Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. Located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Charlotte and within its metropolitan area, the town has attracted a growing population. The 2020 census shows 35,580 residents.
Southeast
Salisbury
Rowan County, NC
Population
35,437
Walk Score
82 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$961
Median home value
$190,300
Founded
1763
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Brooklyn-South Square Historic District · listed 1985
- Ellis Street Graded School Historic District · listed 1999
- Expanded Boundaries for the Salisbury Historic District
- Fulton Heights Historic District · listed 1999
- Kesler Manufacturing Co.-Cannon Mills Co. Plant No. 7 Historic District · listed 1985
- Livingstone College Historic District · listed 1982
- North Long Street-Park Avenue Historic District · listed 1985
- North Main Street Historic District · listed 1985
- Salisbury Historic District · listed 1975
- Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase I) · listed 1988
- Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 1989
- Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase III) · listed 2000
- Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District · listed 1987
- Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2003
- Salisbury VA Hospital Historic District · listed 2022
- Shaver Rental Houses District · listed 1988
Notable landmarks
- Bernhardt House · listed 1992
- Boyden High School · listed 1996
- Cannon, Ella Brown, House · listed 2021
- Chambers, Maxwell, House · listed 1972
- City Motor Company · listed 2022
- Community Building · listed 1970
- Eastover · listed 2011
- Fisher, John, House · listed 2024
- Griffith-Sowers House · listed 2009
- Grimes Mill · listed 1984
- Grubb-Sigmon-Weisiger House · listed 1999
- Hambley-Wallace House · listed 1997
- Henderson, Archibald, Law Office · listed 1972
- J.C. Price High School · listed 2010
- McCanless, Napoleon Bonaparte, House · listed 2014
- McCanless, Walter, House · listed 2005
- McNeely-Strachan House · listed 1972
- Monroe Street School · listed 2004
- Mount Zion Baptist Church · listed 1985
- Ramsay, Sr., John E. and Jean Anne Ferrier, House · listed 2025
- Salisbury National Cemetery
- Salisbury National Cemetery · listed 1999
- Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot · listed 1975
- Steele, John, House · listed 1994
- Temple, Edgar S. and Madge, House · listed 2021
- …and 2 more
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