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Marble is located in the southeastern United States in the far western portion of North Carolina, approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Knoxville, Tennessee. [21] The location in the Blue Ridge Mountains has helped the community retain a rural character, surrounded by wildlife such as bear , deer , and recently reintroduced elk .
The former main office in Murphy, North Carolina used until 2024. The Cherokee County Schools Central Office is at 2230 Airport Road in Marble. This is the management facility of all campuses and other facilities owned by Cherokee County Schools. The superintendent, board of education, and other higher staff have offices here.
NC 60; NC 141; NC 294; US 64, the longest highway in North Carolina, and a cross-country highway, passes through the county from east–west. US 74, which links Chattanooga, Asheville, Charlotte, and Wilmington, is a major 4-lane highway through the county.
Beaver Dam, Maryland, a now "flooded marble quarry in Cockeysville, Maryland, that has been used as a swimming location since the 1930s. Source of dolomitic marble known specifically as Cockeysville Marble for the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. and many other purposes in the eastern U.S. Greenspring Quarry, now a lake, Pikesville, Maryland
After three courthouse fires, county leaders decided to build the next building on the same site using an inflammable material: blue marble. The blue marble was brought from nearby quarries in the town of Marble less than 10 miles (16 km) away. It was constructed at a cost of $256,000 and was dedicated on November 12, 1927.
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U.S. Route 19 bridge over the Valley River at Murphy, North Carolina in 1937. The Valley River is a tributary of the Hiwassee River.It arises as a pair of springs in the Snowbird Mountains of Cherokee County, North Carolina and descends 2,960 feet (900 m) [5] in elevation in approximately forty miles (64 km) to enter the Hiwassee embayment at present-day Murphy, North Carolina.
IOI opened as a 1,200 square foot factory in Marble, North Carolina, and had operated in Marble until early 2003. IOI Road in Marble is the only piece left of IOI in Marble. The current factory was once home to the H.D. Lee company (now just Lee) that opened in 1979 and had been in Andrews for several years until its closure on January 11, 2002 ...