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 name was later changed to Wachovia and became the center of growth for the church in that region. Bethabara, Bethania and Salem (now Winston-Salem) were the first Moravian settlements in North Carolina. Following the Unity Synod of 1848 the Moravian Church in America began to develop as an autonomous church body.