Rockingham, North Carolina

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Rockingham, North Carolina is a small city in Richmond County known historically for its textile industry and its proximity to major transportation routes and motorsports venues.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
areaCode 472
910
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Richmond County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
economicHistory textile manufacturing center in the 20th century
FIPSCode 37-57360
GNISFeatureID 0999930
governmentType council–manager government
hasEducationalInstitution Richmond Community College – Scotland County Campus
surface form: Richmond Community College (nearby main campus in Hamlet serves Rockingham)
hasFeature historic downtown area
proximity to Pee Dee River region
hasMotorsportsVenue Rockingham Speedway
hasNearbyAttraction Rockingham Speedway
surface form: Rockingham Dragway
hasTransportation U.S. highways
rail connections
historicalIndustry textile industry
knownFor proximity to major transportation routes
proximity to motorsports venues
locatedIn south-central North Carolina
locatedInMetropolitanArea Fayetteville–Lumberton–Laurinburg CSA
surface form: Lumberton–Rockingham combined statistical area
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Interstate 73 NERFINISHED
Interstate 74 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 74 NERFINISHED
namedAfter Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
nearbyCity Fayetteville, North Carolina
Hamlet, North Carolina
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Pinehurst, North Carolina
partOf Piedmont region of North Carolina
populationScale small city
postalCode 28379
region Sandhills region of North Carolina
RockinghamSpeedwayLocation Rockingham, North Carolina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rockingham Speedway is located near Rockingham, North Carolina
role county seat of Richmond County, North Carolina
sportsCulture motorsports
state North Carolina
subdivisionType municipality

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Interstate 73 passesNear Rockingham, North Carolina
Pee Dee River passesNear Rockingham, North Carolina
Sandhills region of North Carolina contains Rockingham, North Carolina
Yadkin–Pee Dee River system hasMajorCityInBasin Rockingham, North Carolina
U.S. Route 220 southernTerminus Rockingham, North Carolina
Rockingham, North Carolina RockinghamSpeedwayLocation Rockingham, North Carolina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rockingham Speedway is located near Rockingham, North Carolina