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The county's proximity to Atlanta and the Blue Ridge Mountains, and bordering 37,000-acre (150 km 2) Lake Sidney Lanier, has attracted many new residents. More than 60% of the current population either lived elsewhere in 1987 or had not yet been born. The growth has put a strain on water supplies, especially during area droughts in the 21st ...
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. [1]
The extreme southeastern part of Greene County is located within the Blue Ridge Mountains, ... the population was spread out, with 22.20% under the age of 18, 8.10% ...
Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States, with 125 peaks rising to over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in elevation.
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. To the northeast are the Brushy Mountains, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
A major land boom ensued in the 1920s, culminating in the crash of 1929, which severely deflated prices and left structures such as the Fleetwood Hotel atop Jumpoff Mountain incomplete. Population growth in the county has been rapid since the 1960s as a result of an influx from other states, with many new housing developments changing the face ...
Sharp Top Mountain, viewed from Grandview Lake Dam. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 233 square miles (600 km 2), of which 232 square miles (600 km 2) are land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) (0.3%) is covered by water. [5] The county is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Population growth and suburban sprawl occurred in the seventies, and continues to rapidly increase. Every county saw growth from 1990 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2005. The region near Philadelphia is very densely populated, but population density decreases to the west.