John Carlyle and Anita Sherrill House

The Rankin–Sherrill House is a historic home located at Mount Ulla, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, three-bay, "L"-plan brick dwelling with Greek Revival-style design elements. It has a low hipped roof, and the front facade has a simple hipped roof Colonial Revival porch. Also on the property is a contributing Smokehouse/Oairy/Well House built about 1853.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Mount Ulla Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. It is currently the smallest township in Rowan County by population.

Back Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery in Mount Ulla, Rowan County, North Carolina currently affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). It was named for a nearby stream, which was back of Sills Creek and called Back Creek.

Bear Poplar is an unincorporated community mostly within Steele Township in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Some of the western part extends into neighboring Mount Ulla Township.

Wood Grove is a historic plantation house located near Bear Poplar, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It sits on a stone foundation, has a hipped roof front porch, and one-story rear kitchen ell.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Knox Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. The Robert Knox House was built between 1854 and 1856, and is a two-story, single-pile, three-bay vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, one-story rear kitchen ell. Its builder James Graham also built the Jacob Barber House and the Hall Family House. Other contributing resources are the log corn crib, reaper shed (c. 1870-1880), power plan (c. 1945), chicken house (c. 1930), brooder house (c. 1930), log smokehouse, barn (c. 1839-1845), main barn (1916), milking parlor (1948), spring house (18th century), tenant house (1920), and Knox Chapel Methodist Church (1870s).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

East Spencer Graded School was a historic school in East Spencer, North Carolina. A one-story building with three classrooms went up in 1909, and an addition was made in 1913. A two-story Classical Revival building designed by Charles C. Hook was built in 1921, with a north classroom section and auditorium designed by Yoe, Northup and O’Brien in 1937.The town's only school for white students housed all grades until the completion of North Rowan High School in 1958, after which East Spencer School housed grades one through eight. As new schools opened, students were sent to those schools, with the last students moving to North Rowan Middle School in 1974. After the school closed, the Rowan County Schools took over the building for its offices and converted the auditorium to a meeting room.By 2012, efforts were under way to build new offices for the school system, which had five locations. The 88-year-old East Spencer building, according to structural consultants, "far exceeded the useful service life."The first offices for the consolidated school system opened in Salisbury in 2016. Even before school system offices moved out, a 2015 study by the UNC School of Government Development showed possible uses were residential, office and retail. The town of East Spencer bought the buildings in 2016. The buildings were used for storage, events and meetings, and a community garden was out front. Plans for low-income housing fell through, though developer Landmark Group completed and paid for the application for the National Register of Historic Places. A 2019 Salisbury Post article said that according to the application, "[b]oth buildings are intact and increasingly rare examples of early 20th-century institutional architecture."On January 7, 2023, a 5-alarm fire destroyed the main building. East Spencer police chief John Fewell said an investigation showed "juveniles" accidentally set the fire. As of May, the building that burned had been demolished and plans were being made for a community center in the remaining building.

The Corriher Grange Hall is a historic Grange Hall located near the Five Points area near Enochville, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1916, for use as a school. A gable front addition was made in 1938. It is a one-story weatherboarded vernacular frame building. It served as the community school until the end of the 1934–1935, then acquired by the local Grange for use as a meeting hall.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Hargrave House was a historic home located near Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, three-bay, Late Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a two-story center bay portico supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Owen-Harrison House is a historic plantation house located near Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1843, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, double pile brick dwelling with Federal/Greek Revival-style design elements. The front facade has a restored one-story pedimented porch and there are two chimneys on each gable end.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Hall Family House is a historic home and farm located near Bear Poplar, Rowan County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built in 1856–1857, and is a two-story, three-bay, "L"-plan Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a full width front porch and two-story rear ell. Its builder James Graham also built the Jacob Barber House and the Robert Knox House. Also on the property are the contributing triple-pen log barn, log smokehouse, water tank, milking parlor, and barn (1925).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Atwell Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 11,226 according to the 2000 census. Geographically, Atwell Township occupies 59.65 square miles (154.5 km2) in southwestern Rowan County. There are no incorporated municipalities in Atwell Township; however, there are other unincorporated communities located here, including Enochville. The township's southern boundary is with Cabarrus County.