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The area codes in the state of North Carolina are as follows: 252 - North Coastal Plain region in the northeast corner of the state, containing the Outer Banks (split from 919 in 1998) 910 / 472 - South Coastal Plain region in the southeast corner of the state, including Wilmington (split from 919 in 1993; 472 created as overlay beginning on ...
Pages in category "Companies based in North Carolina" The following 170 pages are in this category, out of 170 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), poet and owner-operator of the City Lights Bookstore famous for promoting the works of beatnik writers and poets; attended UNC Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) Mia Hamm (born 1972), former soccer player for UNC-Chapel Hill , two-time Olympic gold medalist, twice named FIFA 's World Player of the Year ( Chapel Hill )
Best brands in North Carolina. ChatGPT listed SAS Institute, Red Hat, Burt’s Bees and Epic Games, all based in the Triangle, in its top 10.
The original Watkins Glen street course. The first races in Watkins Glen were organized by Cameron Argetsinger, whose family had a summer home in the area. With local Chamber of Commerce approval and SCCA sanction, the first Watkins Glen Grand Prix took place in 1948 on a 6.600-mile (10.622 km) course [3] over local public roads. [4]
Chatham Manufacturing organized a semi-professional baseball team called the Chatham Blanketeers. They represented North Carolina at The National Semi-Pro Baseball Tournament in Wichita, Kan., in 1937. The team won the North Carolina semi-pro championship in Asheboro in 1948 [8] and in 1949 they went to the National Baseball Congress World Series.
L.A. ( Leland Area ) Lexington. L-Town "The BBQ Capital of the World" Lincolnton. L-Town; Lancton; Mooresville. The Dirty Mo; Mount Airy. Mayberry [27] The Granite City [28] Maggie Valley. Clogging Capital of the World [3] New Bern. The Bern [citation needed] The Birthplace of Pepsi [29] First Capital of North Carolina [citation needed ...
The Occaneechi Indians lived in the area of what is now Hillsborough, north of Chapel Hill, prior to European settlement. [6]The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres on the north and south side of "Lick Branch" [7] from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel ...