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A North Carolina native, ... 2019. Rock Hill mayor John Gettys described the project at that time as the biggest in the city's history. [129]
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census. [5]
Havelock is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 20,735 at the 2010 census. [4] The city is home to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, the world's largest Marine Corps air station, [5] and home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. Havelock is part of the New Bern, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Gastonia is the most populous city in and the county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest satellite city of the Charlotte area, behind Concord. The population was 80,411 in the 2020 census, up from 71,741 in 2010. [7] [8] Gastonia is the 13th-most populous city in North Carolina.
Eden is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,405. [4]
Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Southport is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River.Its population was 3,971 as of the 2020 census. [4] The current mayor, Rich Alt, was elected to a two-year term in November 2023.
John Ashe (1725–1781), Brigadier General during the American Revolutionary War, in charge of North Carolina militia and state troops from 1776 to 1779 (New Hanover County) William Blount (1749–1800), first North Carolina signatory of United States Constitution; played a role in the creation of the State of Tennessee