Thomasville, North Carolina

E27072
city municipality

Thomasville, North Carolina is a small city in the Piedmont Triad region known historically for its furniture manufacturing industry and its iconic "Big Chair" landmark.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Big Chair (Thomasville, North Carolina) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 336 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countrySubdivision Southern United States ⓘ
county Davidson County, North Carolina ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 850 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 37-67460 ⓘ
foundedAs railroad town ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1022890 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Thomasville City Schools ⓘ
hasEvent Thomasville Memorial Day Parade ⓘ
hasHighSchool Thomasville High School ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry woodworking ⓘ
hasLandmark Thomasville, North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Big Chair (Thomasville, North Carolina)

The Big Chair ⓘ
Thomasville Depot ⓘ
hasMotto “Chair City” (informal) ⓘ
hasNickname Chair City ⓘ
hasRailService Amtrak ⓘ
hasTransportation Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
isPartOf Davidson County, North Carolina ⓘ
knownFor The Big Chair ⓘ
furniture manufacturing industry ⓘ
locatedInDSTTimeZone UTC−04:00 ⓘ
locatedInRegion Piedmont Triad ⓘ
Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
locatedNear Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
High Point, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
majorIndustry furniture manufacturing ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
namedAfter John W. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Piedmont Triad ⓘ
surface form: Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point combined statistical area
partOfMetropolitanArea Piedmont Triad ⓘ
surface form: Greensboro–High Point metropolitan area
postalCode 27360 ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Thomasville, North Carolina → hasLandmark → Thomasville, North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Chair (Thomasville, North Carolina)
Piedmont region of North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Thomasville, North Carolina ⓘ