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OnTheAvenues SEO

2009-09-23T13:22:00.001-07:00

Great place for information related to SEO, search engine optimization as it relates to web sites, blogs, and using SEO techniques for social networking and more. Latest news, processes and answers to questions to help you perform better on the internet by knowing how to use the proper resources

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Best Forex Program Reviews. Top Forex Software Reviews.

2009-09-23T10:17:00.001-07:00

Unbiased Forex Software Reviews, Forex Program Reviews. Using the best Forex software will net you more in forex returns!

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Trailer Life. RV Living

2009-09-23T10:15:00.003-07:00

For People On The Road! Resource Guide For Trailers, 5th Wheels, MotorCoach. Trailer Living honors those folks who enjoy the freedom of being able to pick up and go whenever they wish. From trailer humor, trailer park living tips to useful RV, 5th wheel, motorcoach info to trailer parks and National parks information, RV cooking and so much more. We make trailer living and RV-ing hip, cool and fun.

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Trailer Life. RV Living

2009-09-23T10:15:00.001-07:00

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Real Estate Info. Phoenix AZ

2009-09-23T09:34:00.001-07:00

Helpful group of realtor's from The Cutty Group providing insight into the real estate market, home loans, home buying, foreclosures,bank owned,short sales, home market news and all things real estate

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Trading Forex Free Training Videos. Forex Profits Engine

2009-03-18T09:21:00.001-07:00

Forex Profits Income Engine Free Access. Forex Training and Trading Videos
This is just a courtesy reminder to let you know that the free Forex Profit Accelerator members website preview subscription I gave you access to yesterday will expire next week, on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009.

There's still time to get access to over a dozen Forex training and trading videos by clicking here.

You will gain a deeper understanding about how the foreign exchange market works, what factors affect currency movements, which currencies are the most popular and most viable to trade, and how you can make a profit by ensuring you get a wide spread margin from the trades you make. There are very specific terminology, such as “bid price” and “ask price”, “pips” and “spread” that you will do well to learn about to make it easier for you to trade.

After you login into the free Forex Profit Accelerator, you might be a bit overwhelmed by all the info on that website. If that's the case, start with these 2 videos which are found in the "Pip Vault" section:

Trade video #14, which is a day-by-day 'diary' of a EUR/USD trade that just openened on March 5th and shows 385+ pips so far. Watch how easy it is to monitor this trade in just a few minutes a night. You can do this, too.

How to identify trending Forex pairs - this 14 minute, 3 second video reveals how to use a simple indicator to quickly help identify which Forex pairs are trending, which can give you a huge edge over other traders, and help shield you from risk when placing a trade.

Both of these videos, along with over a dozen more, can be found on the Forex Profit Accelerator members website preview in the "Pip Vault" section.

(Remember, the entire preview website expires next Tuesday, March 24th, when limited copies of Bill Poulos's Forex Profit Accelerator home study course are re-released... so, until then, make sure you get your hands on all the complimentary training material waiting for you inside.)

Good Trading,
Bonnie Burns

p.s. I'd also take a close look at the up-to-date daily "Pip Feeder" reports found on the site. Normally $197/mo, you get them all 'on the house'... at least through next Tuesday.

To see all the exceptional Bill Poulos Forex and Stock Market training tools and programs that are proven to make you successful in the Forex and Stock market Click Here

2009 Bill Poulos Forex Profits Accelerator

2009-03-16T12:28:00.001-07:00

Forex Profit Accelerator. Investing Safely With Forex How well does your Forex broker "Score"

Part 3 of the 'Forex 4-Pack' was just activated last night just after midnight Eastern (New York) time and already thousands of traders have flocked to it.

It's called "The Forex Risk Shield".

(You may have even caught an early glimpse of it if you happened to be on the '4-Pack' page when it refreshed.)

Anyway, here's the direct access page for Free Forex Profits Acceletator

* If you knew when the market odds were almost certainly AGAINST you, how many Forex trades would you place?

Hopefully you said, "NONE!"

In this free Forex 20 minute video, you'll see 4 specific market conditions where the odds ARE against you. When you know what these are, this is a quick and effortless way to practically eradicate risk.

I hope you enjoy Part 3. This was a favorite of the traders who got a 'sneak peek' glimpse at the 'Forex 4-Pack' last week.

When you're done with Part 3, MAKE SURE you check out Part 2, and especially Part 1, the 100-page "Power Forex Profit Principles" report with a special section on the current state of the Forex market that you won't want to miss. See it here:

Finally, at 10am Eastern on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009, I'll be re-releasing my Forex Profit Accelerator home study course to another limited group of independent traders. This is the same course that reveals how you can maximize your pip potential in just 20 minutes a night.

Even if you're not ready to join my existing group of students on March 24th who are learning to become Master Forex Traders, I've prepared a special collection of FREE training materials I call the 'Forex 4-Pack'. I think you'll agree that the information revealed in this '4-Pack' is more valuable than many Forex courses you'd have to pay for.

After you check out the 'Forex 4-Pack', if you have any interest in grabbing a copy of the complete Forex Profit Accelerator home study course on March 24th, I urge you to join my 'Priority Pip Pullers' list immediately. Click here for free forex profit accelerator videos

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Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009

2009-02-24T10:17:00.001-07:00

The Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009
Builder, in conjunction with Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, debuts its metric for determining markets with the best and least potential.
By: Boyce Thompson

With most economists and builders expecting a national market decline this year, this may not seem like the best time to be selecting the "healthiest" markets in the country. Virtually every market was down last year. But a close look at the numbers reveals that some markets have way outperformed others during the last four years and are likely to continue to do so this year.

When the housing market stages its official recovery, the markets listed on the following pages are likely to lead the parade. It may take a year or more for the weakest markets--where burgeoning foreclosure sales are still pounding new home values, making building and selling new homes an exercise in futility-- to finally stage a turnaround. We’ll present that list next week.

The healthiest markets have many things in common. Most of them are great places to live, either close to the ocean, mountains, or major universities. Most of them didn’t have a huge run-up in prices during the boom and aren’t experiencing rampant deflation during the bust.

To compile these lists, we analyzed the top 75 housing markets in the country. We ranked them based on population trends and job growth, perennial drivers of housing demand. We also examined what’s happened with home prices; many of the healthiest markets have managed to hold the line on home values. And finally, we considered the rate building permits, which may be the single best ongoing indicator of builder confidence in a market. We combined all these metrics to produce a score for each market. Here are the top 15, in reverse order.

15. Myrtle Beach, S.C.
2008 total building permits: 3,211

Though permit activity dropped sharply last year, Myrtle Beach remains one of the hottest markets in the country, especially when you analyze the number of permits pulled per resident. Only 263,287 people live in the Myrtle Beach metro area, which until recently had been growing its population by nearly 5 percent a year. That means builders pulled one permit for every 82 residents. A steady influx of people, many of them retirees, are drawn by close proximity to the ocean and 117 golf courses at last count. That has helped keep home prices steady; they fell only 10 percent last year to a very affordable $174,800. Most of the home building is split between Brunswick and New Hanover counties. Jobs are dependent on the tourist industry, though, and the metro area was rocked last year when a $400 million rock-and-roll themed amusement part, Hard Rock Park, opened and then filed for bankruptcy. Myrtle Beach added jobs last year, but as of December employment was decreasing at a 4.2 percent rate compared to a year earlier.

14. Wilmington, N.C.
2008 total building permits: 3,551

Wilmington has the second highest ratio of permits pulled per resident, behind only Myrtle Beach. The population here, 352,919 by Census estimates, has been growing at a 4 percent annual rate for the last five years, well above the national average. Primary residents are drawn by a four-season climate, close proximity to Atlantic beaches, and affordable housing. Median home prices, at $198,700, are just about the national average. The area gave back 1,000 jobs last year, after gaining 19,000 the previous three years. Wilmington has had a 60 percent decline in permit activity since 2005, around the national average, but its track record for population growth helps it make this list.

13. Charlotte, N.C.
2008 total building permits: 12,231

People and businesses must love Charlotte, because they are moving there at a high rate. The metro area of 1.74 million has grown its residents by 4 percent annually over the last five years, one of the highest rates in the country. They are drawn by relatively affordable housing for the east coast—median home prices are only $210,900, and they’ve only "corrected" downward by only 4.2 percent in the last year. A strong fourth quarter helped Charlotte record 12,231 permits last year, only a 44 percent decline since 2005. Charlotte’s strength relative to other markets led the investment banking firm UBS to predict last year that it would be one of the first markets to recover from the housing downturn. Charlotte is still a single-family market, with 62 percent of the residential activity in stand-alone homes. The job market in this banking hub contracted last year, after growing 3 to 5 percent annually the previous three years.

