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Goldsboro, originally Goldsborough, is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 33,657 at the 2020 census. [6] It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787, and Goldsboro was ...
U.S. Highway 17 (US 17) in the U.S. state of North Carolina is a north–south highway that is known as the Coastal Highway in the southeastern half of the state and the Ocean Highway in other areas. The route enters the state from South Carolina near Calabash and leaves in the vicinity of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in ...
The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943 (reprint ed.). Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History. OCLC 46398241. McCorkle, Mac; Salzberg, Rachel (January 2022), The Democrats' Countrypolitan Problem in North Carolina: Progressive Challenge and Opportunity (PDF), Duke University Polis: Center for Politics
Ayden is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,977 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] The town is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area of North Carolina's Inner Banks region.
Vale is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. [1] Parts of Vale extend to western Catawba County It lies at an elevation of 1028 feet (283 m). The area of Vale is nearly all rural, with farming the predominant industry.
Granville County and St. John's Parish were established on June 28, 1746, from the upper part of Edgecombe County. [3] It was named for the John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, [4] who as heir to one of the eight original Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, claimed one eighth of the land granted in the charter of 1665.
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
Louis B. Meyer (1933–1999) was a North Carolina jurist; Ed Mitchell (born 1948/1949), barbecue pitmaster and businessman; Naomi E. Morris (1921–1986) was a jurist who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals; Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. (born 1964) is an American actor. Vance Page (1905–1951) was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1938 ...