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The Uwharrie Mountains (/ j uː ˈ hw ɑː r i /) [1] are a mountain range in North Carolina spanning the counties of Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, and Davidson. The range's foothills stretch into Cabarrus , Anson , Union , and Richmond counties.
Land was first purchased by the Federal government in 1931, and the area was known as the Uwharrie Reservation. The Uwharrie Forest was given federal designation in the early 1960s by President John F. Kennedy, along with the Nantahala, Pisgah, and Croatan National Forests. The forest is bisected by several state and interstate highways.
The Cherokee Council (#417) was founded in 1923. The Greensboro Council (#418) was founded in 1918, changing its name to the General Greene Council (#418) in 1947. The High Point Council (#419) was founded in 1919, changing its name to the Uwharrie Council (#419) in 1923.
Website Birkhead Mountains Wilderness The Birkhead Mountains Wilderness was established by the 1984 North Carolina Wilderness Act and covers 5,160 acres (20.9 km 2 ) in the Uwharrie National Forest at the northern end of the Uwharrie Mountains , in central North Carolina .
Montgomery County is a member of the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, a regional voluntary association of 12 counties, [20] It is located entirely in the North Carolina Senate's 29th district, the North Carolina House of Representatives' 67th district, [21] and North Carolina's 8th congressional district.
Uwharrie may refer to several geographical features in North Carolina in the United States: ... This page was last edited on 30 December 2019, at 18:17 (UTC).
The Croatan National Forest (/ ˈ k r oʊ ə t æ n /) [3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.It is administered by the United States Forest Service, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Uwharrie River (/ u ˈ w ɑːr iː /) is a 61.84 mi (99.52 km) long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .