Talk:Statesville, North Carolina
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Trivia
Moved from article. Source this and incorporate it. John Reaves (talk) 04:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
- Statesville was an All-American City in 1997.
- The movie The Boneyard featuring Phyllis Diller was filmed in an abandonded hospital in Statesville.
- The TV movie The Ryan White Story was also filmed in Statesville, at South Iredell High School
- Rapper Petey Pablo mentions Statesville in his song "Raise Up"
- DC United player Justin Moose is from Statesville.
- Statesville is also known as "Statesvegas" or "The Ville."
I grew up in Statesville (and my parents still reside there). I'm not familiar with either of the nicknames listed under "trivia", so I have some doubts as to how widespread they may be. Gunnk 20:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
History
I added the information about the role of Statesville as NC capital during the Civil War. The Zebulon Vance House is now run as a museum by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A national historic marker exists outside the house that also records these facts, and a good number of sites also document the events. I wanted to link to the National Register of Historic Places, but their database is currently down.Gunnk 20:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
Demographics
Hey - Someone has offensively edited the section on demographics and used slurs and racial epithets to denote various groups of people - can anyone fix it to the correct stats and information?