Editing Cherryville, North Carolina (section)

==History==
During the last half of the 18th century, German, [[Dutch people|Dutch]], and [[Scot]]s-[[Irish people|Irish]] families from the [[Colony of Pennsylvania]] migrated south and settled in the Cherryville area. [[Land grant]]s made by King [[George III]] of Great Britain date back to 1768, and as early as 1792 Governor [[Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)|Samuel Ashe]] of North Carolina made grants in and around "White Pine", as the settlement was known at the time. A village began to develop at a crossroads of the [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]]-to-[[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] road, closely followed by modern [[North Carolina Highway 274|Highway 274]] / Mountain Street, and the Old Post Road, a main thoroughfare between [[Salisbury, North Carolina]], and [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]].<ref name="Mauney">Mary Frances Mauney.[http://www.cherryville.com/history/cherryville_mfm/index.htm "Cherryville"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509075145/http://www.cherryville.com/history/cherryville_mfm/index.htm |date=May 9, 2008 }}, Cherryville.com history articles.  Retrieved on 2008-07-14.</ref>

In 1862, the [[Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad]] (later known as the [[Carolina Central Railroad]]) reached White Pine. Construction of the railroad westward from Cherryville was interrupted by the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], so that throughout the war Cherryville was a western terminus of the railroads in North Carolina. When construction resumed and the railroad extended beyond Cherryville, the town served as a water and coal stop. Along the railroad, a local resident planted [[cherry tree]]s, and the train engineers soon began calling the settlement "Cherryville".  The town was incorporated under this name in 1881.<ref>[http://www.cityofcherryville.com/OurCity/LocalHistory.aspx Local History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017141300/http://www.cityofcherryville.com/OurCity/LocalHistory.aspx |date=October 17, 2008 }}, Official City of Cherryville website. Retrieved on 2008-07-14.</ref>
[[File:Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in 10 years^ Cherryville, N.C. - NARA - 523111.jpg|thumb|left|Young spinners at Vivian Cotton Mills in Cherryville. Photo by [[Lewis Hine]], 1908.]]
[[Agriculture]] was Cherryville's main economic base for many years. However, during the late 19th century, the [[textile industry]] became established in the town. Cherryville's first [[cotton mill]], the Cherryville Manufacturing Plant, was incorporated in 1891. It was soon followed by the opening of three other mills. By the start of the 20th century, the rural village had become an industrial community of a thousand people.<ref name="Mauney"/> Eventually, 13 mills would be opened in Cherryville, including Gaston Manufacturing Company (later operated as Dora Yarn Mills), Vivian Manufacturing Company ("Old Sardine", later operated as Nuway Spinning Company), Melville Manufacturing Company (later [[Burlington Industries]]' Pinnacle Plant), Howell Manufacturing Company, Rhyne Houser Manufacturing Company (later part of Burlington Industries' Madision Division), and Carlton Yarn Mills, Inc.<ref>[http://www.cherryville.com/history/new_textile/index.htm History of the Textile Industry in Cherryville] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509075536/http://www.cherryville.com/history/new_textile/index.htm |date=May 9, 2008 }}, Cherryville.com history articles.  Retrieved on 2008-08-05.</ref> All of these plants have since closed.

In 1932, a trucking company began operating in Cherryville with one truck hauling produce from [[Florida]] to Cherryville. This company would become one of the largest freight carriers in the nation, known as [[Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation]]. After operating for more than sixty years, Carolina Freight was bought by the [[ABF Freight System|Arkansas Best Trucking Company]] in October 1995, and operations moved from Cherryville.<ref name="Mauney" />

On July 13, 1966, Trains #45 & #46 of the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]], hit head-on on the southeast side of the city, killing one and injuring three. GP-9's 1911–1927–1963–1971–1979 and F-3, 4027 of SAL, were destroyed and scrapped on site. J. W. Pait of Hamlet, North Carolina, was killed in the wreck.

The [[Beam's Shell Service Station and Office]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>