12. Denver, Col. 2008 total building permits: 8,800

Denver has been all over the home building news of late, with Beazer and Centex leaving town, then Village Homes of Colorado declaring bankruptcy. But the market hasn’t been hit as hard by the home building recession as other Western markets, in part because it didn’t experience rampant price appreciation during the boom. That’s partly because there’s lots of land available to develop in Denver. The median price of an existing home here was still an affordable $225,100 in the third quarter of last year, down only 11.4 percent in the last year (through 3Q 08). Denver enjoys one of the highest population growth rates in the country--2 percent annually for each of the last five years. Builders pulled 8,800 permits in Denver last year, down from 20,864 in 2005, a percentage decline that’s close to the national average. Denver is buoyed by a strong commercial real estate market.

11. Nashville, Tenn. 2008 total building permits: 8,142

Nashville, the 20th largest home building market, operated under the radar of the national housing boom. It didn’t ramp up wildly during the boom years, and it’s not contracting viciously during the bust. Median home prices remain an affordable $152,100, propped up by a growing job base. Eighty percent of the residential construction is single-family. Some of the market’s resilience stems from above-average population growth of about 2.3 percent a year. Back in the day, 2005, Nashville accounted for 16,654 permits; it now runs at about half that level. But that’s a better performance than most major markets.

10. Washington DC 2008 total building permits: 11,693

Washington D.C. showed signs last summer that it might be emerging from the downturn, then it turned south again. Even so, the area produces a ton of jobs—an estimated 35,000 in the last year—that fuel a vibrant housing market, the 11th largest in the country. Many of the jobs stem from contracts with the federal government. Washington D.C. remains a relatively unaffordable place to live, with a median home price of $332,700 in the third quarter of last year. But values have fallen only 24 percent in the last year in part because the population continues to grow—an average of 1 percent annually over the last five years. Home building patterns have changed dramatically in the nation’s capital with builders mothballing subdivisions well beyond the beltway and focusing on infill opportunities. The region remains one of the worst in the nation for commuters.

9. Fayetteville, Ark. 2008 total building permits: 2,989

Fayetteville has made some important lists in recent years. Located in the foothills of the Ozarks and within an easy drive of Wal-Mart’s corporate headquarters, it has recently been named one of the best places to live (by Kiplinger) and to do business (by Inc.). Employment, which had been strongly positive since 2005, dropped somewhat in the fourth quarter of last year. Recent layoffs at Wal-Mart’s corporate office sent tremors through the market. But several Fortune 500 companies that sell products to Wal-Mart have established offices here, and they have helped Fayetteville achieve one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter. The University of Arkansas is also located in Fayetteville, and it has helped attract start-up businesses. Residents are drawn by an affordable housing stock; median prices average only $139,400, below the national average, and they’ve lost only 2.4 percent of their value in the last year. Builders pulled only 2,989 residential permits last year, down from 7, 449 in 2005.

8. Indianapolis, Ind. 2008 total building permits: 7,004

Builders are still pulling permits at a relatively healthy rate in Indianapolis, despite a virtually flat job market. Unlike other major markets that have become multifamily-oriented, single family still accounts for two-thirds of home building activity. Ultra-affordable housing accounts for some of the activity—the median price of a home here is only $117,900, making it one of the most affordable markets in the country. As a result, home prices have declined only 4.5 percent in the last year. At the top of the market in 2005, builders in Indianapolis took down 15,619 permits, so activity is down 55 percent, slightly better than the national average. Unfortunately, the relative health of the market wasn’t enough to keep Davis Homes, one of the area’s largest private builders, from going out of business last year.

7. Seattle, Wash. 2008 total building permits: 13,021

Seattle, a city of 3.4 million people, last year weighed in as the eighth largest home building market. Residential construction activity here, as measured by permits, is off only 50 percent since 2005, much better than most markets. Seattle has steadily transitioned during the last 10 years from an affordable to an upscale housing market, with the median price of an existing home reaching above $350,000. Even so, existing home prices fell only 11 percent in the last year. One of the secrets to Seattle’s success is that it has added lots of jobs in recent years; and held on to them last year. Some builders there have even stepped up their land buying in anticipation of a market recovery. As the city has become more urban, the share of single family to multifamily permits has reversed; multifamily now accounts for 58 percent of activity.

6. Raleigh, N.C. 2008 total building permits: 11,386

Another state capital with multiple universities, Raleigh was still adding jobs at a 1.9 percent annual rate though the third quarter of last year. With a population of more than 1 million, it also has one of the highest rates of population growth of any top metro market in the country over the last five years: nearly 5 percent annually. Though the price of a median home here, $221,900, is above the national average, it is well below other cities in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The metro area has added roughly 68,000 jobs since 2005, and employment held steady last year. With a glut of national builders in the market, locals such as Dixon Kirby have experimented with different looks and styles to keep sales alive.

5. Dallas, Texas 2008 total building permits: 26,145

In a year when permits declined 35 percent nationally, Dallas only experienced a 9 percent fall-off. With a population of 4.2 million, Dallas was the third largest home building market last year, as measured in permits pulled. Employers in Dallas, a popular place for corporate relocation and expansion, added 42,000 jobs last year, a growth rate of 2 percent. Existing home prices have held steady, falling a paltry 2.3 percent in the last year, Interestingly, the face of residential construction has changed dramatically in Dallas in recent years; 58 percent of the activity last year was in multifamily, compared to a five-year average of 23 percent. The relative stability of the market, though, wasn’t enough to prevent Wall Homes from filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. On the other hand, former Meritage co-CEO John Landon recently started a new Dallas-based home building company.

4. San Antonio, Texas 2008 total building permits: 10,261

San Antonio is another Texas market that is still adding jobs, about 15,000 last year. A city of more than 2 million people now, its population is also growing, at a 2.8 percent annual clip through the third quarter of last year. Existing home prices are barely declining in San Antonio, down only 1.8 percent in the last year, leaving the median price of an existing single-family home at an affordable $154,400, 25 percent below the national average of $200,500, according to the National Association of Realtors. The upper end of the housing market was hurt recently when AT&T announced it would be moving its corporate headquarters to Dallas.

3. Fort Worth, Texas 2008 Total Building Permits: 10,388

Fort Worth, always operating in the shadow of higher profile Dallas, nevertheless can currently claim to have a slightly healthier housing market, based on its employment growth, relatively strong permit activity, and inexpensive housing. Now the 14th largest home building market in the country, Ft. Worth’s builders pulled 10,388 permits last year, roughly two-thirds of them single-family. That may be half as many as 2005, but many other major markets showed much sharper drop-offs. The relative strength of the Fort Worth market in recent years stems from its ties to the oil and gas industries, which has fueled above-average job growth. The metro area added 17,300 jobs last year.

2. Austin, Texas 2008 Total Building Permits: 14,250

Nine years ago, during the tech bust, some builders felt that Austin was too crowded and left. The bloom is back on Austin’s yellow rose now; it moved up the leader board to become the sixth largest home building market last year. Job creation explains the move. While other markets lost employment, Austin added 17,400 jobs last year, 2.31 percent growth rate. It helps that Austin is home to both a major university, The University of Texas, and the state capital. Existing homes cost a little bit more in Austin than other Texas markets, roughly $190,900, but that’s still below the national average. Also, Austin is one of the few metro areas in the country where median prices actually rose in 2008--1.4 percent through the first three quarters of the year. Amazingly, Austin now generates more home building activity than Chicago, which has six times more people.

1. Houston, Texas 2008 Total Building Permits: 42,697
They like to do things big in Houston. Now the metro area, home to nearly 5.8 million people, can lay claim to being the largest home building market in the country, with 42,697 building permits. The market is still benefiting from an influx of population and jobs and rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Ike. Employment rose 2.2 percent last year, representing the addition of an incredible 57,000 jobs. Home building activity in Houston has only fallen 31 percent since 2005. Also, existing home prices actually rose in Houston last year, 2.8 percent, to $160,200, still a very affordable level. Roughly one third of the home building action is in Harris County, followed by Houston proper and Fort Bend County. One of Houston’s largest builders, Royce Homes, shut down last year, and Kimball Hill, one of the biggest builders in Texas, closed its doors this year after it failed to find a buyer.

North Carolina Insurance Agents - Buying Insurance in NC

2007-11-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

North Carolina Insurance Agents

Buying insurance in NC should be no different from making any other major purchase, such as a car or house. Before making the purchase, you should determine what features you really need. This is important to assure that you get what you expect at a reasonable cost.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF INSURANCE

Insurance is a tool used to help manage financial risk. Financial risk can take many forms. There are risks to our investments, liabilities for our actions, and risks to our ability to earn income. There is insurance to manage all these risks. There are many types of insurance to help you manage financial risk, from loss of property to loss of income. Some insurance helps provide cash flow when income and savings are insufficient. You

Property and casualty insurance. Investments in real property and hard assets are at risk for theft or destruction by natural causes, accident, or mischief (generally, acts of war and terrorism are not covered by property and casualty insurance). Property and casualty insurance helps manage these risks. Property and casualty insurance is available in the form of home insurance, automobile insurance, boat insurance, business property insurance, etc. It protects specific assets from many forms of loss and insures the property owner against liability for damages resulting from the asset's use. The cost of property and casualty insurance is based upon the value of the insured assets and the environment in which the assets are located. For example, auto insurance rates vary depending on the area in which the automobile is located. Communities with high rates of auto theft and accidents will have higher auto insurance rates. Auto insurance also takes driving records and the insured's age into consideration when pricing policies. Some of the types of auto insurance coverage include: liability, medical payments coverage (or personal injury protection), comprehensive physical damage, and uninsured/underinsured motorists' collision.

