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Cleveland County is a county located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the western Piedmont, on the southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,519. [1]
Lake Waccamaw is a fresh water lake located in Columbus County in North Carolina.It is the largest of the natural Carolina Bay lakes. [2] Although bay trees (Magnolia virginiana L., Gordonia lasianthus Ellis, and Persea) are present within many Carolina Bays, [3] the term "bay" does not refer to the trees but comes instead from an early science publication by Glenn (1895), who used the word ...
Downtown Matthews, North Carolina. Matthews is a town in southeastern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte. The population was 27,198 according to the 2010 census.
Kenan was born in Turkey, North Carolina, at his father's plantation, The Lilacs. [21] Peter Weddick Moore (1859–1934), North Carolina educator and the first president of Elizabeth City State University. Moore was born near Faison, to Weddick and Alecy Thompson Moore, who were both enslaved African Americans. [22]
Angier (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ɜːr / AN-jur) [4] is a town in the Black River Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.The population was 4,350 at the 2010 census and estimated as of 2018 to be 5,253.
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,014. [1] Its county seat is Franklin. [2]The Nantahala River runs through Macon County, flowing into the Little Tennessee River in Swain County.
The town was named Hayesville after 19th-century politician George Hayes. [10] When running for representative from Cherokee County in the fall election of 1860, he learned that residents in the southeast end wanted to separate from Cherokee County and get their own county seat, because of the difficulty of traveling to the distant location.
Map of the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, drawn 1585–86 by Theodor de Bry, based on map by John White of the Roanoke Colony North Carolina is named after King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus .