Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Township in Rowan County, North Carolina

Not to be confused with Cleveland, North Carolina.

Township in North Carolina, United States

Cleveland Township

Township

Location of Cleveland Township in Rowan County

Cleveland Township in 1903

Country| United States
State| North Carolina
County| Rowan
Established in| 1868
Government

• Type| non-functioning county subdivision
Area

• Total

| 28.48 sq mi (73.8 km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)

Cleveland Township is one of fourteen non-functioning county subdivisions (townships) in Rowan County, North Carolina that were established in 1868. The township had a population of 2,817 according to the 2010 census.[1][2] The only incorporated municipality in Cleveland Township is the town of Cleveland.[3] Residents are served by the Rowan–Salisbury School System and the township is home to Mt Ulla Elementary School.

## History

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On 18 March 1831, the first post office in the general vicinity of present-day Cleveland was established with John Cowan the first postmaster. It was named Cowansville.[4] On 7 January 1856, before the Western North Carolina (WNC) Railroad was built, the post office and thus the town in the vicinity of present-day Cleveland were renamed to Rowan Mills, getting this name from a large plantation nearby owned by Osborn Giles Foard (1820-1882), who was also the first Rowan Mills postmaster. After the construction of WNC Railroad, the railroad station was named Third Creek. The post office and town kept the name Rowan Mills until 25 February 1884, when the town was incorporated and renamed to Third Creek. On 2 March 1887, the townspeople, who were all Democrats except for three people, decided to rename the town to Cleveland, in honor of Grover Cleveland, the first Democratic president elected since before the Civil War.[5][6][7] The first postmaster of both the Third Creek Post Office and the Cleveland Post Office was William L. Allison.

## Significant sites

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The following significant sites are located within Cleveland Township:

* Barber Farm[8][9][10][3][11]
* Knox Farm Historic District[8]
* Knox School[3]
* Knox-Johnstone House[8]
* John Phifer Farm[8]
* Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery[8]
* R.A. Clement School[8]
* Christ Episcopal Church[8]
* Thompson Veneer Company, built in 1899[12]

## Adjacent townships

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* Chambersburg, Iredell County – west
* Cool Springs, Iredell County – northwest
* Mount Ulla – south
* Scotch Irish – north
* Steele – southeast
* Unity – east

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Places adjacent to Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

| Cool Springs Township
Iredell County | Scotch Irish Township |

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Chambersburg Township
Iredell County |

Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

| Unity Township
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| Mount Ulla Township | Steele Township

## References

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1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
2. ^ "North Carolina Constitution of 1868" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
3. ^ a b c Miller, C.M. (1903). "1903 Map of Rowan County, North Carolina". Rowan County GIS website. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
4. ^ Brawley, James (1953). The Rowan story, 1753-1953 : a narrative history of Rowan County, North Carolina. Salisbury, N.C.: Rowan Print. Co. p. 376.
5. ^ Brawley, James (1953). The Rowan story, 1753-1953 : a narrative history of Rowan County, North Carolina. Salisbury, N.C.: Rowan Print. Co. p. 300.
6. ^ "Osborn Giles Foard". FamilySearch. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
7. ^ "History of Cleveland, North Carolina". Town of Cleveland. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
8. ^ a b c d e f g "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
9. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties:12/05/11 through 12/09/11. National Park Service. December 16, 2011.
10. ^ Wineka, Mark (February 15, 2019). "R.A. Clement School gains inclusion on National Register of Historic Places". Salisbury Post. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
11. ^ Trexler, NA (1930). "1930 Map of Rowan County, North Carolina". Rowan County GIS website. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
12. ^ Brawley, page 301

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Municipalities and communities of Rowan County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Salisbury

Cities|

* Kannapolis‡
* Salisbury

Rowan County map

Towns|

* China Grove
* Cleveland
* East Spencer
* Faith
* Granite Quarry
* Landis
* Rockwell
* Spencer

Townships|

* Atwell
* China Grove
* Cleveland
* Franklin
* Gold Hill
* Litaker
* Locke
* Morgan
* Mount Ulla
* Providence
* Salisbury
* Scotch Irish
* Steele
* Unity

CDPs|

* Enochville
* Gold Hill

Other
communities|

* Bear Poplar
* Bostian Heights
* Crescent
* Dukeville
* Liberty
* Mill Bridge
* Mount Ulla
* Pittsburg
* Woodleaf

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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