Redland

… community in N Davie County. Originally known as Bethlehem community for a Methodist church (on the site of Old Timber Ridge Meeting House, where Moravian ministers preached as early as 1773). When a post office was est. there in 1892, the name Bethlehem could not be used, as it was already in use elsewhere in the state. Redland was chosen as descriptive of the soil thereabouts. Post office closed 1906. Alt. 875.