Piedmont Crescent

Residents commonly attribute the development of the Crescent communities to the Indian Trading Path and related settlements established by indigenous peoples long before European contact.

Forming the shape of a crescent in North Carolina, the region is located in the central Piedmont area of the state.

It is notable as the fourth-largest manufacturing region in the country,[4] as well as an international center of banking and finance, textiles, biotech and high technology.

The Piedmont Crescent name is thought to have been coined when the North Carolina Railroad company first laid tracks through the area in 1855–56.

The railway, which was named the "Piedmont Crescent Railroad", brought extensive growth to the communities along its route.