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.
Not to be confused with Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 39,260 and has the smaller population of the two principal cities in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area. It is home to the University of Northern Iowa public university.