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^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...
It served as the state's only emblem for 14 years until the adoption of the state flag in 1885. Enacted by law in 2013, the newest symbols of North Carolina are the state art medium, clay; the state fossil, the megalodon teeth; the state frog, the Pine Barrens tree frog; the state marsupial, the Virginia opossum; and the state salamander, the ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [ 14] 1779 [ 14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.
The United States Geological Survey defines Southeastern United States as including the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Virginia . There is no official United States Census Bureau definition of the ...
Leland is the most populous town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,504 at the 2020 census, [ 3] up from 13,527 in 2010. As of 2020, it is considered to be one of the fastest growing towns in North Carolina. [ 5] It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
www .chesterfieldcountysc .com. Chesterfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 43,273. [ 1] Its county seat is Chesterfield. [ 2] The largest community in the county is Cheraw. It is located north of the Midlands, in the Pee Dee region, on its border with North Carolina .
Aiken is the most populous city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. [ 9][ 10] According to 2020 census, the population was 32,025, [ 11] making it the 15th-most populous city in South Carolina, and one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after ...