Crescent is a populated place in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.
The Crescent post office existed from March 5, 1898 to May 29, 1925. Rev. Dr. J.M.L. Lyerly was the first post master of Crescent. Rev. Lyerly was a native of Crescent and head of the Crescent Academy that he founded and conducted. He was known as a leader of the Reformed Church in North Carolina.
Crescent has been in the Gold Hill Township since 1868, when the North Carolina state constitution required counties to be divide into townships.
Crescent is located at latitude 35ð 34â² 31â³ N and longitude 80ð 25â² 13â³ W. The elevation is 807 feet.
Crescent has always been a small community. Since 1870, the census population of Gold Hill Township includes the population of Crescent.
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