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| A Aberdeen Ahoskie Alamance Albemarle Alliance Altamahaw Andrews Angier Ansonville Apex Arapahoe Asheboro Asheville Atkinson Atlantic Beach Aulander Aurora Ayden B Badin Bailey Bakersville Banner Elk Bath Bayboro Beaufort Belhaven Belmont Benson Bessemer City Bethania Bethel Beulaville Biscoe Black Creek Black Mountain Bladenboro Blowing Rock Boiling Springs Bolton Boone Boonville Bostic Brevard Bridgeton Broadway Brunswick Bryson City Buies Creek Bunn Burgaw Burlington Burnsville Butner C Calabash Calypso Candor Canton Carolina Beach Carrboro Carthage Cary Casar Castalia Castle Hayne Catawba Cerro Gordo Chadbourn Chapel Hill Charlotte Cherryville China Grove Chocowinity Claremont Clarkton Clayton Clemmons Cleveland Clinton Clyde Coats Cofield Colerain Columbia Columbus Concord Conetoe Connellys Springs Conover Conway Cooleemee Cornelius Cove City Cramerton Creedmoor Creswell Crossnore Cullowhee | D Dallas Davidson Denton Dillsboro Dobson Dover Drexel Dublin Dunn Durham E Earl East Bend East Flat Rock East Spencer Eden Edenton Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Elk Park Elkin Ellenboro Ellerbe Elm City Elon Emerald Isle Enfield Erwin Etowah F Fair Bluff Fairfield Fairmont Fairview Faison Faith Falcon Fallston Farmville Fayetteville Flat Rock Fletcher Forest City Fort Bragg Fountain Four Oaks Franklin Franklinton Franklinville Fremont Fuquay Varina G Garland Garner Garysburg Gaston Gastonia Gatesville Gibson Gibsonville Glen Alpine Goldsboro Goldston Graham Granite Falls Granite Quarry Grantsboro Greensboro Greenville Grifton Grimesland Grover H Halifax Hamilton Hamlet Harkers Island Harmony Harrisburg Havelock Haw River Hayesville Hays Henderson Hendersonville Hertford Hickory High Point High Shoals Highlands Hildebran Hillsborough Hobgood Hoffman Holly Ridge Holly Springs Hookerton Hope Mills Hot Springs Hudson Huntersville | I Icard Indian Trail Ingold Ivanhoe J Jackson Jacksonville Jamestown Jamesville Jefferson Jonesville K Kannapolis Kelford Kelly Kenansville Kenly Kernersville Kill Devil Hills King Kings Mountain Knightdale Kure Beach L La Grange Lake Junaluska Lake Lure Lake Waccamaw Landis Lattimore Laurinburg Lawndale Leland Lenoir Lewiston Woodville Lewisville Lexington Liberty Lilesville Lillington Lincolnton Littleton Louisburg Lowell Lucama Lumberton M Macclesfield Madison Maggie Valley Magnolia Maiden Manteo Marion Mars Hill Marshall Marshville Matthews Maxton Mayodan Maysville Mc Adenville Mc Leansville Mebane Micro Middlesex Millers Creek Mineral Springs Mocksville Monroe Montreat Mooresboro Mooresville Moravian Falls Morehead City Morganton Morrisville Morven Mount Airy Mount Gilead Mount Holly Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Mountain Home N Nags Head Nashville New Bern New London Newland Newport Newton Grove Newton Norlina North Wilkesboro Norwood | O Oak City Oak Island Oak Ridge Oakboro Ocean Isle Beach Ocracoke Old Fort Oriental Oxford P Parkton Patterson Peachland Pembroke Pikeville Pilot Mountain Pine Level Pinebluff Pinehurst Pinetops Pineville Pink Hill Pittsboro Pleasant Garden Plymouth Polkton Polkville Pollocksville Pope A F B Powellsville Princeton Prospect Hill R Raeford Raleigh Ramseur Randleman Red Oak Red Springs Reidsville Rhodhiss Rich Square Richfield Richlands Roanoke Rapids Robbins Robbinsville Robersonville Rockingham Rockwell Rocky Mount Rolesville Ronda Roper Rose Hill Roseboro Rosman Roxboro Roxobel Rural Hall Rutherford College Rutherfordton S Saint Pauls Salemburg Salisbury Saluda Sanford Saratoga Saxapahaw Scotland Neck Seaboard Seagrove Sedalia Selma Severn Shallotte Sharpsburg Shelby Sherrills Ford Siler City Simpson Smithfield Sneads Ferry Snow Hill Southern Pines Southport Sparta Spindale Spring Hope | Spring Lake Spruce Pine Staley Stanfield Stanley Stantonsburg Star Statesville Stedman Stem Stokesdale Stoneville Stonewall Stony Point Stovall Summerfield Sunset Beach Swannanoa Swansboro Swepsonville Sylva T Tabor City Tarboro Taylorsville Teachey Thomasville Toast Tobaccoville Trenton Trinity Tryon Turkey V Valdese Vanceboro Vandemere Vass W Waco Wade Wadesboro Wagram Wake Forest Walkertown Wallace Walnut Cove Walstonburg Wanchese Warrenton Warsaw Washington Waxhaw Waynesville Weaverville Webster Welcome Weldon Wendell Wentworth West Jefferson Whitakers White Oak White Plains Whiteville Whitsett Wilkesboro Williamston Wilmington Wilson Windsor Winfall Wingate Winston Salem Winterville Winton Woodland Wrightsville Beach Y Yadkinville Yanceyville Youngsville Z Zebulon | ||||||
Interesting Facts ~ North Carolina is the 9th most populous and the 28th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on November 21, 1789, becoming the 12th state to join the union ~ ~ Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to settle in North Carolina ~ ~ First state to declare independence from Great Britain in 1775 with Mecklenburg Declaration ~ ~ Two towns, Salem and Winston in North Carolina, merged in 1913 known as Winston-Salem ~ ~ Nickname being the most common is the ‘Tar Heel State’ ~ ~ Function on computers, CTRL+ALT+Delete, was invented here by David Bradley~ ~ ‘Tar Heel’ workers who went barefoot to collect sap used for production of tar and pitch ~ ~ About 60 percent of the sweet potato production of USA ~ ~ Beulah Louise Henry, or Lady Edison from Clinton, she invented the overalls in 1959 ~ ~ Has the interesting statistic of having more American Idol finalists than any other state ~ ~ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has had many Nobel Prize winners ~ ~ University of North Carolina is the first American public University ~ ~ The Wright Brothers tested their first flight in North Carolina on December 17, 1903 ~ ~ Chimney Rock State Park is a 6,956-acre park ~ ~ The Biltmore Estate is largest mansion in USA ~ ~ Outer Banks region is known as the ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic‘ killing over 5,000 ships ~ ~ Upper Whitewater Falls, within Transylvania County, is the tallest waterfall on East Coast ~ ~ Cape Hatteras, 210 ft tall, tallest brick lighthouse in the USA and second tallest in the world ~ ~ Grimshawes Post Office in Cashiers was the tiniest Post Office in the USA ~ ~ An area in Piedmont is known as the Research Triangle, where three major universities meet ~ ~ First America-born English child was born in North Carolina ~ ~ Food chain, Bojangles was the first of its kind opened in Charlotte in 1977 ~ ~ Family Dollar Stores was first opened in Charlotte in 1959 ~ ~ Texas Pete is a household name for many hot sauce lovers, but was from here ~ ~ Has given the world many Jazz artists ~ Birth place of Krispy Kreme Donuts ~ ~ Drugstore clerk named Caleb Bradham from the city of New Bern invented Pepsi in 1898 ~ ~ Greensboro is birthplace of the famous Vicks VapoRub by pharmacist Lunsford Richardson ~ ~ Many tobacco companies are operating in the state due to large tobacco farming ~ ~ Ice hockey team renamed themselves the Carolina Hurricanes ~ ~ Michael Jordan one of the best NBA players in the USA ~ ~ American boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist, Sugar Ray Leonard ~ ~ Durham hosted the only Rose Bowl outside of Pasadena in 1942 ~ ~ Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a professional baseball player in Fayetteville ~ ~ NASCAR racing has origin in bootlegging of illicit products during the prohibition years ~ ~ North Carolina earned the title of “Moonshine Capital of the World” during prohibition ~ ~ Miniature Golf was born in North Carolina ~ Has given the world many famous emeralds ~ ~ Earl Scruggs, musician with his unique three-finger picking style ~ ~ Home to the rare blue ghost fireflies are associated with a blue hue, not the yellow-green ~ ~ Blue Ridge Parkway has flying squirrels who are a member of the endangered species ~ ~ Five Point Drug Company in Durham is to be thanked for the headache powder ~ ~ Was once home to dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals ~ ~ Pirate Blackbeard plundered many ships and haunted the state of North Carolina for years ~ ~ Morehead Planetarium and Science Center where many Moonwalkers were trained ~ ~ Wild free-roaming horses that are descendants of Spanish Mustangs lived in Outer Banks ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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