Editing Erwin, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Prior to Erwin, there was a colonial-era settlement in the area known as "Averasboro". The [[Battle of Averasborough]] was fought nearby during the [[American Civil War]]. In 1902, the Duke family built the Erwin Cotton Mill, which closed on December 1, 2000, due to the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] increasing the labor costs of the mill workers, leaving [[Burlington Industries|Swift Textiles]] to relocate the mill's operations to Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|last=WRAL|date=2000-11-21|title=Erwin Residents Line Up as Boy Provides Thanksgiving Meals :|url=https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/153821/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=WRAL.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=WRAL|date=2003-08-01|title=Erwin's Recovery Continues Three Years After Denim Plant Closes :|url=https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/106203/|access-date=2021-08-31 |publisher=WRAL.com |language=en}}</ref> The new town was named "Duke" after the founding shareholders. In 1925, the name was changed to "Erwin" because of the formation of [[Duke University]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Discover Erwin| url=http://www.erwin-nc.org/discover-erwin| publisher=Town of Erwin, North Carolina| access-date=December 13, 2017}}</ref> [[Oak Grove (Erwin, North Carolina)|Oak Grove]], [[Averasboro Battlefield Historic District]], and [[Erwin, NC|Downtown Erwin]]<ref name="HT1169">{{cite web |last1=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |first1=National Register of Historic Places |title=Erwin Commercial Historic District |url=https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/HT1169.pdf |website=North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office}}</ref>  are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>