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"There were people that walked [to Orange County Training School] from Knolls Development which was down off of Crest Street which is now Knolls Street and people walked from there, and people walked from Windy Hill...They had school buses but we were not allowed to ride school buses."

- Mary Norwood Jones

Pine Knolls, referred to as Knolls Development in some oral histories, is located south of Northside and west of Merritt Mill Road. The neighborhood is centered around Knolls Street.

Pine Knolls

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Citation: “Pine Knolls,” From the Rock Wall, accessed September 30, 2026, https://www.fromtherockwall.org/places/pine-knolls-knolls-development-and-knolls-street.

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