Landis is a town in

Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina. It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size w ...

, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,109. The town is located just north of

Kannapolis Kannapolis () is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties, in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte and is a suburb in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The city of Kannapolis was incorporated in 1984. Th ...

and south of China Grove.

History

Landis was incorporated in 1901 and began as a textile town, with its largest mill being Linn Mill Company.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

2020 United States census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...

, there were 3,690 people, 959 households, and 775 families residing in the town.

Education

Children in Landis are zoned for Landis Elementary School, Corriher-Lipe Middle School, and

South Rowan High School South Rowan High School is a Public high school, public, Coeducation, co-educational secondary school located in China Grove, North Carolina. It is one of seven high schools in the Rowan-Salisbury School System History South Rowan High School ope ...

(Landis. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 3.7 miles south of Landis in the nearby town of

and is the closet institution of higher education, followed by Shaw University's CAPE Center,

North Carolina Research Campus The North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) is a public-private research center in Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States. The Campus was envisioned by David H. Murdock, owner of Dole Food Company and Castle and Cooke, Inc., as a center for imp ...

, Ambassador Christian College, and

Livingstone College Livingstone College is a private, historically black Christian college in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Livingstone College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Sout ...

Notable person

Billy Ray Barnes Billy Ray Barnes (born May 14, 1935) is an American former professional football player who was a halfback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He was a three-time Pro Bowl select ...

, former professional American football player and coach

References

External links

Town of Landis official website
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