Lenoir, North Carolina

Lenoir is a city in and the county seat of Caldwell County, North Carolina. The population of the city is 18,228.
Lenoir 	North Carolina
Incorporated 	1851
Motto 	"Where the High Country Begins"
County 	Caldwell
Population 	18,228
Elevation 	1,171 ft (357 m)
Mayor 	Mateo Sloan
City Guildmaster	Maria Blackwell
ZIP codes 	28633, 28645
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
75.22% White (13,712)
11.31% Black or African American (2,061)
11.10% Hispanic or Latino (2,023)
2.37% Other (432)
20.8% (3,791) of Lenoir residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Lenoir has average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 9 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.33 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Caldwell County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* The original settlement of Lenoir was known as Tucker's Barn, after a Tucker family that settled on the north side of Lower Creek around 1765. The homestead eventually served as a voting precinct, a muster ground, a store, and a place for celebrations. When Caldwell County was formed in 1841, a commission was appointed to choose a location for the county seat. One member proposed the south side of Lower Creek (today, the Whitnel area) because of its view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. However, since most of the county's population was on the north side of Lower Creek, the Tucker's Barn site was chosen, where Lenoir is today.
* The city was named for Revolutionary War general and early North Carolina statesman William Lenoir, who settled north of present-day Lenoir. His restored home, Fort Defiance, is a tourist attraction.
* Google, Inc. has a server farm, or "data center", in Lenoir. There was controversy over the nature, amount, and potential benefits of economic development incentives that the City of Lenoir, Caldwell County, and the State of North Carolina gave Google in 2007 to induce the company to build the server farm. The less celebrated benefits of the investment have been construction employment and spending, a small-time server farm investment just outside downtown, Dacentec, as well as local charitable and educational endeavors by Google.
* Lenoir has a decent amount of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a satellite campus of the Blue Ridge Battle Academy, Walmart, Tractor Supply Co., Nintendo World, a bit of hotels/motels, Lowe's Home Improvement, some local restaurants and businesses, a contest hall and two showcase theaters, a few sports complexes, some public battle fields, a landing strip, Solstice Apparel, some fast food, Sagebrush Steakhouse, Ruby Tuesday, Food Lion, some auto parts places and car dealerships, Caldwell Historical Museum, Dunham's Sports, Bo's Family Entertainment, Green Mountain Park, T. Henry Wilson Athletic Park, Mulberry Recreational Park, TH Broyhill Walking Park, Fairvalue, Golden Ticket Cinemas Twin, and a few other things.
Category:North Carolina Cities