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The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
Fuquay-Varina is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "Fall Line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers.
However, conflicting reports show the geographic center actually being in Chatham County, northwest of Sanford. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2), all land. The Plaque of the Geographical Center of North Carolina. Photo taken July 25, 2009, by a family member of the land ...
Colerain, North Carolina, was named after Coleraine in Ireland. [5] On April 16, 2011, the western side of the town was hit by an EF3 tornado that killed 12 people and caused extensive damage. [6] [7] The Garrett-White House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [8]
Martin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census , the population was 22,031. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Williamston .
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As of the census [3] of 2010, there were 1,636 people. The population density was 821.5 inhabitants per square mile (317.2/km 2).There were 651 housing units at an average density of 368.8 per square mile (142.4/km 2).
Gibsonville ("City of Roses") is a town in both Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.Most of Gibsonville is situated in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area and the eastern portion is in the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, [5] encompassing all of Alamance County.