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  2. History of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    It would later split in 1712, helping form the Province of North Carolina. North Carolina is named after King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony. It would become a royal colony of the British Empire in 1729. In 1776, the colony would declare independence from Great Britain.

  3. North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina (/ ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / ... The News and Observer was founded in 1871 and is the largest in circulation in the state. In 2006, The Charlotte ...

  4. Province of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Province of North Carolina, originally known as Albemarle Province, was a proprietary colony and later royal colony of Great Britain that existed in North America from 1712 to 1776. [2](p. 80) It was one of the five Southern colonies and one of the thirteen American colonies.

  5. Carolinas - Wikipedia

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    The Carolinas, also known simply as Carolina, are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina considered collectively. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east. Combining North Carolina's population of 10,439,388 and South Carolina's of 5,118,425 ...

  6. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]

  7. Province of Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Carolina was a province of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712. The North American Carolina province consisted of all or parts of present-day Alabama ...

  8. Bladen County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Website. bladennc.govoffice3.com. Bladen County (/ ˈbleɪdən /) [ 1 ] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,606. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Elizabethtown. [ 3 ] The county was created in 1734 as Bladen Precinct and gained county status in 1739. [ 4 ]

  9. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Mecklenburg County (/ ˈ m ɛ k l ə n ˌ b ɜːr ɡ /) is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, [1] making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wake County), and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population. [2]