Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro
Nicknames: The Gate City, The GSO, G'Boro, The Boro, Tournament Town
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Show map of the United States Coordinates: 36°05′42″N 79°49′33″W / 36.09500°N 79.82583°W / 36.09500; -79.82583 [ 1] Country United States State North Carolina County Guilford Established 1808 Named for Nathanael Greene • Type Council–manager • Body Greensboro City Council • Mayor Nancy B. Vaughan (D ) • Interim City Manager Chris Wilson • Total 136.65 sq mi (353.92 km2 ) • Land 131.41 sq mi (340.35 km2 ) • Water 5.24 sq mi (13.57 km2 ) 3.83% Elevation 897 ft (273 m) • Total 299,035 • Estimate (2023)
302,296 • Rank 3rd in North Carolina69th in United States • Density 2,275.59/sq mi (878.61/km2 ) • Urban
338,928 (US: 120th ) • Urban density 2,001.9/sq mi (772.9/km2 ) • Metro 789,842 (US: 78th ) Time zone UTC−5 (EST ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−4 (EDT )ZIP Code 27401, 27402, 27403, 27404, 27405, 27406, 27407, 27408, 27409, 27410, 27411, 27412, 27413, 27415, 27420, 27429, 27435, 27438, 27455, 27495, 27497, 27498, 27499
Area code 336, 743 FIPS code 37-28000 GNIS feature ID2403745[ 1] Website www
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina . It has about 300,000 people and is growing. Greensboro is near Winston Salem and High Point in an area called The Triad. It is in Guilford County .
History
Greensboro was started in 1808. It was built in the middle of Guilford County. It grew slowly, but was rich because of cotton . In the 1840s, a railroad was built going through Greensboro, making it grow faster. The Civil War did not hurt Greensboro much.
In the early 1900s, Greensboro grew a lot because of textiles . They also became rich.
A lot of stuff happened during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s in Greensboro, including a sit-in at a counter in a restaurant.
Now, Greensboro continues to grow, and is located at the intersection of two big freeways , Interstate 40 and I-85 .
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