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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.
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 ...
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]
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Maps aren’t only used for navigation after all, as this online group prove. Depending on how old you are, you might remember having to pull out a paper map to find your way around a place. Back ...
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.
Despite the fact that North Carolina has hundreds of miles of beachfront territory, due to the Outer Banks and swampland along the coast the state lacks a good natural harbor. As such, North Carolina never developed a major port city as did neighboring states such as Georgia (Savannah), South Carolina (Charleston), and Virginia (Norfolk).
NC 80 — — Mount Airy: Virginia state line 1921: 1940 First form; renumbered NC 103 to match Virginia; previously continued south to the South Carolina border; this section is now part of US 601 and US 52: NC 80: 40.1: 64.5 US 70 in Pleasant Gardens: NC 226 in Bakersville: 1940: current Second form NC 81: 4.2: 6.8 US 25/NC 55 in Asheville