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Charlotte, NC, Housing Statistics
NumberPercentTotal housing units230,556100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached129,00656.01-unit, attached12,8495.62 units6,6522.93 or 4 units14,4076.25 to 9 units23,60910.210 to 19 units22,1099…Charlotte, NC Social Statistics
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school143,421100.0Nursery school, preschool12,1028.4Kindergarten7,9385.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)61,99043.2High school…Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia) Saint Thomas, island (2010 pop. 51,634), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a campus of the…Road Town
(Encyclopedia) Road Town, capital, main port, and largest town (2000 est. pop. 8,000) of the British Virgin Islands. It is situated on the S coast of Tortola Island on the deeply indented Road Bay.…Robertson, Oscar
(Encyclopedia) Robertson, Oscar, 1938–, U.S. basketball player, b. Charlotte, Tenn. Passionately devoted to basketball as a youth, Robertson led his high school team to 45 consecutive victories.…Robert Graves: A Boy in Church
A Boy in Church"Gabble-gabble,... brethren,... gabble-gabble!" My window frames forest and heather. I hardly hear the tuneful babble, Not knowing nor much caring whether The text is…Brewer's: Ostrich Eggs in Churches
Ostrich eggs are suspended in several Eastern churches as symbols of God's watchful care. It is said that the ostrich hatches her eggs by gazing on them, and if she suspends her gaze even…Brewer's: Stowe Nine Churches
A hamlet of Stowe, Northamptonshire. The tradition is that the people of this hamlet wished to build a church, and made nine ineffectual efforts to do so, for every time the church was…Brewer's: Seven Churches of Asia
(1) Ephesos, founded by St. Paul, 57, in a ruinous state in the time of Justinian. (2) Smyrna, still an important seaport. Polycarp was its first bishop. (3) Pergamos, renowned for its…