NORLINA, N.C. (WTVD) -- The legacy of Soul City lives on through people who remember those days. While it has been 45 years since the federal government pulled the plug on funding for this town, the ...

WARREN COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Most people have never heard of a free-standing community. It’s a town that is built entirely from scratch quite literally from the ground up. Even more don’t know the ...

WARREN COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Though it had many successes, Soul City, America’s first free-standing community in Warren County, was never fully realized. The original idea was to create economic ...

WARREN COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Building a brand-new community from the ground up is no small feat, but it almost happened right here in North Carolina. The purpose of the new city was to create jobs, ...

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At a glance, Soul City may seem like a ghost town - with an abandoned healthcare clinic, broken windows, cracked asphalt and walls curtained with creeping ivy. But in the 1970s, Soul City was built on ...

Click to open image viewer. This portfolio contains eight promotional pamphlets (2011.109.13.1 - 2011.109.13.8) for the Soul City development in North Carolina. A portfolio titled Soul City. Printed ...