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Merchants Millpond State Park

State park in North Carolina, United States

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name	Merchants Millpond State Park
iucn_category	III
photo	Merchants Millpond SP NC 5581.jpg
photo_caption	Cypress trees at Merchants Millpond State Park
map	USA North Carolina#USA
map_caption	Location of Merchants Millpond State Park in North Carolina
relief	1
location	Gates, North Carolina, United States
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area_acre	3520
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elevation	36 ft
established	1973
governing_body	North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
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Merchants Millpond State Park is a North Carolina state park in Gates County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near Gatesville, in North Carolina's coastal plain, it covers 3520 acre around a 200-year-old, 700 acre millpond and Lassiter Swamp. Canoeing is one of the park's major attractions. Alligators live in its large cypress swamps.

History

Settlement in the Gates County area began in 1660. Residents of early rural communities made a living by farming and lumbering. In the early 18th century, Hunters Millpond was built at the head of Bennetts Creek to provide a means of processing and marketing regional produce. Highway construction destroyed this millpond in 1922. But further downstream, Norfleets Millpond, which was built in 1811, thrived. Gristmills, a sawmill, a farm supply store and other enterprises made the area the center of trade in Gates County. Thus, the pond became known as Merchants Millpond.

Shortly before World War II operations around the millpond came to a halt and millers sold the land to developers. In the 1960s, A.B. Coleman from Moyock, North Carolina purchased the property and later donated 919 acre, including the millpond, to the state. His generous donation led to the establishment of Merchants Millpond State Park in 1973. In the same year, the Nature Conservancy contributed an additional 925 acre of woodlands to the park that now encompasses more than 3250 acre.

References

{{GNIS. 1026289. Merchants Millpond State Park

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