North Carolina Highway 153
State highway in Rowan County, North Carolina, US
North Carolina Highway 153 (NC 153) is a 2.9-mile-long (4.7 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway serves as a spur of NC 152 into Landis.
Route description
NC 153 is a short two-lane highway that traverses 2.9 miles (4.7 km), from NC 152 to Landis.
History
Established in 1930 as a new primary routing, from NC 152 to NC 15 (which later became US 170, followed by US 29 and US 29A before finally becoming a secondary road); little has changed since.
Junction list
The entire route is in Rowan County.
The public source identifies “North Carolina Highway 153” as state highway in Rowan County, North Carolina, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around North, Carolina and Highway.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “North Carolina Highway 153”, the useful work is to connect “state highway in Rowan County, North Carolina, US” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15956792. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “North Carolina Highway 153” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.