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The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
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Eagle Nest is a historic plantation house located near Pink Hill, Jones County, North Carolina. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story, four-bay by three-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It rests on a brick foundation, is sheathed in weatherboard, and has a gable roof with exterior end chimneys. It has two one-story frame rear additions.
North Carolina's 1868 constitution adopted a "Township and County Commissioner Plan" for structuring local government, largely inspired by provisions in Pennsylvania's constitution. Townships were created under the county unit of government, with every county divided into them, and each given their own township board.
Some of North Carolina’s wealthiest counties are in the Triangle. Financial tech company SmartAsset published a story recently that shows the richest counties among the state’s 100. The top ...
Eagles Nest Wilderness, a U.S. Wilderness located in the Gore Range of Eagle and Summit Counties, Colorado Eagles Nest (Colorado), a mountain in Eagles Nest Wilderness; North Eaglenest Mountain in Haywood County, North Carolina; The Eagle's Nest, the name of Cabot Yerxa's first home in Desert Hot Springs, California
Eagle Mills Township is a rural, non-functioning subdivision of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. By the requirements of the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the counties were divided into townships, which included Eagle Mills. Eagle Mills Township was named for the town of Eagle Mills (also referred to as Eagle City for a time ...
North Carolina's early economy was built upon cash crops, fisheries and turpentine industries. Early East Carolinians lived on settlements at the mouths of the various rivers. Settlers to the regions were of English, Scottish, Swiss and German descent. Eastern North Carolina was a haven for pirating and home to the infamous pirate Blackbeard.