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Linwood is a small
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
( ZIP Code 27299) just south of Lexington in
Davidson County, North Carolina Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168,930. Its county seat is Lexington, and its largest community is Thomasville. Davidson County is included in the Winston-S ...
, United States. The area contains operations of several important companies in Davidson County, including Keply Hardwood, Legget-Platt,
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, LMI Builders, and Owens & Minor. Three major transportation systems serve the area:
Interstate 85 Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus is an interchange with I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia, ...
, the
Davidson County Airport Davidson County Executive Airport is a public use airport in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Davidson County Airport Authority and located three nautical miles (6  km) southwest of the central busines ...
, and Norfolk Southern Railway's Spencer classification yard. Linwood was named for the nearby plantation of William Rainey Holt (1798-1868), a physician and early innovator in farming techniques. Part of the community (mainly the area industries) has been annexed by the city of Lexington. Public High Schools that have districts that are in Linwood are Central Davidson High School and West Davidson High School. Beallmont, Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery, and Jersey Settlement Meeting House are listed on the
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Epodunk.com page on Linwood, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Annexed places in North Carolina Unincorporated communities in Davidson County, North Carolina {{DavidsonCountyNC-geo-stub