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The community was first known as Forty-Four because it was located 44 miles from Charlotte and Winston-Salem.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Crumbley|first=Tony L.|date=Spring 1997|title=How Bear Poplar Got Its Name|url=http://www.ncpostalhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCPHS_Journal-060-1997-Spring.pdf|journal=North Carolina Postal Historian|volume=16|pages=5-6|via=}}</ref> The community got its name around 1773 when Thomas Cowan was walking with his wife about a mile away from his farm when they noticed a bear up a big poplar tree.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rowan story, 1753-1953 : a narrative history of Rowan County, North Carolina.|last=Brawley|first=James|publisher=Rowan Print. Co|year=1953|isbn=|location=Salisbury, N.C.|pages=302-303}}</ref> |
There are several stories of the name origin. The community was first known as Forty-Four because it was located 44 miles from Charlotte and Winston-Salem.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Crumbley|first=Tony L.|date=Spring 1997|title=How Bear Poplar Got Its Name|url=http://www.ncpostalhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCPHS_Journal-060-1997-Spring.pdf|journal=North Carolina Postal Historian|volume=16|pages=5-6|via=}}</ref> The community got its name Bear Poplar around 1773 when Thomas Cowan was walking with his wife about a mile away from his farm when they noticed a bear up a big poplar tree.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rowan story, 1753-1953 : a narrative history of Rowan County, North Carolina.|last=Brawley|first=James|publisher=Rowan Print. Co|year=1953|isbn=|location=Salisbury, N.C.|pages=302-303}}</ref> According to another source, the community was first known as Rocky Mount, the name of a plantation owned by Henry Kesler. It was renamed to Bear Poplar in 1878 when the first post office was established.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Architecture of Rowan County. A Catalogue and History of Surviving 18th, 19th and Early 20th Century Structures|last=Hood|first=Davyd Foard|publisher=Rowan County Historic Properties Commission|year=1983|isbn=|location=Salisbury, N.C.|pages=179}}</ref> |
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At some point Bear Poplar had four stores, two cotton gins, a foundry, a garage, a blue granite quarry, a school, and a post office. The first Post Mistress, Lucy J. Kistler, was appointed in 1878. Bear Poplar Post Office ceased operation in 1966. The community is now served by Mount Ulla Post Office.<ref name=":0" /> |
At some point Bear Poplar had four stores, two cotton gins, a foundry, a garage, a blue granite quarry, a school, and a post office. The first Post Mistress, Lucy J. Kistler, was appointed in 1878. Bear Poplar Post Office ceased operation in 1966. The community is now served by Mount Ulla Post Office.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 19:03, 10 May 2018
Bear Poplar is an unincorporated community within Mount Ulla Township in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.
History
There are several stories of the name origin. The community was first known as Forty-Four because it was located 44 miles from Charlotte and Winston-Salem.[1] The community got its name Bear Poplar around 1773 when Thomas Cowan was walking with his wife about a mile away from his farm when they noticed a bear up a big poplar tree.[2] According to another source, the community was first known as Rocky Mount, the name of a plantation owned by Henry Kesler. It was renamed to Bear Poplar in 1878 when the first post office was established.[3]
At some point Bear Poplar had four stores, two cotton gins, a foundry, a garage, a blue granite quarry, a school, and a post office. The first Post Mistress, Lucy J. Kistler, was appointed in 1878. Bear Poplar Post Office ceased operation in 1966. The community is now served by Mount Ulla Post Office.[1]
An ancestral seat of Cowan and Krider families, Wood Grove, is in Bear Poplar.
References
35°40′34″N 80°41′36″W / 35.67611°N 80.69333°W
- ^ a b Crumbley, Tony L. (Spring 1997). "How Bear Poplar Got Its Name" (PDF). North Carolina Postal Historian. 16: 5–6.
- ^ Brawley, James (1953). The Rowan story, 1753-1953 : a narrative history of Rowan County, North Carolina. Salisbury, N.C.: Rowan Print. Co. pp. 302–303.
- ^ Hood, Davyd Foard (1983). The Architecture of Rowan County. A Catalogue and History of Surviving 18th, 19th and Early 20th Century Structures. Salisbury, N.C.: Rowan County Historic Properties Commission. p. 179.
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