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Salisbury (City and county-seat of Rowan)

a city and county-seat of Rowan co., N. C.; on the Southern railroad; 131 miles W. of Raleigh. It is in a mineral and agricultural section; contains Salisbury Normal and Industrial College for Women, Livingstone College for negro students, a State Normal School for Colored Pupils, National and other banks, and several weekly periodicals. It has a woolen mill, machine shops, tobacco factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 7,153; (1920) 13,884.

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