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The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...
Albemarle County, North Carolina Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine at the USGenWeb Project 36°18′50″N 76°20′24″W / 36.314°N 76.340°W / 36.314; - This North Carolina state location article is a stub .
The Historic Albemarle Tour or Historic Albemarle Highway is a tour route located in northeastern North Carolina.The tour follows several U.S. and State highways in the seventeen county region, identifying historic sites and towns, marked with brown signs with the George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle coat of arms.
The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.
The Granville Line is a historical and geographic feature in North Carolina. Counties in the coastal region of the Carolina colony began to be formed in the latter 17th century. In 1711, the colony was divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. As settlement moved westward in North Carolina, additional counties were formed to meet the ...
At its southern end, from Clarksville, Virginia, it entered North Carolina about 15 miles (24 km) west of the Fall Line Road (now US-1) and 80 miles (130 km) east of the Great Wagon Road. From that entry point, it was possible to travel west through Hillsborough and Greensboro , to Salem or Salisbury, North Carolina , and rejoin the Great Wagon ...
Ten North Carolina counties were recently named among the poorest in the state, according to financial website SmartAsset. SmartAsset used data sources like the Census Bureau, real estate site ...
Greene County, North Carolina, established 1783 (not to be confused with the present-day Greene County, NC, which was created in 1791 from Dobbs County, though both counties are named for the same person). Hawkins County, North Carolina, established 1786; Sumner County, North Carolina, established 1786