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A term for such open-air slaughterhouses was shambles, and there are streets named "The Shambles" in some English and Irish towns (e.g., Worcester, York, Bandon) which got their name from having been the site on which butchers killed and prepared animals for consumption. Fishamble Street, Dublin, was formerly a fish-shambles. Sheffield had 183 ...
The southern border of the county drops abruptly nearly 1,500 feet (460 m) to the Foothills region of North Carolina. The plateau is crossed by numerous hills and mountains. The highest point in the county is Peach Bottom Mountain - Catherine Knob at 4,175 feet (1,273 m) above sea level. [17]
The county was formed in 1774 from the southeastern part of Halifax County and the western part of Tyrrell County.It was named for Josiah Martin, the last royal governor of North Carolina (1771–75). [3]
One helpful hint about the marsh’s location is that at one point in the book, Kya takes a bus from Barkley Cove to the real-life town of Greenville. It’s not specifically mentioned whether it ...
Bennett Place is a former farm and homestead in Durham, North Carolina, which was the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War, when Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to William T. Sherman.
South Point Township is a township in southeastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is represented on the Gaston County Board of Commissioners by Ronnie Worley of Cramerton . As of the 2010 census it had a population of 40,484.
Cullowhee (/ ˈ k ʌ l ə hw iː / [4]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.It is located on the Tuckasegee River, and the permanent population was 7,682 at the 2020 census [5] up from 6,228 at the 2010 census.
Butner is located in southwestern Granville County. Interstate 85 passes through the town, southeast of the town center, with access from Exits 186, 189, and 191. I-85 leads northeast 16 miles (26 km) to Oxford, the Granville County seat, and southwest 13 miles (21 km) to Durham.