Around the "Y" Community

Historical marker location:

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

( Marker is on South Washington Street south of Hendricks Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2007

North Carolina was the site of the first gold rush in the United States, in the early 1800s. The town of Charlotte was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.