Thomasville is a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 27,183 at the 2020 census. The city was taking into consideration notable for its furniture industry, as were its neighbors High Point and Lexington. This Piedmont Triad community was usual in 1852 and hosts the state’s oldest festival, “Everybody’s Day”. Built a propos the local railway system, Thomasville is home to the oldest railroad depot in the state, just a few hundred feet from the city’s most notable landmark, “The vast Chair”.

John Warwick Thomas was born June 27, 1800, and by age 22 owned 384 acres (155 ha) in the Cedar Lodge Place after marrying Mary Lambeth, daughter of Moses Lambeth. By age 30 he was a allow in representative. In 1848 he became a own up senator. He pushed to gain a railroad built through Davidson County and even invested money. Knowing the railroad was coming, Thomas built the community’s first heap in 1852 at present-day West Main and Salem streets, and the community was named “Thomasville” for its founder. In 1855 the North Carolina Railroad was built through Davidson County, reaching Thomasville November 9. On January 8, 1857, Thomasville was incorporated and occupied one square mile, with the railroad dividing the town into north and south sections.

In 1860 Thomasville had 308 people. After the Civil War the town had lonely 217 residents, but by 1880 the population was 450, reaching 751 by 1890.

Long Bill Whiteheart may have been the first to make furniture; he made split-bottom chairs at home. D.S. Westmoreland afterward made chairs at house starting in 1866, and his factory upon what became Randolph Street went occurring in 1879 but burned in 1897 and was not rebuilt. The oldest plant yet standing as of 1990 was that of Standard Chair, built in 1898. Other furniture companies were Lambeth Furniture, Thompson Chair, and Queen Chair Company.