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According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 551 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. [3]
The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
North Carolina's 1868 constitution adopted a "Township and County Commissioner Plan" for structuring local government, largely inspired by provisions in Pennsylvania's constitution. Townships were created under the county unit of government, with every county divided into them, and each given their own township board.
A 1781 map, developed during the Revolutionary War, that refers to the "North River or Hudson River", using both names interchangeably. In the early 17th century, the entire watercourse was named the North River (Dutch: Noort Rivier") by the Dutch colonial empire; by the early 18th century, the term fell out of general use for most of the river's 300+ mile course. [7]
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.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
Hudson is located in southern Caldwell County. It is bordered to the north by the city of Lenoir, the county seat, and to the south by the town of Sawmills. U.S. Route 321, a four-lane highway, runs along the eastern edge of the town, leading northwest into Lenoir and southeast 11 miles (18 km) to Hickory.
History of the Hudson River; Holy Cross Monastery (West Park, New York) Hudson Canyon; Hudson Line (Metro-North) Hudson Project; Hudson River bomb plot; Hudson River Chains; Hudson River crash; Hudson river greenway; Hudson River Historic District; Hudson River Maritime Museum; 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision; Hudson River Monster; Hudson ...