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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.
According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 551 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. [3]
North Carolina (/ ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west.
An enlargeable map of the State of North Carolina. Names Common name: North Carolina. Pronunciation: / ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / ⓘ Official name: State of North Carolina; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: NC; ISO 3166-2 code: US-NC; Internet second-level domain: .nc.us; Nicknames Old North State [1] Tar Heel State [1] Turpentine ...
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
Salisbury station (North Carolina) Selma Union Depot; Shell Service Station (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Smith-McDowell House; Somerset Place; St. Augustine's University (North Carolina) St. John's Episcopal Church (Fayetteville, North Carolina) Stagville; USS Monitor; USS North Carolina (BB-55) University of North Carolina at Pembroke; West ...
N.C. Rank U.S. Rank Metropolitan Statistical Area Population (2023 est.) [1] 1 22 Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia: 2,805,115 2 41 Raleigh–Cary: 1,509,231