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Garner is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, and a fast-growing suburb just southeast of Raleigh, the state capital.

Garner was incorporated in 1905, when its population numbered only in the hundreds.

Garner counted 31,159 residents in the 2020 census, up 21 percent from 25,745 in 2010, and the Census Bureau estimated its population had already passed 41,000 by 2025.

The town covers about 14.8 square miles entirely within Wake County, the most populous county in North Carolina.

Garner is the hometown of country singer Scotty McCreery, who was born there on October 9, 1993, and won American Idol in 2011 at age 17.

More than 25,000 fans attended McCreery's 2011 homecoming concert at Lake Benson Park, nearly matching the town's entire population at the time.

Before fame, McCreery sang in the chorus and played baseball at Garner Magnet High School and worked as a cashier and bagger at a local Lowe's Foods grocery store.

Lake Benson Park is Garner's signature recreation area, offering fishing piers, boat rentals, walking trails and the town's July 3rd symphony and fireworks celebration.

Next to it sits the 96-acre White Deer Park, one of Garner's most popular green spaces.

The historic Garner Auditorium on Main Street was one of the first places Scotty McCreery ever sang in public.