Garner, North Carolina

Downtown Garner Historic District, also known as Garner's Station, is a national historic district located at Garner, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Garner. The district developed between about 1883 and 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Garner Depot (c. 1902), (former) Garner High School (1923), Hayes Chapel Christian Church (c. 1870), H. D. Rand Store (c. 1895), Bank of Garner Building (c. 1910), Section Foreman's Bouse (c. 1897), Joe Broughton Bouse, J. J. Bagwell House, W. L. Brooks House (c. 1912), and D. B. Buffaloe House (1923).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Saint Mary's Township (also designated Township 16) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, Saint Mary's Township had a population of 58,484, a 52.8% increase over 2000. Saint Mary's Township, occupying 60.5 square miles (156.6 km2) in southeastern Wake County, includes most of the town of Garner and portions of the city of Raleigh.

On June 9, 2009, a natural gas explosion occurred at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, North Carolina, United States.

WRTG (1000 AM) is a daytime-only radio station licensed to Garner, North Carolina, which also serves the Raleigh region. It airs a Spanish language format as part of the La Grande network.

Edenwood, also known as the Smith-Williams House, is a historic home located near Garner, Wake County, North Carolina. The original section of the house dates to the early-19th century. About 1850, a frame Greek Revival-style I-house was added. A two-story frame wing was added about 1935. A center-bay two-story pedimented porch flanked by one-story, full-facade, attached porches were added to the front facade in the 1930s. Also on the property is a contributing outbuilding.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

South Garner High School is a school in Garner, North Carolina, near the Research Triangle area. It is a part of Wake County Public Schools. The mascot is the Titan, and the school colors are platinum and purple.

Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School is a magnet high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It opened in 1997 as a magnet school with a focus on math, science, and technology. The current magnet theme is University Connections, which focuses on providing students with interactions and experiences with colleges, universities, and workplace environments while still in high school. The school operates on a modified calendar, with the fall semester usually starting in late July and with longer, more frequent breaks during the school year, completing classes before the end of May.

Longleaf School of the Arts is a college preparatory charter high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, established in 2013. The school enrolls incoming freshman, sophomores and juniors. Longleaf has 400+ students as of the 2022–2023 school year with a roster of 20+ full-time teachers. Longleaf's offered arts include: Visual Art, Literary Arts, Dance, Chorus, Band, Orchestra, and Theatre. The foreign languages offered are French and Spanish.

Wake Christian Academy (WCA) is a private, Christian, co-educational school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1966 as a segregation academy in response to the racial integration of public schools.

Meadowbrook Country Club is a historic country club and national historic district located near Garner, Wake County, North Carolina. The club was founded in 1959, with initial improvements made throughout the 1960s. The contributing resources are the lake (1961); pier (1961); picnic area (1962); driving range (1966); nine-hole golf course designed by Gene Hamm (1966); one-story, concrete block, Modern Movement style clubhouse (1962, 1970, 1971); and 18-hole putt-putt course (1962). Meadowbrook Country Club was founded as a private country club for African-Americans.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Word of God Christian Academy is a private, Christian, coeducational, primary and secondary day school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Also known as Word of God, the school was founded in 1993. In 2015, a North Carolina think tank found that Word of God received $180,600 in public funds through the state's voucher program for lower-income students, the most of any private school.

Raleigh Municipal Airport was an airfield south of Raleigh, North Carolina which operated from 1929 through its closing in 1973. It was originally established by the Curtiss Wright Flying Service as Curtis Field and later leased to the city, constructed by the Works Progress Administration.The airport consisted of 5 runways, the longest 3,200 feet (980 m), and a hangar with "Raleigh" painted in large letters on the roof. Amelia Earhart visited in 1931 to christen a new aircraft for Curtiss Wright.In 1932, Eastern Air Transport which later became Eastern Airlines, began mail and passenger service between New York and Miami. In 1933 Curtiss Wright Flying Service went bankrupt and the city leased the property hiring Serv-Air to service the airport and operate a flying school in a rededication ceremony on October 4, 1934. By 1934 the airport had 3 runways made of clay, sand and grass, the longest was 3,475 feet (1,059 m). The airport also maintained a weather bureau station.Surrounded by highways, a railroad and a cemetery, the airport was unable to expand to meet increasing demands for air travel, especially those from the military as World War II loomed. The airport was used for army training in 1940 and an anti-aircraft battery was installed. "The ladies of the neighborhood lavished the soldiers with pies and cakes." according to a 12-year-old boy at the time. Commercial flights were moved to the newly Army constructed Raleigh-Durham Airport 12 miles to the north. The airport site was eventually redeveloped as commercial and residential property.