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Gates County is a small, rural county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,197.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37073.html )〕 Its county seat is Gatesville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Gates County is included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://hamptonroads.com/2013/03/hampton-roads-loses-surry-co-gains-gates-co-nc )〕 It is part of the Albemarle Sound area of the Inner Banks. Gates County is quite prideful in its high school athletics. Gates County High School has won a state championship in football, in 1971. That team was led by legendary coach, Pete Smoak. Most recently, the football team has been successful in the Tar-Roanoke Conference, and winning the conference in 2010. The Red Barons galvanized the entire northeastern part of North Carolina, as it went on its improbable run, winning 11 games in a row, and going undefeated in the conference. This team was led by current head coach, Matt Biggy. It is home to many athletes, including Thomas Smith, formerly of the Buffalo Bills, and Walter Smith I, formerly of the Toronto Argonauts. ==History== As in other areas along the waterways, centuries of Native Americans created settlements, increasingly permanent, along the Chowan River. At the time of European contact, the Chowanoke occupied most of the territory along the river. After suffering dramatic population decreases likely due to European infectious diseases, to which they had no immunity, most were pushed out by encroaching Tuscarora. With early settlement in the mid-17th century by English colonists, the county was organized in 1779 from parts of Chowan County, Hertford County, and Perquimans County. It was named for General Horatio Gates, who had commanded the victorious American colonial forces at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gates County, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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