Search results
Results from the Go Local Guru Content Network
December 28, 2000. Lee County Training School, also known as the W. B. Wicker School, is a historic school building located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It is a one-story brick building dating to 1927 with additions in 1934 and 1949. The building is characterized by large windows alternating with pilasters and was built by contactor ...
A statistical record of the progress of public education in North Carolina, 1870-1906 (1907) online; Coon, Charles L. Significant educational facts: North Carolina public school statistics for 1904-'05 (1906) online; Coon, Charles L., ed. The beginnings of public education in North Carolina: a documentary history, 1790-1840: Volume I (1908) online
Geography. [edit] Interactive map of Polk County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 238.45 square miles (617.6 km 2), of which 237.69 square miles (615.6 km 2) is land and 0.76 square miles (2.0 km 2) (0.32%) is water. [ 4 ] It is the fifth-smallest county in North Carolina by total area. Polk County Elevation.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Blockhouse Site. Blockhouse Site is a historic blockhouse located near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built about 1756, as a dogtrot log cabin, with two rooms separated by an open passage. In 1942, the blockhouse was moved from South Carolina into North Carolina to its present site, about 300 yards from its original location.
Added to NRHP. November 29, 1995. The former Sanford High School, also known as West Sanford Middle School, is a historic high school building located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It was designed by the firm of Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy and built in 1924–1925. It is a two-story, L-shaped, Classical Revival style brick building.
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,285. [1] The county seat is Sanford. [2]Lee County comprises the Sanford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
One alarming statistic is that more than 51,000 Polk County students missed 10 or more days of school during the 2021-22 school year. Keep in mind that this figure excludes COVID-19-related absences.