History of Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is a city of the coastal plains of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1867, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of the 19th century, and the first post office in the area opened in 1816. The city straddles the county line, with part of it in Nash County and part of it in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. In 1996 the town of Battleboro merged with the city of Rocky Mount. It is the principal city of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which population as of 2000 was 143,026 and encompasses all of both Edgecombe County and Nash County, and Rocky Mount. As of the 2001 census, the city had a total population of 57,150. The city is about 45 to 35 minutes away from the city of Raleigh, which population is over 300,000 and is the capital of North Carolina.
The City of Rocky Mount has a growing arts community. The City operates an Arts Center, a Children's Museum & Science Center, and a Community Theatre.
Unfortunally Rocky Mount is the 2nd most dangerous city in the state of North Carolina due to gang and drug activity in the inner city neigborhoods of the city.
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