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Wilmington, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the U.S. census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [83] Pop 2010 [84] Pop 2020 [85 ...
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.
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.
Greensboro (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n z b ə r oʊ / ⓘ; [5] locally / ˈ ɡ r iː n z b ʌr ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States.At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 302,296 in 2023. [6]
Lenoir (/ l ɛ ˈ n ɔːr / le-NOR) is a city in and the county seat of Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. [6] The population was 18,263 at the 2020 census. [7] Lenoir is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Fuquay-Varina is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the " Fall Line " because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers.
The area referred to as the "Waxhaws" is located in the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina lying southwest of the Uwharrie Mountains. It spans from just south of Charlotte, North Carolina, to Lancaster, South Carolina; and from Monroe, North Carolina, in the east to the Catawba River in the west. The region is generally forested and ...
It was intended to house the Moravians until a more suitable location for a central village could be found. Just six months after arriving in Wachovia, the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in America) began in western Pennsylvania. The violence quickly spread to southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina.