What Exactly Is a Heifer? Move It, Move It Need exercise? Thomasville wants to help. City leaders are sponsoring a Move More Thomasville initiative that gives points to participants for canoeing, running, lifting weights or even mowing their lawn. For completing 25 hours, participants will receive a pedometer and tickets to a Thomasville HiToms baseball game.
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Both rural and city folks can enjoy a day at the fair. Actually, six days. The annual Davidson County Agricultural Fair ushers in the fall season every September at the Davidson County Fairgrounds. It features agricultural contests along with amusement rides, food booths and a petting area. Some of the proceeds from the fair go to Kamp Kiwanis, a summer camp for 180 underprivileged children in Davidson County.
Davidson County | At A Glance POPULATION (2006 ESTIMATE) Davidson County: 156,236 Thomasville: 26,200 Lexington: 20,382
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LOCATION Davidson County is in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region, an equal distance between Charlotte and Raleigh.
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21 BEGINNINGS Davidson County was founded in 1822 and named for Revolutionary War Gen. 64 William Lee Davidson.
FOR MORE INFORMATION Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce 6 West Main Street Thomasville, NC 27361 (336) 475-6134 Fax: (336) 475-4802 www.thomasvillechamber.net Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce 29 16 East Center St. Lexington, NC 27293 (336) 248-5929 Fax: (336) 248-2161 www.lexingtonchamber.net
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Q The earliest official map of Lexington, dating to 1804, is on display at the Davidson County Historical Museum. Q Boone’s Cave Park features Devil’s Den, a cave where Daniel Boone reportedly hid from American Indian marauders. Q Lexington calls itself the Barbecue Capital of the World, with more than 20 restaurants that dish up pork-shoulder barbecue cooked over hot hickory coals. Q Finch Field, home to the Thomasville Hi-Toms of the collegiate woodbat Coastal Plain League, was built in 1935 and underwent a $2.6 million renovation in time for the 2006 season. Q The Lexington Municipal Golf Course was recently recognized by Golf magazine as one of the best-renovated golf venues in the nation.
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