TRINITY LOOKS BACK ON SHORT HISTORY; RANDOLPH COUNTY'S NEWEST CITY DOESN'T OFFER MANY MUNICIPAL SERVICES, BUT RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE CONTENT WITH CITY LEADERS' VISION OF PRESERVING RURAL CHARACTER AND BUILDING SLOWLY.(TRIAD/STATE)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: December 26, 1999| Author: Frago, Charles | Copyright information

Byline: CHARLES FRAGO Staff Writer

TRINITY -- The city of Trinity doesn't have a romantic beginning.

The city of 7,500 wasn't the highest point between Goldsboro and Charlotte, like High Point, or the place where people went to do their "law business," like Asheboro.

Trinity was born because of a map.

A sleepy, residential, unincorporated part of northwestern Randolph County with rich history but slumbering political aspirations five ye...