Kannapolis, North Carolina

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city municipality

Kannapolis, North Carolina is a city in the Charlotte metropolitan area known historically for its textile industry and as the home of the North Carolina Research Campus.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kannapolis 1
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (nearby regional affiliation) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 704 ⓘ
980 ⓘ
associatedWith Dale Earnhardt ⓘ
borderedBy Concord, North Carolina ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeatOf none ⓘ
demographics population in the tens of thousands ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 25 miles northeast of Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
economicTransition from textiles to biotechnology and research ⓘ
foundedAsCompanyTownFor Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass populated place ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAttraction Curb Museum for Music and Motorsports ⓘ
Gem Theatre ⓘ
Village Park ⓘ
hasHigherEducationPresence Duke University research programs at North Carolina Research Campus ⓘ
North Carolina State University research programs at North Carolina Research Campus ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Charlotte research programs at North Carolina Research Campus ⓘ
North Carolina Research Campus ⓘ
surface form: University of North Carolina system research programs at North Carolina Research Campus
hasMajorEmployerHistorically Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
hasMayorCouncilForm yes ⓘ
hasMemorial Dale Earnhardt Plaza ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolSystem Kannapolis City Schools ⓘ
hasRailService Amtrak station in Kannapolis ⓘ
hasResearchFacility North Carolina Research Campus ⓘ
historicalIndustry textile industry ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 20th century ⓘ
isInCongressionalDistrict North Carolina congressional districts including Cabarrus and Rowan representation ⓘ
knownFor North Carolina Research Campus ⓘ
locatedIn Cabarrus County ⓘ
surface form: Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Rowan County, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedNear Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
Concord, North Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter A. Cannon ⓘ
partOf Charlotte metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode 28081 ⓘ
28083 ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
sportsFacility Atrium Health Ballpark ⓘ
sportsTeam Kannapolis Cannon Ballers ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
transportation served by Interstate 85 nearby ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piedmont region of North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
Salisbury, North Carolina → hasSportsTeam → Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (nearby regional affiliation)
Charlotte metropolitan area → majorCity → Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannapolis