NC League of Municipalities

"Where the mountains kiss the sky."

Incorporated in 1907, Garland was originally known as Sloan’s Crossing.

In 1929, Gastonia was the site of the Loray Mill Strike, the most notorious labor struggle in North Carolina history. The strike would have a profound effect on the union movement in the state for decades to come.

Legend has it that during the Revolutionary War, British and Tory prisoners were held captive in a stockade near a crossroads where the town of Liberty was to be. When the prisoners were released at the end of the war, they shouted, “Liberty! Liberty!”

Dillsboro has been a tourist town since 1886 when visitors began to arrive by train and spend several weeks. It is often stated that the first summer visitors were the Misses Nellie and Hattie Norfleet of Edenton.

Concord’s motto, “High Performance Living,” is appropriate. It is home to the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

With the help of local citizens and businesses, Fayetteville has been named “America’s Most Pro-Military Town” by TIME magazine.

BeastFest honors the mysterious (and never captured) vampire-like Beast of Bladenboro (or "BOB") that terrorized the community in the 1950s.

Danbury was established in 1850 to serve as the Stokes County seat.

The N.C. Arts Incubator, located in Siler City, fosters dozens of artists, working in a variety of media from pottery to glass to fiber, honing their crafts over several buildings in downtown.