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Greensboro
2000 Population: 223,891
Land Area: 109.25 square miles
Population Density: 2138.3 people per square mile
Altitude: app. 840 feet at Green and Market Streets downtown. (945 feet at the water tower on “Pisgah Hill” off Battleground behind Pisgah United Methodist Church)
Year of Incorporation: 1808
Source of Name: Named originally Greensborough, from revolutionary war General Nathanial Green, who led the patriot army in the South, and in the local battle of Guilford Courthouse |
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