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A post office called Stumpy Point that had been in operation since 1876 closed in 2018 due to lack of PO box holders [2] The community takes its name from Stumpy Point Bay. [3] The North Carolina Ferry System maintains an emergency ferry terminal at Stumpy Point, used when a hurricane or tropical storm closes North Carolina Highway 12 on the ...
North Carolina Highway 12 (NC 12) is a 148.0-mile-long (238.2 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina, linking the peninsulas and islands of the northern Outer Banks. Most sections of NC 12 are two lanes wide, and there are also two North Carolina Ferry System routes which maintain continuity of the route as it traverses ...
Big Bay (Big Bay, Sumter County, South Carolina): [16] A core (drill hole D1/2) drilled within this Carolina bay went through the following units: (1) Drilling depth 0 to 4.5 m = eolian sand sheet that overlies the Carolina bay; (2) Drilling depth 4.5 to 9.0 m = silty sand and sandy mud with abundant organic material; and (3) Drilling depth 9.0 ...
The Uwharries are North Carolina's easternmost mountain range; they are the lowest mountain range in the state. The Uwharries begin in Montgomery County, North Carolina and terminate in the hills of Person County, North Carolina. The highest point in the Uwharries is High Rock Mountain, which is only 1,119 feet (341.1 m) above sea level.
The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry acres.
Some of North Carolina’s wealthiest counties are in the Triangle. Financial tech company SmartAsset published a story recently that shows the richest counties among the state’s 100. The top ...
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 ...