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AT-A-GLANCE

Richmond County
AT-A-GLANCE County Seat: Rockingham
Land Area: 473.82 square miles

What you see is what you get in Carolina’s
heartland. Rolling hills, wide open spaces
and beautiful countryside are the background
for amazing opportunities and welcoming
communities. With Charlotte, Myrtle Beach
and Wilmington just a two-hour drive away,
Richmond County is a great place to call home.

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Source: Sperling’s Best Places, U.S. Climate Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau estimates (2017)

Native American tribe of
the Saura or Cheraw settled
along the Pee Dee River
1865: Richmond Cotton
1779 : Richmond Mill was burned by
County founded Union soldiers 1877: First train
and named after entered Hamlet on the
the Duke of Early 1800s: Raleigh and Augusta 1900s: County thrived
Richmond, Transitioned from Air Line railroad due to textile industry
supporter of the farming to and railroad
American industrial economy
Revolution

1945: Richmond County
1785: Rockingham became 1837: Richmond Cotton Mill Chamber of Commerce forms,
the county seat became the seventh mill initially as Rockingham
chartered by the North
Europeans arrived after Carolina General Assembly 1900: The Hamlet Railroad Chamber of Commerce
Saura inhabitants moved on Depot was built; Hamlet
became known as the
“Hub of the Seaboard”

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