, "Focused on a better tomorrow".
The Reidsville Chamber of Commerce, established in 1923 by company leaders in the community, is now positioned downtown.
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Reid House, Reidsville High School, Former, Reidsville Historic District, and Richardson Houses Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 57.02% White, 39.52% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.35% from other competitions, and 1.19% from two or more competitions.
The downtown region of Reidsville was like many of its counterparts athwart the state in the 1970s, seeing a diminish in company opportunities due to the emergence of malls and shopping centers.
The Reidsville Downtown Corporation, a non-profit organization financed by monies from the Downtown District Tax, was created in 1976 to lead the charge to revitalize the downtown.
Joint projects of the Downtown Corporation and the City of Reidsville have been participation in the Main Street Program, the Streetscape Program and Facade Incentive Grant program.
Nelson Cole North Carolina State Representative David Settle Reid, born in Reidsville, was a two-term Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854, and a U.S.
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Municipalities and communities of Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States State of North Carolina
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