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Legends, Tales, & History of Cold Mountain (Volumes I–VI) is a six-volume series of The Pigeon Valley Heritage Collection. The books are authored by Evelyn M. Coltman and are distributed by the Bethel Rural Community Organization. In 2012, the six volumes were awarded the Barringer Award of Excellence by the North Carolina Society of Historians.
Blue Ridge Parkway. / 36.51861°N 80.93583°W / 36.51861; -80.93583. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is the longest linear park in the U.S., [ 3] runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 counties in Virginia and North Carolina, linking ...
Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [ 14] 1779 [ 14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.
The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains ), the central Piedmont Plateau, and the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and is 503 miles (810 km) wide by 150 miles (241 km ...
Marble, North Carolina. / 35.17694°N 83.97639°W / 35.17694; -83.97639. Marble is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 321. [ 3]
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 ...
2404304 [ 2] Website. www .ci .morganton .nc .us. Morganton is a city in and county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. [ 4] The population was 17,474 at the 2020 census. [ 5] Morganton is approximately 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Charlotte and 57 miles (92 km) east of Asheville . Morganton is one of the principal cities in ...
North Carolina. ( 2020) Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,810, [ 1 ] making it the most populous "Lincoln County" in the United States. Its county seat is Lincolnton. [ 2 ] Lincoln County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan ...