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The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains), the central Piedmont Plateau, and the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and is 503 miles (810 km) wide by 150 miles (241 km ...
Polecat Creek (Deep River tributary) / 35.99611°N 79.80778°W / 35.99611; -79.80778. / 35.80333°N 79.77750°W / 35.80333; -79.77750. Polecat Creek is a 18.91 mi (30.43 km) long 4th order tributary to the Deep River in Guilford and Randolph Counties, North Carolina.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, sorted by type and name.In 2022, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 35,391 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,257 GWh. [2]
Crowders Mountain. Crowders Mountain is one of two main peaks within Crowders Mountain State Park, the other peak being The Pinnacle. The park is located in the Western Piedmont of North Carolina between the cities of Kings Mountain and Gastonia or about 25 miles (40 km) west of Charlotte. Crowders Mountain abruptly rises nearly 800 feet (240 m ...
Southport is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Its population was 3,971 as of the 2020 census. [4] The current mayor, Rich Alt, was elected to a two-year term in November 2023. Southport is the location of the North Carolina Fourth of July Festival, which attracts 40,000 to 50,000 ...
Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [14] 1779 [14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.
Research Triangle, North Carolina. Website. RTP.org. Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States, [1][2][3] occupying 7,000 acres (2,833 ha) in North Carolina and hosting more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. It is owned and managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, [4] a private non-profit organization.
The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, the region is home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...