Plank Road

Historical marker location:

Bethania, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Bethania Road and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Bethania Road.)

Marker installed: 1941

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.