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Welcome to Grimes ...

So far, we found very little information about Grimes. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Grimes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grimes, please Contact Us.

Grimes would have been located within present day Rowan County<2>.


The location of Grimes has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While the community is gone, the present day location for Grimes is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Grimes was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Grimes still existed, it would have been in the (704) & (980)<5> area codes.

Websites for Grimes ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Grimes, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Grimes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Grimes - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grimes.

Communities near Grimes ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grimes.

  • Concord
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Kannapolis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kannapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannapolis
    • Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,007 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kannapolis <6>
  • Mooresville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Salisbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Davidson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davidson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
    • Davidson is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,203 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davidson <6>
  • Spencer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Landis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis
    • Landis is located in Rowan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,148 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landis <6>
  • Granite Quarry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grimes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grimes.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grimes. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grimes.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grimes. See our Newspapers Page for Grimes.

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grimes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Rowan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grimes - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (980) is an overlay for area code (704).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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