From the 1880s to the 1960s, Blackstone was a prominent community in the tobacco market because of its location in the midst of the dark tobacco farming region. Farmers transported tobacco to the marketplace in Blackstone via rail and trucking services, where buyers purchased tobacco to transport to the factories. The booming tobacco market helped establish Blackstoneâs status as an important commercial center by the close of the 19th century.
The unemployment rate in Moravian Falls is 5.00 percent(U.S. avg. is 5.20%). Recent job growth is Positive. Moravian Falls jobs have Increased by 1.34 percent. Compared to the rest of the country, Moravian Falls's cost of living is 11.50% Lower than the U.S. average. population As of 2014, Moravian Falls's population is 1,554 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of -10.48 percent.
The town of Moravian Falls is located in the heart of Wilkes County, North Carolina, and sits at an elevation of 1,192 feet. Deriving its name from its 35 foot waterfall and the Moravian brothers who settled here in 1753, Moravian Falls is the perfect setting for your mountain vacation. These pilgrims originally came from Bohemia and Moravia, neighboring provinces in what is now the Czech Republic. Half a century ahead of Martin Luther's Reformation movement, the Moravians were branded as heretics. Yet they grew; by the time of Luther, in 1517, there were 400 Moravian congregations scattered through Moravia, Bohemia, and Saxony.