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7642
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Alleghany County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. The county is somewhat distinct among the mountain counties because the landscape is more like a plateau combined with mountain ranges and high summits. The county is among the state's smallest, but it ranks third in the production of Christmas trees. The Blue Ridge Parkway and the New River and its tributaries attract tourists. Loss of some manufacturing facilities has slowed the economy, but the county is still home to manufacturers who produce a variety of products, including paper products, game boards, packaging materials, wrought iron furniture, and structural products, like truck trailers.
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Since 2003, Alleghany County has experienced an economic downturn, and over 2,000 jobs have been lost in the rural area. To spur the economy, county officials are planning to build a $10 million teapot museum in Sparta. Projections from a national firm hired to evaluate the museum's prospects are that the museum would attract 61,000 people annually, add $7.5 million in tourist revenue, and increase local sales and occupancy taxes by $250,000. The schedule for the opening of 300,000-square-foot-building is 2008.
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25580
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For many residents in Sparta, the new Hardee’s is not just a fast food restaurant but a beacon of economic hope. The town’s unemployment is low, but so are the wages. The county’s per-capita income is ranked 74th among North Carolina’s 100 counties.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 2 Issue 6, March30-April 2 1984,
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12561
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Acknowledging the Peach Bottom Mountains, often overshadowed by the Blue Ridge Range, Alleghany County contains a variety of topographic elements that contribute to a useful landscape. Utilized by dairy farmers and cattle ranchers, this land is essential for many locals. The mechanization of farming changed the industry of this county, lessening the availability of jobs, resulting in a northern migration focused on the search for income. Other transformations to Alleghany County include a fire in Sparta, in 1933, as well as the end of a mining industry that benefited from the harvesting of iron and copper.
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Alleghany, a Delaware Native American word meaning either, \"a fine stream\", or \"endless\", as in Alleghany County, was established in 1859 and is located in the heart of the Appalachians. Divided by Secessionist sentiments during the Civil War Era, residents forged atonements through agriculture, industry, and overall progress through frugality and economic scrutiny. Famous for the Doughton Family, charter inhabitants as well as public servants for some 138 years, the county is best known for pipe production as well as produce.
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