{"id":16119,"count":1,"description":"Oakboro is a town in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,198 at the 2000 census.\nOakboro is located at 35\u00b013\u203245\u2033N 80\u00b019\u203257\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff35.22917\u00b0N 80.3325\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 35.22917; -80.3325 (35.229159, -80.332440).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2\u00a0km), all of it land.\nOakboro developed because of the railroad. The original town started at a natural salt lick called Big Lick. When the railroad came through in 1913 the town moved closer to the railroad and became \"Furr Town.\" In 1915 the name was changed to Oakboro.\nThe Oakboro Cotton Mill was a major employer in the 1940s & 1950s while cotton was still \"king\" of the South. Later the millwork moved across the railroad to form Stanly Knitting Mills.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,198 people, 485 households, and 361 families residing in the town. The population density was 595.1 people per square mile (230.1\/km\u00b2). There were 535 housing units at an...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/oakboro\/","name":"Oakboro","slug":"oakboro","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/16119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=16119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}