Errors and omissions, professional malpractice insurance, professional liability insurance. Many occupations and professions risk causing damage to others that can result in financial awards against them. If one were sued for malpractice, this would cause financial hardship when one had to liquidate assets or assign future income to pay the awards. Doctors, lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, construction workers, and anyone else whose occupation can inadvertently cause harm to others or others' property may be liable for financial damages. Financial damages, whether paid from assets, future income, or both, can be daunting and pose a severe financial hardship. There is specific insurance that helps manage these risks arising from one's occupation. Premiums for such insurance are based upon industry statistics and the history of the insured person. Sometimes claims against a person may not be made for years after the occurrence of the action causing the claim, so it is important to know the conditions under which the policy will cover claims.

Health and long-term care insurance. We all know people who have high medical care costs. Often paid by employer contributions, healthcare insurance is essential to assure an adequate level of medical care. Yet, there are many Americans who have inadequate or no health care insurance at all. There are many forms of health care insurance programs available, including fee-for-services plans, hospital and medical service plans, and managed care plans (prepaid health plans that provide comprehensive health to members, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, exclusive provider organizations, and point-of-service plans). Premiums are based upon group statistics and levels of care provided. With the aging of America, there is a strong need for long-term health care insurance to cover costs of nursing homes and assisted living care for the elderly. For eligible individuals, federal Medicare and state-sponsored Medicaid insurance help defray the high cost of medical care.

Life and disability insurance. If a family were to lose its income due to the death or disability of the principal earners, it would face financial hardship. While no one can put a monetary value on human life, one can put a value on his or her earning ability. Life insurance and disability insurance pay benefits to replace lost earnings due to death or disability. The premiums for this insurance are based upon statistics for the age, health, and occupation of the insured, as well as the amount of benefits to be paid. While both life and disability insurance are available through groups, such as employer plans, individuals can buy policies tailored to their specific needs. Life insurance is so versatile that many individuals use it for advanced financial planning purposes, such as retirement planning and savings, as well as for death benefits.

Special forms of insurance are available to cover almost any other financial risks. For example, there is unemployment insurance, investment insurance, and dismemberment insurance (for loss of a body part). Some high-fashion models are even insured against loss of income due to loss of their good looks. Premiums for such insurance are also based upon the likelihood of an event occurring and the amount of benefits to be paid.

Sometimes having the wrong insurance can be worse than having no insurance.

Source: Educated Advisor

How To Pick An Attorney In North Carolina

2007-11-05T19:26:00.000-07:00

How To Pick An Attorney In North Carolina

All attorneys are not created equal. Selecting an attorney must begin by finding one that is qualified to work in family court, criminal, dwi, divorce, and so on. The best way to find a good attorney is from someone who has had personal experience with the attorney and can give you a positive recommendation. This is still a good way to learn about an attorney's reputation. Anyway, be cautious and take your time in finding the right attorney.

Always look for an attorney who is experienced in the particular area of law that is needed. Though the competent attorney's hourly rate is usually higher, I have learned that by the time the case is completed, the competent attorney costs were usually cheaper.

Remember you are paying for good representation and not specific results. Be suspicious of any attorney who makes promises about the outcome of your case.

Select an attorney who has a proven track record in the county where your case will be heard. Ask how many divorce cases they have had in the past year.

Usually a friend who has had experience with a particular attorney in a case similar to yours is an excellent source for getting the name of an attorney.

The local bar association will help you by giving three names of local attorneys. Keep in mind that the bar association will give you names of attorneys specializing in domestic relations and have an office close to where you live or work. The names do not take into consideration the attorney's reputation or competency.

It is important to be cautious when hiring a big-name attorney for a divorce case. These attorneys usually have a reputation because they specialize in criminal law and may require expensive retainers. Your reason for hiring a high profile attorney may be to intimidate your spouse or his attorney. The strategy rarely works.

You should interview the prospective attorney before deciding to hire him. After all, the attorney will be interviewing you to see if he or she can work with you and if you have the money to pay your bill.

Look for an attorney who is interested, empathetic and knowledgeable of the law.

Going through any litigation is stressful, even if you have a strong case and are the plaintiff. In fact, the one thing you will learn from going to court is to avoid, if at all possible, going to court. Even so called winners find the experience emotionally grueling. To lessen the stress, you may want your attorney's reassurance that he or she will win your case. Though your feelings are understandable, your attorney can only represent you on the strength of the evidence and the law. They cannot guarantee you that the judge will decide in your favor.

Because you are angry, you may think that hiring a big-name attorney will intimidate your spouse or the other attorney. This rarely happens. Most experienced attorneys know each other and are not intimidated by the opposing attorney. Any intimidation is usually the client's illusion and not shared by the attorney. In fact, be cautious when hiring a big-name attorney for a divorce case. Most big-name attorneys have gained their reputation from criminal rather than divorce cases. If the attorney takes your case, he or she will be very expensive and may have little interest in your case. I once watched a big-name attorney mistake the client's girlfriend as his client. He was embarrassed and apologized.

Know in Advance How Fees Are Determined. The least expensive hourly rate is not always the cheapest attorney. Ask the attorney about their hourly fees and what you are getting for the money. Many attorneys will charge for their time on the phone, doing research, or standing in line to file papers. You should know ahead of time what you are paying for so you are not surprised when you get the bill. Remember that attorneys are in business to make a living and are not a charitable institution

North Carolina Fishing Holes

2007-10-22T11:05:00.000-07:00

North Carolina Fishing Holes

North Carolina offers world-class fishing in diverse settings such as icy mountain streams, sprawling Piedmont reservoirs and rolling coastal rivers. The NCWRC has made finding a fishing hole easy by maintaining Public Fishing Areas (PFA) and Community Fishing Program (CFP) sites. Check out these sites and the mountain trout maps, to find your next fishing spot!

Public Fishing Areas (PFA) have been created throughout the state to provide free fishing opportunities from the banks of North Carolina's lakes, rivers, streams and reservoirs. The Wildlife Resources Commission has enhanced fishing opportunities at PFAs by clearing banks of underbrush, and in some cases, by constructing handicapped-accessible fishing piers, creating graveled or paved parking lots, installing fish attractors, or baiting the areas with grain or fish feed.

Community Fishing Program (CFP) sites are located primarily in city- or county-owned parks, providing urban anglers fishing opportunities in intensively managed bodies of water. Community Fishing Program sites feature solar-powered fish feeders, handicapped-accessible fishing piers (at most CFPs), and periodic stockings of harvestable-sized channel catfish from April through September.

North Carolina Designated Public Mountain Trout WatersThese maps are provided to give anglers a guide to fishing regulations in effect on specific streams. They also provide locations of all waters open to public trout fishing. Designated waters are shown in thick colored lines that correspond to colors of existing signs conspicuously posted at major access areas to trout waters. Undesignated waters are shown as thin light blue lines. As an additional guide, game lands boundaries are also displayed. Please consult the current NC Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Regulations Digest or see the trout regulations for further information. Also see Fishing News.

Coldwater Stocking by County
Coldwater Weekly Stocking Update
Warmwater Stocking List
Community Fishing Program Stocking List
Stocking your lake or pond
Fish Stocking Permit: Required for stocking fish, mollusks or crustaceans in inland, public fishing waters (public freshwaters).
How does the Wildlife Commission make decisions about stocking?
Fishing Seasons

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North Carolina Zoo Events

2007-10-16T06:59:00.000-07:00

North Carolina Zoo Events Oct 2007 - Dec 2008

Visit The North Carolina Zoo website

Special Events
KidZone ► Opening March 27, 2007 -
Hey kids! Do you enjoy looking for bugs, climbing and running or making mud pies? Would you like to learn how to grow and eat your name? Well, check out all the fun things you can do at the kidZone - a special place just for KIDS opening this spring at the North Carolina Zoo.

ZooFest ► October Saturdays, 2007 -
Fall festivals at the NC Zoo! Celebrations of the exotic, the endangered, and the mysterious for the young -- and young at heart

October 6 - Native American Art, Dance, Music and MysteryOctober 13 - African Art, Dance, Music and MysteryOctober 20 - HOWL-O-Ween – Hear the howls and tales of the Red Wolves.

October 27- 28 - BOO at the ZOO - A magical weekend featuring, games, music, face painting, treats, costume contest and plenty of Halloween fun.

Feb. 2
GROUNDHOG DAY
Join the fun as our groundhog predicts winter weather.

March 22
EGG-STRAVAGANZA
Watch Zoo animals search for holiday treats!

March 29 & 30
S.O.S. Save Our Snakes!
Come ssssssssee why snakes are so sssssssspecial!

April Saturdays
ZooFLING
Roar into Spring at the NC Zoo! Meet Zoo Keepers and discover the secrets to animal appetites, creature comforts, and wild lifestyles.

April 5, 6
Watani Grasslands Grand Opening Celebration – Have tons of fun exploring the new Elephant and Rhinoceros exhibit!

April 12
Feast of the Beasts

April 19, 20
Earth Day Celebration

April 26
Creature Comforts

May 10 & 11
BIRDS AND BLOOMS Not your garden variety Mother’s Day weekend!

May 10
Celebrate NC Zoo’s International Migratory Bird Day and explore more than 60,000 beautiful plants.

May 11
Bring Mom to the Zoo with online discount admission.

June Saturdays
BEE A BEAR
Explore life as a bear and catch the latest buzz on bees.

June 7
Polar Paws & Claws

June 14
Grizzly Walks and Talks

June 21, 22
Black Bears & Bees
Father’s Day
Bring Papa Bear to the Zoowith online discount admission.

June 28
Teddy Bear Fair
Bring your Teddy Bear for a check up with our zoo veterinarians.

August 9 & 10
ZooCOOL
Forecasters are calling for snow at the NC Zoo! Chill out as we show you how Zoo animals beat the heat.

ZooFEST
October Saturdays

Fall festivals at the NC Zoo!
Celebrations of the exotic, the endangered, and the mysterious.

October 4 - Native American Art, Dance, Music and Mystery

October 11 - African Art, Dance, Music and Mystery

October 18 - HOWL-O-Ween – Hearthe howls and tales of the Red Wolves.

October 25, 26 BOO at the ZOO - A magical weekend featuring games, music, face painting, treats, costume contests and plenty of Halloween fun.

BATOLOGY

November 1 & 2
Discover the good nature of bats at Sonora Desert . Watch Zoo Keepers feed the bats.

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North Carolina State Fairground Events

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North Carolina State Fairground Events Oct 2007 - Dec 2008

NC State Fair Webcam

Source NC DA&CS: 2007- 2008 CalendarThis is a listing of the events staged at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds on a monthly basis. Included is the name of the event and building location. For more information please contact the Event promoter listed with the event or the Fairgrounds office at 919-821-7400 - Events Information Line - Extension 22 or Facility Rentals - Extension 4501. All events are subject to last minute changes.

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Hunt Horse Complex 2007 Calendar
Hunt Horse Complex 2008 Calendar

N.C. State Fair opening ceremony set for 11 a.m. Friday in Heritage Circle
(10-11-07)
RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and Fair Manager Wesley Wyatt will officially open the 2007 N.C. State Fair at 11 a.m. Friday at the old tobacco barn in Heritage Circle. The ceremony will feature music by the Wells Family.

N.C. State Fair has a green feel (10-10-07)
RALEIGH – During the N.C. State Fair, the fairgrounds in West Raleigh can best be compared to a small city. With good weather, more than 750,000 people will likely cross through the gates during the Fair’s 10-day run. Like most cities in North Carolina today, the Fair will be doing its part for water conservation, and it will also feature a number of other environmentally friendly measures. Read More>>

Pittsboro mother-son crafters will be featured at the N.C. State Fair (10-2-07)
RALEIGH—Similar to a colonial village of years gone by, the Village of Yesteryear crafters gather at the N.C. State Fair each year to showcase their wares. This family reunion of sorts is bound by a love for craftsmanship and early American working handicrafts. Among the many items available for sale and display are Native American pottery, carvings, beadwork, stained glass, wooden utensils, toys, woven goods and more. Read More>>

Alternative transportation information updated (9-24-07)
Just added! Ride TTA to the Fair on Saturdays from Chapel Hill or RTP!

Seriously Twisted Fun planned for 2007 State Fair (9-13-07)
RALEIGH – Fairgoers will find plenty of tried-and-true attractions to go along with some new twists on fun at the N.C. State Fair Oct. 12-21. Read More>>

Subway, N.C. State Fair launch Seriously Twisted Sub contest (9-13-07)
N.C. State Fair plans to recognize seniors, military; hosting several special events (8-30-07)

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North Carolina Newspapers

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North Carolina Newspapers

Ahoskie Roanoke-Chowan News Herald
Albemarle The Stanly News & Press
Andrews The Andrews Journal
Asheboro The Courier Tribune
Asheville Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville Mountain Xpress
Asheville W. Carolina Business Journal
Black Mountain Black Mountain News
Boone The Mountain Times
Boone Watauga Democrat
Bryson City Smoky Mountain Times
Burlington Times-News
Carolina Beach Island Gazette
Cary The Cary News
Cashiers Crossroads Chronicle
Chapel Hill Chapel Hill News
Charlotte Business Journal of Charlotte
Charlotte Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Charlotte Post
Charlotte Charlotte Weekly
Charlotte Creative Loafing
Charlotte La Noticia
Charlotte Mecklenburg Times
Charlotte Periódico Mi Gente
Charlotte Que Pasa
Charlotte Rhino Times
Clayton The Clayton News-Star
Clemmons The Clemmons Courier
Clinton The Sampson Independent
Columbus Polk County News-Journal
Concord Independent Tribune
Creedmoor Butner-Creedmoor News
Denton The Denton Orator
Denver http://www.newsatnorman.com/
Dunn The Daily Record
Durham The Herald-Sun
Durham The Independent
Eden Daily News
Elizabeth City The Daily Advance
Elizabethtown The Bladen Journal
Elkin The Tribune (
Fayetteville Acento Latino
Fayetteville Fayetteville Observer
Forest City Daily Courier
Franklin Macon County News
Franklin The Franklin Press
Fremont Wayne Wilson News Leader
Fuquay Varina Fuquay-Varina Independent
Garner The Garner News
Gastonia The Gaston Gazette
Goldsboro The News-Argus
Greensboro Carolina Peacemaker
Greensboro The Business Journal
Greensboro The News and Record
Greensboro Yes! Weekly
Greenville The Daily Reflector
Hampstead Topsail Voice
Havelock Havelock News
Henderson The Daily Dispatch
Hendersonville Times News
Hickory Hickory Daily Record
High Point High Point Enterprise
Highlands The Highlander
Hillsborough The News of Orange County
Huntersville Huntersville Herald
Jacksonville Jacksonville Daily News
Jamestown The Jamestown News
Kannapolis Independent Tribune
Kenly The Kenly News
Kernersville Kernersville News
Kinston The Free Press
Laurinburg Laurinburg Exchange
Lenoir Lenoir News Topic
Lexington The Dispatch
Lincolnton Lincoln Times-News
Locust The Weekly Post
Lumberton The Robesonian
Madison The Madison Messenger
Marion McDowell News
Mebane Mebane Enterprise
Mocksville The Enterprise-Record(A) (C)
Monroe The Enquirer-Journal
Mooresville Lake Norman Times
Mooresville Mooresville Tribune
Morehead City Carteret Co News-Times
Morganton The News Herald
Mount Airy Mount Airy News
Mount Olive Mount Olive Tribune
Murphy The Cherokee Scout
Nags Head Outer Banks Sentinel
New Bern Sun Journal
Newland Avery Journal
Newton Observer News Enterprise
North Wilkesboro The Record
North Wilkesboro Wilkes Journal-Patriot
Oriental The Pamlico News
Pittsboro Chatham Journal
Princeton Princeton News Leader
Raeford The News-Journal
Raleigh News and Observer
Raleigh Que Pasa
Raleigh The Raleigh Chronicle
Raleigh Triangle Business Journal
Reidsville The Reidsville Review
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
Robbinsville The Graham Star
Rockingham Richmond County Daily Journal
Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Telegram
Roxboro Courier Times
Salisbury Salisbury Post
Sanford The Sanford Herald
Shallotte The Brunswick Beacon
Shelby The Shelby Star
Siler City The Chatham News
Smithfield The Smithfield Herald
Southern Pines The Pilot
Sparta The Alleghany News
Spruce Pine News-Journal
Statesville Statesville Record & Landmark
Swansboro Tideland News
Sylva Herald and Ruralite
Tarboro The Daily Southerner
Taylorsville Taylorsville Times
Thomasville Thomasville Times
Troy The Montgomery Herald
Tryon The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Wadesboro The Anson Record
Wadesboro The Express Newspaper
Wake Forest The Wake Weekly
Warrenton The Warren Record
Washington Daily News
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News
Waynesville The Mountaineer
West Jefferson Jefferson Post
Whiteville The News Reporter
Wilmington Star-News Online
Wilson Wilson Daily Times
Winston Salem Que Pasa
Winston Salem The Chronicle
Winston Salem Winston-Salem Journal
Wrightsville Beach The Lumina News
Yadkinville The Yadkin Ripple
Yanceyville The Caswell Messenger
Zebulon Eastern Wake News

College Newspapers
A & T State The A & T Register
Appalachian State The Appalachian
Chowan College Chowan Connections
Davidson College The Davidsonian
Duke Univ The Chronicle
E. Carolina Univ Greenville East Carolinian
Elon College The Pendulum
Guilford College The Guilfordian
Lenoir-Rhyne Lenoir-Rhynean
Mars Hill College The Hilltop
Montreat College The Whetstone
NC Central University Campus Echo
NC State Raleigh Technician Online
Univ NC Asheville The Blue Banner
Univ NC Chapel Hill The Daily Tar Heel
Univ NC Charlotte The Niner Online
Univ NC Pembroke The Pine Needle
Univ NC Wilmington The Seahawk
Wake Forest Old Gold and Black
Western Carolina Univ Western Carolinian

Magazines
Appalachian Highways
Sportfishing Report
Up & Coming Weekly

NC Online Directory Website
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Best Hiking Trails In North Carolina

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Best Hiking Trails In North Carolina

#1. Black Mountain Crest
An inspiring overnight backpack or shorter day hike across the Black Mountains, with summits all well above 6.000 feet. Views are astounding along this sparsely vegetated ridge, plummeting 4000 feet

From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - 12 miles (About Top Trails)

#2. Mount Mitchell
Mt. Mitchell—the highest peak east of the Mississippi—is a crowning part of the Blue Ridge Parkway experience. The only motorized access to the mountain is from the Parkway, at Milepost 355.3,
From the guidebook "Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - 12 miles (About Top Trails)

#3. Uwharrie National Forest
Wonderful, woodsy circuit hikes in Uwharrie National Forest, some of substantial length. The Uwharrie and Dutchmans Creek trails form a figure eight
From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheboro, NC - Hiking - 20.1 miles (About Top Trails)

#4. Mount Pisgah Area Trails
Driving the Parkway from Asheville to Mt. Pisgah is a humbling experience —especially if you stopped by Biltmore House and Gardens on the way through town.

From the guidebook "Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway"
Brevard, NC - Hiking - 6.4 miles (About Top Trails)

#5. Appalachian Trail: Clingmans Dome to Spence Field
This hike is a long, difficult, beautiful hike, and by the end, you will have your own definition of a southern Appalachian knob.

From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians"
Cades Cove, NC - Hiking - 22.1 miles (About Top Trails)

#6. Appalachian Trail - Southern Balds Section
An inspiring hike on the Appalachian Trail (AT) over the mountaintop meadows called the Southern Balds. As a whole, this is a wonderful but strenuous backpacking trip. Hikers can also make day hikes
From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Bakersville, NC - Hiking - 13 miles (About Top Trails)

#7. Appalachian Trail: Allen Gap to Devil Fork Gap
The northern half of this hike borders the Bald Mountain Ridge Scenic Area in the Cherokee National Forest, and the AT runs along a rugged, isolated crest. Outstanding view

From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians"
Hot Springs, NC - Hiking - 20.2 miles (About Top Trails)

#8. Gregory Bald Overnight Loop
This hike combines the best that the high and low country have to offer. First, you'll travel up the Twentymile Trail past Twentymile Cascades to the Upper Flats streamside camp.

From the guidebook "Day & Overnight Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Fontana Village, NC - Hiking - 15.7 miles (About Top Trails)

#9. Craggy Gardens
A more than mile-high area of crags and bald mountains with a variety of hikes, easy to moderate, with spectacular vistas and a waterfall. General location: Blue Ridge Parkway

From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - 6.2 miles (About Top Trails)

#10. Shining Rock Wilderness
Hikes to bald summits and evergreen forests of the Shining Rock wilderness. Most of these hikes begin on the Graveyard Trail, a less-used and scenic route. General location: Blue Ridge Parkway
From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - 9 miles (About Top Trails)

#11. Linville Gorge Wilderness
A 12,002-acre tract of designated wilderness, Linville Gorge lies between Jonas Ridge to the east and Linville Mountain to the west. The Blue Ridge Parkway skirts the head of the gorge From the guidebook "Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway"
Crossnore, NC - Hiking - 14 miles (About Top Trails)

#12. Andrews Bald
This is one of the Smokies' finest hikes. The trip passes through an extraordinary spruce-fir forest to the grassy field of Andrews Bald. Resplendent with stunning view

From the guidebook "Day & Overnight Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Cherokee, NC - Hiking - 3.6 miles (About Top Trails)

#13. Shining Rock Wilderness
As you drive south out of Asheville and climb past Mt. Pisgah, the Shining Rock Wilderness can’t help but catch your attention.

From the guidebook "Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway"
Brevard, NC - Hiking - 8.8 miles (About Top Trails)

#14. Bartram Trail
An outstanding ridge walk, perfect for backpacking or day hiking. The graded trail traverses a rarely visited ridge and spectacular summits. General location: North of Highlands....
From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Highlands, NC - Hiking - 8.5 miles (About Top Trails)

#15. Appalachian Trail:

Carvers Gap to Roan High Bluff & Rhododendron Gardens
Roan Mountain is a place of mystery, legend, wild beauty, and superlatives. The largest of the southern Appalachian grassy balds

From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians"
Bakersville, NC - Hiking - 5.6 miles (About Top Trails)

#16. Appalachian Trail: Carvers Gap to US 19E
Wide-open spaces, miles of waving grass, alpine wildflowers … Is this the southern Appalachians? Botanist Asa Gray observed in the 1880s that he could ride his horse for 14 miles on Roan Mountain
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians"
Roan Mountain, TN - Hiking - 13.4 miles (About Top Trails)

#17. Appalachian Trail: Davenport Gap to Max Patch
Because of distance and several long ups and downs, the rating on this hike is "strenuous," but in general the grade is good with no difficult or rough spots. From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians"
Waterville, NC - Hiking - 16 miles (About Top Trails)

#18. Graveyard Fields Loop Trail
A loop that reaches two waterfalls and explores a high, alpine-like valley. A second circuit involves a new portion of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

From the guidebook "Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway"
Brevard, NC - Hiking - 9.5 miles

#19. Fontana Lake Overnight Loop
If you like a combination of mountains and lakes, this moderate hike is for you and any younger or inexperienced backpackers you may wish to bring along.

From the guidebook "Day & Overnight Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Fontana Village, NC - Hiking - 17.7 miles

#20. Appalachian Trail: Deep Gap to Timber Ridge Trail
At 5498 feet, Standing Indian Mountain is the highest point south of the Smokies and the southernmost mile-high peak on the AT. However, the trail climbs gradually with switchbacks
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians"
Franklin, NC - Hiking - 10.4 miles

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North Carolina- NC- Top 20 Best Scenic Drives

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North Carolina- NC- Top 20 Best Scenic Drives

#1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
This park is close to major population centers, but its lush greenery and pleasantly rounded peaks create a soothing aura of tranquillity.

#2. Blue Ridge Parkway: Asheville to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A 75-mile paved section of one of the most famous routes in America, following the dramatic crest of the Pisgah and Great Balsam Mountains to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Asheville, NC - Scenic Drives - 75 miles (About Top Trails)

#3. Uwharrie Mountains: Uwharrie National Forest
A 34-mile paved and gravel route that winds through the ancient Uwharrie Mountains and the Uwharrie National Forest, past rivers, a lake, a covered bridge, and many hiking opportunities. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Eldorado, NC - Scenic Drives - 34 miles

#4. Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
A 61.3-mile paved route through the southern Appalachian Mountains, with whitewater river gorges, hardwood forests, and rural farm country. The Mountain Waters Scenic Byway traverses beautiful mountains. From the guidebook "National Forest Scenic Byways East & South"

Highlands, NC - Scenic Drives - 61.3 miles

#5. Mountain Waters Scenic Byway: Highlands to the Nantahala River Gorge
A 61-mile paved route that winds through some of the most spectacular country in the Nantahala National Forest, including multiple waterfalls, a roaring whitewater river, and tremendous mountaintop views. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Franklin, NC - Scenic Drives - 61 miles

#6. Whitewater Falls: Highlands to Rosman
A 41-mile paved route through the resort towns of Highlands, Cashiers, and Lake Toxaway via Whitewater Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in the eastern United States. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Cashiers, NC - Scenic Drives - 41 miles

#7. Bentonville Battleground: Cliffs of the Neuse State Park to Bentonville Battleground
A 33-mile paved route from a state park with cliffs (surprising for the coastal plain) to Bentonville Battleground, the site of the last major Confederate offensive of the Civil War. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Goldsboro, NC - Scenic Drives - 33 miles

#8. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest to Tennessee State Line
A 25-mile paved road through beautiful, undeveloped Nantahala National Forest, including old-growth trees at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and tremendous views from the crest of the Unicoi Mountains. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Robbinsville, NC - Scenic Drives - 25 miles

#9. Crowders Mountain: Kings Mountain National Military Park, SC to Crowders Mountain
A short, paved 10-mile route chock-full of interesting sights, including a Revolutionary War battlefield, two state parks, a living history farm just over the border in South Carolina. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Gastonia, NC - Scenic Drives - 10 miles

#10. Linville Gorge: Pisgah National Forest near Linville Falls
A 19-mile gravel and paved route that encircles rugged Linville Gorge. This drive partially encircles Linville Gorge, a yawning chasm where the Linville River tumbles 2,000 feet in 14 miles. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Linville Falls, NC - Scenic Drives - 19 miles

#11. Blowing Rock: Blowing Rock to Roseboro
A 26-mile paved and gravel road from the busy resort town of Blowing Rock deep into the tranquil Pisgah National Forest and past the tiny communities of Globe, Edgemont, Mortimer, and Roseboro. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Blowing Rock, NC - Scenic Drives - 26 miles

#12. Newfound Gap & Clingmans Dome: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A 24-mile paved road that climbs from the base of the Great Smoky Mountains to the highest peak, past historic sites, rushing mountain streams, numerous overlooks, and lush forest. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Bryson City, NC - Scenic Drives - 24 miles

#13. Hanging Rock: Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock
A 24-mile paved road between two prominent remnants of the ancient Sauratown Mountains, often called “the mountains away from the mountains” because of their isolation from the Blue Ridge. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Mount Airy, NC - Scenic Drives - 24 miles

#14. Green Swamp: Clarkton to Supply
A 44-mile drive across a very lightly developed area of the coastal plain, past the interesting Green Swamp. This is a low-key trip across a very lightly developed section of the coastal plain. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Supply, NC - Scenic Drives - 44 miles

#15. Heintooga-Round Bottom Road: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A 35-mile paved and gravel road through a scenic but lightly visited part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Cherokee, NC - Scenic Drives - 35 miles

#16. Cape Hatteras National Seashore: Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge to Hatteras
A 48-mile drive past the seemingly endless beaches and dunes of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, with a visit to a wildlife refuge and what is probably the best-known lighthouse in America. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Waves, NC - Scenic Drives - 48 miles

#17. Overhill Skyway
A winding, 44-mile paved route through the southern Appalachian Mountains, through the ancestral territories of the Cherokee Indian nation. This route is also called the Cherohala Skyway. From the guidebook "National Forest Scenic Byways East & South"

Tellico Plains, TN - Scenic Drives - 44 miles

#18. Elk Falls: Vilas to Elk Falls
A 25-mile mostly paved road through rugged mountains, past a historic general store to a large, accessible waterfall. This drive follows a winding route through the mountains west of Boone. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Banner Elk, NC - Scenic Drives - 25 miles

#19. Forest Heritage Scenic Drive: Pisgah National Forest near Brevard
A 65-mile paved road through the heart of the Pisgah Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest, past waterfalls, historic sites, mountain overlooks, and miles of lush, undeveloped forest. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Brevard, NC - Scenic Drives - 65 miles

#20. Roan Mountain: Spruce Pine to Roan Mountain
A 25-mile paved route from the historic mining town of Spruce Pine to the extensive rhododendron gardens on the summit of Roan Mountain. From the guidebook "Scenic Driving North Carolina"

Spruce Pine, NC - Scenic Drives - 25 miles

Forest City North Carolina

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Forest City North Carolina

Forest City is located six miles east of Rutherfordton, the county seat, and is situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. The town is interconnected by three US highways, 74, 221, 64, and one state highway 108. Forest City is a wonderful community with a colorful history and a bright future.

What is now Forest City began as a crossroads on the Shelby-Rutherfordton and Spartanburg-Lincolnton Roads. Originally, the town was incorporated as Burnt Chimney in 1877. A replica near the site of the original chimney adorns the public square today. The "chimney" was the remains of the McArthur home that marked the crossroads.

The name was changed to Forest City in 1887, named after a prominent citizen, Forest Davis. The 1880 census counted 110 residents in the small crossroads town. By 1890, 419 people lived in Forest City - the increase was primarily due to the coming of the railroad and the building of the Florence Mill. By 1910, Forest City was a flourishing community with 1,090 residents with electric lights and water and 12 passenger trains daily.

In 1914, the Forest City Betterment Club embarked on a project to beautify the town's Main Street and today the original landscaped medians and fountain still exist. In 1927, the town was selected as one of the ten most beautiful and best planned towns in the United States by the US Department of Agriculture. By 1940, Forest City had 4,068 residents and had established itself as the commercial hub of the county.

Today, the population of Forest City NC is 7,450. The town remains the commercial hub, and the legacy of "community betterment" can still be seen in the pride the town and its residents take in keeping Forest City a beautiful and livable community
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Archdale North Carolina

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Archdale North Carolina

The City of Archdale is conveniently located in the middle of the Piedmont Triad. We are a forward thinking and forward moving community. Our location along Interstate 85 and the new Interstate 74 provides quick and easy travel to Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Piedmont Triad International Airport, and all points in between.

Our schools continue to excel at educating our future leaders. Our three elementary schools have achieved the “School of Excellence” award for the last two years. Creekside Park offers over 100 acres of recreational amenities, including: ball fields, greenways, tennis courts, and a recreational center. Our city also supports a state-of-art library and an active Senior Citizens Center. Our City Council and Chamber of Commerce are dedicated to attracting new economic development opportunities to our community.

While Archdale has experienced remarkable growth over the past several years, we have still managed to preserve the quaint, small town feel of our community. Whether you are a newcomer, visitor, or long time resident, we know you will find our community will meet your needs.

In the last five years the City has acquired several tracts of open space and natural areas adjacent to its Creekside Park creating approximately 100 acres of ballfields, greenways, natural areas, and other recreational facilities. The City has plans to construct miles of greenway in a system that will eventually connect to the yet-to-be-completed Randleman Lake. There also are several institutions of higher education with in easy access of Archdale. There are the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina A & T University, and Greensboro College all of which are located in Greensboro, Guilford College (15 miles), High Point University (10 miles), campuses of Guilford Technical Community College within 5 miles at Jamestown and High Point, and a campus of Randolph Community College located at Creekside Park itself. Medical facilities include High Point Regional Health System which is located just 7 miles away in downtown High Point. Cornerstone Health Care and its wide-ranging medical services have various facilities located in both High Point and Archdale. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital is located in Greensboro and internationally-recognized Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is just 25 miles away in Winston-Salem. In addition, Duke University Hospital in Durham and UNC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill are located a mere one-hour drive away.
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Wrightsville Beach North Carolina

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Wrightsville Beach North Carolina

The town of Wrightsville Beach occupies one of the chain of barrier islands along North Carolina's southeastern coast. These islands, geologically relatively young, presented prior to urban development a combination of wide sandy beaches, dunes, and marine forests.

Westward of the long and narrow barrier islands are the sounds and marshlands where sea water continually flows in and out across waterways and wetlands. The barrier islands are in a state of constant transition because of natural forces.

The island of Wrightsville Beach today is 1,000-5,000 feet in width and stretches almost four miles from Masonboro inlet on the south to Mason inlet on the north.

This is a man-made configuration that may not stand the test of time. When North Carolinians named the island it was called New Hanover Banks, a sandy barrier cut by shallow Moor's Inlet. The northern portion was called Shell Island.

Today, Moore's Inlet is bulldozed and closed, and Lumina Avenue and a magnificent wide beach run the length of Wrightsville Beach.

On the mainland side of Wrightsville Beach European settlers encountered a sound nearly two miles wide, a stretch of waterways, marsh and small islands.

Dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway earlier in the 20th century produced sand and clay which were compacted to form a sizable island in the sound that was originally called The Hammocks--now Harbor Island--between the barrier island and the western shore of the sound, which is punctuated by creeks, tidal flats and marshlands.

The entire habitat--ocean and barrier island, sound and creeks, was originally rich with salt water and anadromous fish along with turtles, raccoons and even alligators.

The city limits of the town of Wrightsville Beach today encompass not only the barrier island but also Harbor Island and a small portion of mainland. "The Beach," or the island itself, once owned by the State of North Carolina and known as New Hanover Banks. It was transferred into private hands in three separate grants between 1791 and 1881.

Development, however, was slow, impeded by distance and lack of transportation other than by boat. The established port city of Wilmington on the lower Cape Fear River, a municipality founded in 1740, sits ten miles by land to the Southwest, but the early owners of portions of New Hanover Banks could only reach the area by traveling on oar-driven skiffs or sailing craft down to the mouth of the Cape Fear River and then northeastward up the sounds or coast.

For a century after the beach passed into private hands there were no residents, and the only visitors were fishermen, drawn to the area by the great numbers of Spanish Mackerel and Blue Fish, and hunters who used marsh lands to the west to hunt game hen and game birds.

Sailing became a popular pastime in the area, and frequent races led to the founding of the Carolina Yacht Club in April, 1853. Club members erected a clubhouse, the first structure on what began to be called Wrightsville Beach (after the Wright family who owned land on the nearby mainland) as their meeting place. The Carolina Yacht Club held dozens of races every year, and is now recognized as the third oldest yacht club in the United States.

The Civil War disrupted these events for a few years, as many members of the club and their boats went into military service. The waterways adjacent to Cape Fear were busy with traffic during the war, with blockade runners making their dangerous, usually nocturnal dash from the Atlantic into the mouth of the river on their way to the port of Wilmington.

At least three blockade runners are said to have foundered on Wrightsville Beach itself, one allegedly carrying a sword covered in jewels, meant for the Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

The inaccessibility of the area began to change in 1875, when a charter was granted for the construction of a turnpike connecting Wilmington to Wrightsville Sound. The passage was completed in 1887, completely topped by oyster shells, thus earning the nickname "the Shell Road."

Later that year a charter was granted to the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad Company to build a track to extend from Wilmington all the way to the Hammocks. With rail transportation to the Hammocks and a footbridge to Wrightsville Beach, development of the island began to accelerate.

Another yacht club was erected, two hotels and several beach cottages, the first apparently built by Col. F. W. Foster. The Hammocks attracted a popular hotel, the Island Beach, in 1897, and in 1889 the rail line was extended across the Hammocks and Bank's Channel to Wrightsville Beach where it then ran southward along a route now marked by South Lumina Avenue.

Hundreds of visitors from around the state of North Carolina began to arrive each summer. From 10th and Princess streets in downtown Wilmington the train (after 1902, electric trolley) ride to the beach took thirty minutes. Until the automobile era the "Beach Car" trolley was "the lifeline of Wrightsville Beach," in one resident's recollection. (4) On July 4, 1907, for example, 8,700 passengers were carried to the beach on the popular line.

On March 6, 1899, the residents incorporated the Town of Wrightsville Beach. The population at this time cannot be determined with accuracy, but probably was not more than 40 or 50, most of them seasonal dwellers who did not live on the beach year-round.

Their civic commitment was soon tested. The great hurricane of 1899 swept in from the Atlantic and destroyed virtually everything on Wrightsville Beach, including the train tracks that connected it to the mainland. Like Hazel in 1954, the storm struck during the exact hour of high tide, and sent huge waves across the beaches, inundating the island.

The spirit of the people of Wrightsville Beach rose to the occasion. The railroad was rebuilt the very next year, and the electric trolley cars (after 1902) carried thousands of visitors to a beach that was fast becoming a main attraction not only for the people of Wilmington and much of North Carolina but for tourists from New York and other eastern cities.

Hugh MacRae, president of the Tide Water Power Company, the parent company of the trolley line, added to the enticements of sun and sand by building an immense public pavilion at the final stop on the line.

Lumina was constructed on 200 feet of ocean frontage at Station #7, the end of the line, and opened on June 3, 1905. Costing $7,000 to build--a very large sum in that day-- Lumina's 12,500 square foot complex presented visitors with three levels of games and activities.

A bowling alley, shooting gallery and snack shop occupied the ground floor, and a broad staircase led up to the dance hall with balcony for the band and onlookers.

The instantly-popular Lumina was enlarged several times to accommodate the crowds, and a movie screen was erected fifty feet into the surf.

In 1911, over 600 tungsten lights were placed along Lumina's exterior, and television news commentator David Brinkley, born and raised in Wilmington, remembers in the late 1930s changing light bulbs in the eight-foot high sign LUMINA on the roof, making the facility a glittering landmark easily seen from the mainland or from ships at sea.

In 1935 the trolley era gave way to the automobile, when a two-lane bridge was built across the Intracoastal Waterway to Harbor Island and then over Bank's Channel to the beach.

The Great Fire of Wrightsville Beach, Jan. 28, 1934, destroyed over one hundred cottages as well as the Oceanic Hotel, though Lumina survived.

Her lights went out during World War II, as naval authorities feared that allied shipping might be silhouetted against the brightly illuminated building, to the benefit of German submarines.

But Wrightsville Beach was far from the sea lanes, protected from submarines by shallow offshore waters. German U-boat Commander Erich Cremer, interviewed in 1984, recalled the waters off Wrightsville Beach as "a shallow grave" that protected the area from the coastal U-boat activity that raised anxieties at other points on the Atlantic shore.

A population of approximately 110 year-round residents in 1930 grew to 1500 in 1945. David Brinkley tells us in his autobiography, David Brinkley: A Memoir, that Wrightsville was not a place only for the rich, like some of the beaches of Long Island, Florida, and elsewhere. "Wilmington residents of even modest prosperity could have a house in town and a shingled cottage built up on stilts on the beach....For a schoolboy with a summer job at the beach making a little money working as a soda jerk...with girls all around in swimsuits that then seemed skimpy, the beach, the surf, Lumina with big bands playing every night, it was heaven."

Mostly heaven. But nature had a way of punctuating the good life at the beach. On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel struck the mainland at the North Carolina-South Carolina border,hitting at high tide and at full moon with estimated winds between 125-140 MPH at Wrightsville Beach.
A storm surge of 12-14 feet above mean low water mark destroyed between 100-250 houses--estimates vary-- and damaged 500 more, again tearing out the Carolina Yacht Club and the town sewer plant.

Again, Wrightsville residents rebuilt. The seven-story Blockade Runner Motor Hotel open in 1964, reflecting confidence in the future of tourism at the beach.

Lumina era, however, was coming to a close. Crowds had diminished with the end of the trolley line, the building deteriorated, and was judged unsafe and condemned by town officials in 1972.

Historian Rupert Benson reminisced: "The finest orchestras of the country...the Sunday school picnics...pictures over the water in the evening for everyone to enjoy, a grand era of good enjoyment passed on. The auto changed all this and what a mess."

There was no Wrightsville Beach Preservation Society or other group to mobilize public support for at least the documentation of the famous landmark, if not the preservation of part or all of it, and Lumina was demolished in 1973.

Recent decades have seen a gradual in-filling of development until few vacant lots are left. A towering Shell Island Resort with attached parking garage was constructed at the edge of the inlet on the north end of the island in 1984--too towering, many residents thought of the awkward, ungraceful structure, and too close to the inlet, it was learned in 1996 as Mason Inlet began to migrate southward and threatened to erode the building's foundations.

Three thousand people now live on the island during the off-season, and the arrival of warm weather greatly increases that number. What brings them to cherish this place, whether as residents or visitors for the weekend?

Wrightsville resident and historian Rupert Benson gave an apt description when he wrote of the mid-century years: "Sky and sea are ablaze with sunset splendor and the snowy crest of the breakers tipped with the colors of the sunset...makes one feel God left his hand here."

The Lord Giveth, but occasionally, even on the beach, the Lord Taketh Away. In the summer of 1996, two large hurricanes made landfall near the mouth of the Cape Fear River--Bertha, on July 12 and Fran, on September 5. Both the island's piers were sheared back, hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged, and the imposing dunes topped by seat oats were leveled all along the coast.

Again, Wrightsville Beach citizens regrouped, and rebuilt their community between the broad white beach and the marshes, waterways, and glowing sunsets to the west.

Benson captured this resurgent spirit when he wrote in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1934: "Public minded citizens of the Beach rose up and sought a new day.
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Spring Lake North Carolina

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Spring Lake North Carolina

Spring Lake is a pleasant little town located in the northwestern end of Cumberland County, nestled between Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base. In the early 1920’s, the Town became a bedroom community for Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base.

Spring Lake NC is now more than twice its original size. The Fayetteville Technical Community College just opened their Spring Lake Center. Wal-Mart recently opened a new Super Center, and there are many other projects in the works. The Town is moving forward. No matter what part of the world you are from, you will find a piece of home in our diverse restaurants and shops of every ethnic variety. Diversity is our strength. There is a wide array of cultural and recreational opportunities as well. We are a small community with a big heart and offer a small town atmosphere, located only a short distance from the Research Triangle Area. We have an eye on the future to make Spring Lake the best place to live, work, and play.
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Rocky Mount North Carolina

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Rocky Mount North Carolina

Remarkable Rocky Mount NC, twice recognized as an All-American city, guarantees to make you feel right at home with a wide variety of restaurants - from unbelievably tasty home cookin' to the very best of the national chains, ample hotel accommodations in all price ranges, and a touch of "good ole southern charm." Remarkable... You bet!

Whether you're a lifelong resident of Nash county or a first-time resident, we want to help guide you to the many exciting activities, attractions, festivals, and special events the area has to offer. Remarkable Rocky Mount NC and the charming small towns of Nash county offer an interesting blend of recreational opportunities, historical sites worth exploring, sports events, plus arts and cultural experiences.

Rocky Mount, Nash county NC location is both convenient and easily accessible from all directions, making it the perfect spot for sports tournaments, family reunions, business meetings, seminars, conferences, and all kinds of special events as well as the best stop for I-95 and US 64 travelers.

The "New South" was emerging, and Rocky Mount was ready. A "Chamber of Commerce" was formed in 1904 and tobacco and "King Cotton" were staples of a booming economy.

In fact, by 1960 Rocky Mount boasted its ranking as the world's largest bright leaf tobacco market. It was also during this time that the area's economy diversified for the first time, spawning new industry and new job opportunities.

