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NC 80 at Buck Creek Gap. NC 80 is a 37.9-mile-long (61.0 km) two-lane mountain highway between US 70, in Pleasant Gardens, and NC 226A, near Bakersville.The highway is popular with bike and motorcycle enthusiasts, because of its hairpin turns and also makes up part of the Mount Mitchell Scenic Drive between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Micaville.
North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. 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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Towns in North Carolina" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 415 total.
Charlotte, largest city and metropolitan area Raleigh, second largest metropolitan area Greensboro, third largest metropolitan area Winston-Salem, fourth largest metropolitan area. The Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia MSA (as well as the Charlotte–Concord CSA) includes counties in South Carolina.
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 ...
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.
Some coastal towns received more than a foot of rain in the first 12 hours of Monday, ... North Carolina flooding: Man, 80, dies driving through high water. Show comments. Advertisement.
The Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties, Catawba, Burke, Caldwell, Alexander. It is located in the Catawba Valley region of western North Carolina .