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China Grove, North Carolina

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The town of China Grove is located in Rowan County.

Typical abbreviation for China Grove: China Grv.

China Grove is 250 feet [76.2 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: China Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named China Grove can be found in:

 Alabama 
 Mississippi 
 Tennessee 
 Texas 

At the time of the 2000 Census, China Grove had a population of 3,616 people<2> (or 2.77% of the total population of Rowan County). The population of China Grove represented 0.04% of the total of North Carolina, making it the state's 143rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, China Grove had a population of 3,748 people. This is an increase of 3.65% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for China Grove.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20083,748+3.65%+1.08% since 2007
20073,708+2.54%+0.84% since 2006
20063,677+1.69%+0.35% since 2005
20053,664+1.33% 
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20003,616The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Concord   S12 mi [19.31 km]66,31118.46% increase
 Cornelius   W18 mi [28.97 km]24,487104.59% increase
 Davidson   SW15 mi [24.14 km]10,30544.35% increase
 Granite Quarry   E8 mi [12.87 km]2,2724.46% increase
 Harrisburg   S17 mi [27.36 km]5,81929.51% increase
 Kannapolis   SW7 mi [11.27 km]42,52115.2% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for China Grove.




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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) China Grove. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on China Grove? Please visit the Map Page for China Grove.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around China Grove - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for China Grove.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between China Grove and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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