Town file
Cherryville, North Carolina
Cherryville, North Carolina is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 494, "Gossip & Brain Bashing" (18 May 2024). Cherryville is a small town in south-central western North Carolina, about 45 minutes from Charlotte, south but west of the city and nowhere near the coast.
- Town
- Cherryville
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 494
- Approximate location
- 35.385, -81.379
Episode 494 / 18 May 2024 / 73 min / express
Gossip & Brain Bashing
"We're going to Cherryville, North Carolina, in south-central western North Carolina, south but west of Charlotte." about 0:03:30
The case: Murders of William Fred and Margaret Davis (July 28, 1991); Murders of E.Z. and Sarah Willis (September 8, 1991); Shooting of Elizabeth Tipps (September 19, 1991). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- five thousand residents
- Median household income
- $51,000
- Median home value
- $230,300
History, in brief
- Agriculture, especially tobacco, was the base of the local economy for a long time. about 0:04:57
- In the late 1800s the textile industry started booming and a lot of mills were built. about 0:05:09
- On July 13th, 1966, Seaboard Airline Railroad trains number 45 and 46 hit head-on. about 0:05:17
- The 1966 train collision killed one person and injured three. about 0:06:03
- Early in the century industrialisation brought thousands of subsistence farmers into mill villages in the Carolina Piedmont, kept poor by company scrip and company housing. about 0:10:12
- A sociologists' study of mill town life was titled Like a Family. about 0:10:36
- The town's motto is where life blossoms. about 0:04:38
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A small, pretty town with every store you may need, from Walmart and Dollar General to small businesses and restaurants."about 0:06:11
2 stars
"Living there since the age of 11, not much to do beyond a small park and the New Year shooters, but quiet and calm and never feeling in danger."about 0:06:37
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Kings Mountain, North Carolina10 miles
- Gastonia, North Carolina14 miles
- Gaffney, South Carolina27 miles
- Rock Hill, South Carolina37 miles
- Chester, South Carolina48 miles
- Roebuck, South Carolina48 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.