Welcome

Welcome is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 4,162 at the 2010 census. It is nationally known as the home of Richard Childress Racing.
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  • Type: Village with 4,130 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: Hinklesville”, “Welcome, NC”, and “Welcome, North Carolina
  • Postal code: 27374

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Davidson High School.

School
is a public high school in Welcome, North Carolina. It was established in 1952 and is located along Old US Highway 52 in northern . The high school serves the Welcome, and areas. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Welcome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bethesda and Arcadia.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It lies at an elevation of 827 feet. is situated 2 miles southeast of Welcome.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. It is located in the northwestern section of the county along NC Highway 150. Neighboring communities and municipalities include , Welcome and . is situated 4 miles northwest of Welcome.

, , is the self-proclaimed "Barbecue Capital of the World". Besides its famous barbecue, celebrated at the annual Barbecue Festival in October, is also distinctive for all the statues of pigs it has downtown.

Welcome

Latitude
35.90292° or 35° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
-80.257° or 80° 15′ 25″ west
Population
4,130
Elevation
866 feet (264 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WCO
Open location code
867XWP3V+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154380480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4498003
Wiki­data ID
Q284330
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Welcome” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Welcome
  • Cebuano: Welcome
  • Chechen: Велкам
  • Chinese: Welcome
  • Chinese: 韋爾科姆 (北卡羅萊納州)
  • Chinese: 韋爾科姆
  • Dutch: Welcome
  • French: Welcome
  • German: Welcome
  • Gilaki: ولکام (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)
  • Gilaki: ولکام
  • Irish: Welcome
  • Italian: Welcome
  • Japanese: ウェルカム
  • Ladin: Welcome
  • Min Nan Chinese: Welcome
  • Persian: ولکم، کارولینای شمالی
  • Persian: ولکم
  • Polish: Welcome
  • Portuguese: Welcome
  • Serbian: Велкам
  • Serbo-Croatian: Welcome, North Carolina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Welcome
  • South Azerbaijani: ولکوم، قوزئی کارولینا
  • Spanish: Welcome (Carolina del Norte)
  • Spanish: Welcome
  • Tatar: Велкам
  • Ukrainian: Велкам
  • Uzbek: Welcome
  • Volapük: Welcome
  • Welsh: Welcome, Gogledd Carolina
  • Welsh: Welcome

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Welcome Fire Station and Welcome Athletic Complex.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Welcome”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.