High Shoals

Summary

High Shoals is a town^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• High Shoals is located in Gaston County^[3].
• High Shoals is in the country of United States^[4].
• High Shoals's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• High Shoals's instance of is recorded as city in North Carolina^[6].
• High Shoals's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159458597^[7].
• High Shoals's locator map image is recorded as NCMap-doton-HighShoals.PNG^[8].
• High Shoals's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81098352^[9].
• High Shoals's postal code is recorded as 28077^[10].
• High Shoals's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 179732^[11].
• High Shoals's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[12].
• High Shoals's local dialing code is recorded as 704^[13].
• +1973-11-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of High Shoals^[14].
• High Shoals's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 986765^[15].
• High Shoals's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2405829^[16].
• High Shoals's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.396944444444, 'lon': -81.204444444444}^[17].
• High Shoals's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0yggp^[18].
• High Shoals's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 3731440^[19].
• High Shoals's population is recorded as {'amount': '+696'}^[20].
• High Shoals's population is recorded as {'amount': '+595'}^[21].
• High Shoals's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'High Shoals'}^[22].
• High Shoals's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+368'}^[23].
• High Shoals's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4471064^[24].
• High Shoals's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+232'}^[25].
• High Shoals's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.9'}^[26].
• High Shoals's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.865957'}^[27].

Body

Geography

High Shoals is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Gaston County^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.9'}^[26] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.865957'}^[27]. High Shoals's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+232'}^[25]. Population counts include {'amount': '+696'}^[20] and {'amount': '+595'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and city in North Carolina^[6].

History and Context

+1973-11-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of High Shoals^[14].

Why It Matters

High Shoals ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]