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The area codes in the state of North Carolina are as follows: 252 - North Coastal Plain region in the northeast corner of the state, containing the Outer Banks (split from 919 in 1998) 910 / 472 - South Coastal Plain region in the southeast corner of the state, including Wilmington (split from 919 in 1993; 472 created as overlay beginning on ...
The mountains of North Carolina may be conveniently classed as four separate chains: The Great Smoky Mountains – also called the "Smokies". The Blue Ridge Mountains – North Carolina's largest mountain range, the Blue Ridge run across the state in a very tortuous course and often shoot out in spurs of great elevation over the surrounding ...
The original area code, 919, was created in 1954 as a split from area code 704, then serving the entire state. After successive splits in the 1990s, the numbering plan area received a second area code, 984, in 2011, as an overlay area code for the same territory.
US 421 leads northwest 32 miles (51 km) to Greensboro and southeast 24 miles (39 km) to Sanford. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.6 km 2 ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km 2 ), or 0.37%, is water.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13 km 2), of which, 5.1 square miles (13 km 2) is land and 0.20% is water. Moravian Falls is located in the foothills of the Brushy Mountains , which rise to the south of the community.
The following sortable table lists the 20 highest mountain peaks of North Carolina with at least 160 feet (49 m) of topographic prominence. [1] Listings found elsewhere may not necessarily agree because they do not include each of these mountains.
North Carolina Area Codes. Area codes 336 and 743 are NANPA area codes that cover most of north-central and northwestern North Carolina, including the Piedmont Triad region and portions of the northern Foothills and northern Mountains. Area code 336 was split off from area code 910 on December 15, 1997. The 743 overlay area code officially ...
The Great Balsam Mountains, or Balsam Mountains, are in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Great Balsams are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains , which in turn are a part of the Appalachian Mountains .