These couplers must withstand a maximum continuous force of 500,000 lb, requiring the component to meet average tensile strength requirements and ultimate strengths of 800,000 lb and 1 million lb, respectively.
Homefacts City Report. Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County, NC. The population is 1,668, making Mount Gilead the 3rd largest city in Montgomery County. There are 3 public schools in Mount Gilead with an average Homefacts rating of C. The total crime rate for Mount Gilead is moderate, and there are 13 registered sex offenders residing in the city.
The museum houses many documents, photographs, and historic artifacts that tell the story of Mount Gilead's past. Mount Gilead is the birthplace of noted civil rights attorney Julius L. Chambers (b. 1936). A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1962), Chambers served as editor-in-chief of the school's Law Review.