Southeast

Salisbury

Rowan County, NC

Population

35,437

Walk Score

82 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$961

Median home value

$190,300

Founded

1763

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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