Editing Garner, North Carolina (section)

== History==

Land near the town of Garner was first settled around 1751. In the 1850s, the [[North Carolina Railroad]] was built, and before the 1870s, a wood-and-water stop was established in present-day downtown Garner. The community of Garner's Station received a post office in 1878 and was incorporated in 1883, but the community had its charter repealed in 1891.

In 1905, the charter was reinstated as the Town of Garner.  The first [[mayor]] was J.B. Richardson, and the first [[Alderman|aldermen]] were H.D. Rand, J.J. Bagwell, H. Bryan, M.C. Penny, and J.S. Buffaloe.

In 1912, the [[telephone]] came to Garner.  The town is off of [[U.S. Route 70|US 70]], which in 1917 became the first paved highway to be built in North Carolina.<ref name="townwebsite">Town of Garner website, Town History</ref> [[2009 ConAgra Foods plant explosion|An explosion]] and partial roof collapse of a [[ConAgra Foods]] plant on June 9, 2009, killed four and injured some 40 workers.<ref name=wralgarner>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5319912/ |title=Bodies removed from Garner plant rubble |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=[[WRAL-TV|wral.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614055141/http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5319912/ |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=cnngarner>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/09/north.carolina.collapse/index.html |title=2 dead, 1 missing after Slim Jim plant explosion |date=June 9, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=[[CNN|cnn.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529040608/http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/09/north.carolina.collapse/index.html |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Downtown Garner Historic District]], [[Edenwood]], and [[Meadowbrook Country Club (Garner, North Carolina)|Meadowbrook Country Club]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>