North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #O-83
Flood Of 1916. Devastated western N.C. and western Piedmont; destroyed homes, crops, mills, bridges. Ten lives lost, July 16, in washout of trestle 1 mile south.
US 29/74 at Catawba St. (NC 7) in, Belmont, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #O-57
Belmont Abbey College. Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.
US 29/74 (Wilkinson Boulevard) in, Belmont, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #O-42
William Chronicle. Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His home stood nearby.
NC 7 (Catawba Street) in, Belmont, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #O-20
Goshen Presbyterian Church. Established in 1764. Rev. Humphrey Hunter, the first minister, arrived in 1796. Moved to present site, 2 mi. NW, in 1956.
US 29/74 at Hawley Ave, Belmont, NC, United States