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  2. Spruce Pine, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Spruce Pine is the exclusive supplier of sand to Augusta National Golf Club. The town suffered flooding and devastation as a result of Hurricane Helene in 2024. Spruce Pine has high-purity quartz, a mineral required in a variety of important products, such as semiconductors. [7] [8] [9] View the Spruce Pine Mining District article for further ...

  3. Downtown Spruce Pine Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Other notable buildings include the Spruce Pine Depot (1909), Crystal Place (1937), (former) Town Hall (1940), and Day's Drug Store (1950). [ 2 ] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

  4. Mitchell County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Mitchell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,903. [2] Its county seat is Bakersville. [3]The county is home to Spruce Pine, nicknamed the "Mineral City of the World", [4] and Bakersville, "Gateway to Roan Mountain", which includes the world's largest natural rhododendron garden and the longest stretch of grassy bald in the ...

  5. ‘Civilization is pretty much gone’ after Helene tears through ...

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    Andrew Zook, left, helps to clear instruments and other items from the mud inside Majestic Music in downtown Spruce Pine, N.C. on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy ...

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Mitchell ...

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    S side of Cane Creek Rd., just W of jct. with NC 1239: Hawk: 3: Downtown Spruce Pine Historic District: Downtown Spruce Pine Historic District: August 28, 2003 : Roughly bounded by Oak Ave., Locust St., Topaz St., and NC 226

  7. Heroes and heartbreak: 36 hours of hell during Helene's ... - AOL

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    Spruce Pine, a town about an hour northeast of Asheville, measured more than 24 inches of rain over the three-day event. Nearby Busick got 31 inches. All that water came gushing down mountainsides ...

  8. Little Switzerland, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    It is located along North Carolina Highway 226A (NC 226A) off the Blue Ridge Parkway, directly north of Marion and south of Spruce Pine. The elevation is 3,468 feet (1,057 m) above sea level. The elevation is 3,468 feet (1,057 m) above sea level.

  9. 10 Overrated Foods People Are Pretending to Enjoy - AOL

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    3. Foie Gras. Foie gras is probably the ultimate starter-pack item for acting like a rich person, and the one food item that chefs love to cook to appeal to said rich people.Redditors on the other ...