Lenoir (North Carolina)

Lenoir
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Location in North Carolina
	Lenoir
	Lenoir
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	North Carolina
County :	Caldwell County
Coordinates :	35 ° 55 ′ N , 81 ° 32 ′ W Coordinates: 35 ° 55 ′ N , 81 ° 32 ′ W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : ; - Metropolitan Area :	18,228 (as of 2010); 365,949 (as of 2012)
Population density :	358.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	50.9 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of; which 50.9 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	357 m
Postcodes :	28633, 28645
Area code :	+1 828
FIPS :	37-37760
GNIS ID :	1021132
Website :	www.cityoflenoir.com
Mayor :	Joseph L. Gibbons
	; Fort Defiance

Lenoir is a city ( City ) and the administration in Caldwell County , North Carolina in the United States . The place in the west of the state is at the foot of the Brushy Mountains , part of the Blue Ridge Mountains . Together with the towns of Hickory in Catawba County and Morganton , Lenoir forms the metropolitan region of The Unifour .

It is named after William Lenoir, a general of the American Revolutionary War and founder of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , who lived here in Fort Defiance.

economy

The wood and furniture industries were formative for Lenoir. The place has hosted a server farm since 2007 .

Johnny Allen (1904 or 1905-1959), baseball player
William H. Bower (1850-1910), politician
Jim Broyhill (born 1927), politician
James C. Harper (1819–1890), politician
Harry Heltzer (1911–2005), economic manager
William Lenoir (1751-1839), General
Kary Mullis (1944-2019), chemist
William C. Newland (1860–1938), politician
Doc Watson (1923–2012), musician