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NC 18 is a predominantly two-lane rural highway that travels 145.5 miles (234.2 km) in western North Carolina. Starting as a continuation of SC 18, at the South Carolina state line near Earl, NC 18 travels north into Shelby, where it overlaps with NC 150 and crosses US 74/NC 226.
NC 18 north (Wilkesboro Boulevard) – Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro: North end of NC 18 overlap: Alexander: Ellendale: 46.0: 74.0: NC 127 south – Hickory: Northern terminus of NC 127 49.2: 79.2: US 64 east / Golf Course Lane – Statesville: East end of US 64 overlap: Taylorsville: 50.4: 81.1: NC 16 north – Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro: North ...
The Carolina Mirror Company in North Wilkesboro, founded in the 1930s, was for many years the largest mirror factory in America. Today Gardner Glass Products Inc. still produces mirrors in North Wilkesboro. Holly Farms, in Wilkesboro, was the largest poultry producer in the Southeastern United States until it was bought by Tyson Foods in 1989 ...
North Carolina Highway 16 (NC 16) is a 143.8-mile (231.4 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.Traveling in a north–south direction, it connects the cities and towns of Charlotte, Newton, Conover, Taylorsville, Wilkesboro and Jefferson, linking the Charlotte metropolitan area with the mountainous High Country.
The Wilkesboro segment was realigned through town to North Wilkesboro. [7] In 1954–1955, US 421 was rerouted going west out of Wilmington via US 17/74/76, then north following NC 133. [ 7 ] In 1957–1958, US 421 was realigned onto a straighter routing between Deep Gap and Wilkesboro.
North Carolina Highway 17 (NC 17) was an original state highway that traversed from Hickory to Boone, through Granite Falls, Hudson, Lenoir and Blowing Rock. In 1930, it was extended south on new primary routing to NC 113 , in Propst Crossroads; also same year, US 321 was established in the state and overlapped NC 17 between Hickory and Boone ...
Among the other notable peaks in the range are Hibriten Mountain in Caldwell County, which marks the western end of the Brushy Mountains and is a prominent landmark in the city of Lenoir, North Carolina; Hickory Knob, the highest point in Alexander County, North Carolina; and Fox Mountain, the highest point in Iredell County, North Carolina.
It is bordered to the north by Conover and to the northwest by Hickory. Claremont is to the northeast, and Maiden is to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 13.8 square miles (35.8 km 2 ), of which 13.8 square miles (35.7 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ), or 0.37%, is water.