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U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, running 604 miles (972 km) from the Tennessee state line to the Outer Banks.The route passes through the westernmost municipality in the state, Murphy, and one of the most easternmost municipalities, Manteo, making US 64 a symbolic representation of the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo" which is used to refer ...
Concord (/ ˈ k ɒ n ˈ k ɔːr d / CON-CORD) [9] is the county seat and most populous city in Cabarrus County, [10] in the U.S. state of North Carolina.At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 105,240. [6]
In 2021, the county benefitted from $673 million in tourism spending, giving it the 10th largest tourism economy among North Carolina's counties. [43] Some county residents work in both civilian and military capacities at the U.S. Army 's Fort Liberty in neighboring Cumberland County.
Bladen County was formed in 1734 as Bladen Precinct of Bath County, from New Hanover Precinct. [5] It was named for Martin Bladen, a member of the Board of Trade. [6] With the abolition of Bath County in 1739, all of its constituent precincts became counties.
Isolated by mountainous terrain from the remainder of North Carolina to the east, Ashe County was described in the 19th and early 20th centuries as one of the Lost Provinces of North Carolina. [ 9 ] Ashe County generally is known for its mountain scenery, and the tourism industry is an important mainstay of the county's economy.
The granted lands included all or part of the present-day U.S. states of North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. The northern half of the Province of Carolina differed significantly from the southern half, and transportation and communication were difficult between the two regions, so a separate ...
"Cumberland County", North Carolina Year Book and Business Directory, 1916, Raleigh, N.C.: News and Observer Publishing Company – via hathitrust.org External links [ edit ]
The original area code, 704, was one of the original 86 numbering plan areas (NPAs) designated by AT&T in 1947, and originally covered the entire state of North Carolina. . In 1954, the eastern two-thirds of the state–everything from Winston-Salem eastward–was split off as area code 919. 704 was reduced to the western third of the state, from Charlotte through the Blue Ridge Mountains to ...