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George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), billionaire who created the Biltmore Estate in the North Carolina mountains; it is the largest privately owned mansion in the Western Hemisphere and North Carolina's top tourist attraction (Asheville) Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Tech, inventor and civil rights advocate ...
Pages in category "People from Black Mountain, North Carolina" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Herbert Hyde, North Carolina Senate and North Carolina House of Representatives; Bill Jackson, Georgia State Senate and Georgia House of Representatives; Horace R. Kornegay, U.S. House of Representatives; Helen Morris Lewis, suffragist who was the first woman in North Carolina to seek elected office, Esther Manheimer, mayor of Asheville
Pages in category "People from Mount Airy, North Carolina" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
There were 3,340 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or ...
Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States, with 125 peaks rising to over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in elevation.
This is a list of notable Appalachian Americans, including both natives of the Appalachian Region and members of the Appalachian diaspora outside of Appalachia. . Appalachians are an unrecognized demographic of the United States Census Bureau, but due to various factors have developed a unique culture
Listings found elsewhere may not necessarily agree because they do not include each of these mountains. Kuwohi , third highest mountain in North Carolina From left: Old Black , Mount Kephart , Mount Guyot and Mount Chapman , 9th, 16th, 4th, and 7th highest mountains, respectively, in North Carolina Richland Balsam , 8th highest mountain in ...