Nothing impacted the area more than the founding of Hardee's Food Systems in 1961. Formed by Rocky Mount natives Jim Gardner and Leonard Rawls, Hardee's grew to become a giant in the fast food business.

Today, Rocky Mount NC is home to major manufacturers in the fields of aeronautics (Honeywell), pharmaceuticals (Hospira), and diesel engines (Consolidated Diesel Co.). The area also boasts fast food franchising (Boddie-Noell Enterprises), food distribution (MBM Corp.), food preparation (Cheesecake Factory Bakery), agribusiness (Dale Bone Farms), and egg production (Braswell Foods), and residential development (Ford's Colony of Rocky Mount).

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Mecklenburg County NC

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Mecklenburg County NC

Mecklenburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2006, the population was 827,445. Its county seat is Charlotte6. It is the most populous county in the state.

History
Mecklenburg County was formed in 1762 from the western part of Anson County. It was named for the German Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), who had become queen consort of King George III the previous year. She is also the eponym of Mecklenburg County's county seat and largest city, Charlotte.

In 1768 the part of Mecklenburg County west of the Catawba River became Tryon County. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was allegedly signed on May 20, 1775; if the document is indeed genuine, Mecklenburg County was the first part of the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from Great Britain. In 1792 the northeastern part of Mecklenburg County became Cabarrus County. Finally, in 1842 the southeastern part of Mecklenburg County was combined with the western part of Anson County to become Union County.

James Knox Polk, the eleventh President of the United States, was born here in 1795 in what is now Pineville.

Law and government
Mecklenburg County is a member of the regional Centralina Council of Governments.

The County has two governing bodies: the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. Both are nine member boards, with six district representatives and three representatives elected at-large by the entire county. The current chairman of the Mecklenburg BOCC is Jennifer Roberts.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,415 km² (546 mi²). 1,363 km² (526 mi²) of it is land and 52 km² (20 mi²) of it (3.65%) is water.

Municipalities
Mecklenburg County contains seven (7) municipalities including the City of Charlotte and the towns of Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville (north of Charlotte); and the towns of Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville (south and east of Charlotte). Extra-territorial jurisdictions within the county are annexed by municipalities as soon as they reach sufficient concentrations.

One common school district, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), serves the entire county.

Adjacent Counties
Iredell County, North Carolina - north
Cabarrus County, North Carolina - northeast
Union County, North Carolina - southeast
Lancaster County, South Carolina - south
York County, South Carolina - southwest
Gaston County, North Carolina - west
Lincoln County, North Carolina - northwest

Demographics
As of the census² of 2000, there were 695,454 people, 273,416 households, and 174,986 families residing in the county. The population density was 510/km² (1,322/mi²). There were 292,780 housing units at an average density of 215/km² (556/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 64.02% White, 27.87% Black or African American, 0.35% Native American, 3.15% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 3.01% from other races, and 1.55% from two or more races. 6.45% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, and growing. This is especially evident around the town of Pineville/South Blvd. and the area of Eastland/Central in Charlotte.

There were 273,416 households out of which 32.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.70% were married couples living together, 12.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.00% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 36.40% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 8.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 96.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,579, and the median income for a family was $60,608. Males had a median income of $40,934 versus $30,100 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,352. About 6.60% of families and 9.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.50% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
Charlotte
Cornelius
Davidson
Huntersville
Matthews
Mint Hill
Pineville

Original Townships of Mecklenburg County
In 1959, the North Carolina State Legislature revised laws that govern how cities may annex adjacent areas, allowing municipalities to annex unincorporated lands without permission of those residents.[1] Due to decades of an aggressive annexation policy, cities (especially Charlotte) have greatly expanded their borders,[2] diminishing or totally engulfing all of the original 15 Townships of Mecklenburg County. Although seldom mentioned by residents anymore, the U.S. Census still recognizes all of the Townships except Sharon Township.(see modern map).

Charlotte Township - completely annexed into the City of Charlotte
Mallard Creek Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte annexation
Crab Orchard Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte annexation
Clear Creek Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte and Mint Hill annexation
Morning Star Township - almost entirely annexed by Charlotte, Mint Hill, and Matthews
Sharon Township - completely annexed into Charlotte and eliminated
Providence Township - almost entirely annexed into Charlotte
Pineville Township - mostly annexed by the City of Pineville
Steele Creek Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte annexation
Berryhill Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte annexation
Paw Creek Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte annexation
Long Creek Township - greatly reduced by Charlotte annexation
Deweese Township - reduced by Davidson and Cornelius annexation
Huntersville Township - reduced by Huntersville annexation
Lemley Township - mostly beneath Lake Norman since it was created in 1963, and reduced by Huntersville annexation
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Wake County, North Carolina

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Wake County, North Carolina

Consistently rated as one of the best places to live and work in America, Wake County is home to NC State University, Research Triangle Park, the NC State Fair and 2006 Stanley Cup Champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. Wake County is also the center of state government, with our Capitol Building, legislature and many government offices located in Raleigh.

Wake County, North Carolina, is consistently rated as one of the best places to live and work in America! With our welcoming climate, major universities, nationally recognized public schools, exciting sports teams, a variety of museums and parks, great shops and restaurants, and emphasis on history -- Wake County has become home to many people who relocate here each year and is one of the fastest growing areas in the state.

Wake County is the second-most populous County in North Carolina. The County consists of 12 municipalities and includes Raleigh, the county seat and state capital. A unique mix of urban and rural small towns distinguishes Wake County from other counties and provides something for every lifestyle. The County has a population of more than 750,000 residents. The County’s General Fund budget is currently $747 million, and the County has approximately 3,400 employees. The County has a seven-year capital plan totaling $1.2 billion and grants in excess of $100 million per year.

The weather in Wake County is defined as moderate. The area's average annual rainfall is 44.7 inches per year, with an inconsistent annual snowfall of less than 2 inches per year. The average low temperature is 47 degrees, and the average high temperature is 73 degrees. The area enjoys long spring, summer and fall seasons, with relatively short winters. Highs can reach into the 90s during the peak of the summer and around freezing during the winter months.

Wake County greets more than 10 million visitors every year! Tourism brings $1.13 billion to Wake County annually -- that's $3.1 million every day! It also helps with employment, contributing to 21,500 direct jobs in the hospitality, retail and other service sectors.
With our welcoming climate, exciting sports teams, a variety of museums and parks, great shops and restaurants, and emphasis on history, Wake County has something to offer everyone -- no matter whether you are young or a senior, whether you are single or have a large family.

Geographic Facts
The size of the County is 549,000 acres, or 860 sq. miles, or 2,212 sq. kilometers. From east to west, it measures 46 miles. From north to south, it measures 39 miles.

The highest point in the County, about 540 feet above sea level, is a quarter of a mile north of Leesville.

The lowest point in the County, about 160 feet above sea level, is a half of a mile southeast of Shotwell, where Marks Creek flows into Johnston County.

The geographic center of Wake County is in Raleigh, near Broughton High School.

The County is considered to be in a transitional zone between the Piedmont uplands and the coastal plain and, therefore, within the fall zone.

The Neuse River and its tributaries drain about 80% of the County, and the southwestern part is drained by tributaries of the Cape Fear River. The stream network generally flows in a southeasterly direction.

History

The county was formed in 1771 from parts of Cumberland County, Johnston County, and Orange County. It was named for Margaret Wake, wife of Governor William Tryon.

In 1881 parts of Wake County and Orange County were combined to form Durham County. In 1911 Cedar Fork Township of Wake County was transferred to Durham County and became Carr Township.

Politics
Wake County is the second most heavily populated county in North Carolina, with, as of July 2005, a population of approximately 750,000. Although Democratic presidential candidates have only won the county in three of the last 12 elections (Kennedy in 1960, Johnson in 1964 and Clinton in 1992), the races have almost always been close, such as in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won by a landslide nationwide, but by a mere 1% in Wake County. Recently, Republican George W. Bush won the county in 2000 with 53% and defeated John Kerry in 2004 by a slim 51% to 49%.

Recently, statewide Democrats have fared well here; in the 1998 Senate Race, Democrat John Edwards won in Wake County, which helped him in his defeat of incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth. In 2000 Democrat Governor Mike Easley won here with 55% of the vote. In 2004, Easley won again in Wake County by nearly 20%, winning with 59% to 40% for opponent Patrick Ballantine. Democratic candidate for US Senate Erskine Bowles won in Wake County with 52 percent, despite losing statewide to Richard Burr by the same margin. In 2002, however, Republican Elizabeth Dole defeated Bowles with 55% of the vote here, and won by a large margin statewide.

Democratic voters are mainly located in the city of Raleigh, while Republicans are the majority in the rural areas in the north and western parts of the county. The outskirts of Raleigh, and the cities of Cary and Apex are where most of the swing voters are located.

Townships
The county is divided into twenty townships: Bartons Creek, Buckhorn, Cary, Cedar Fork, Holly Springs, House Creek, Leesville, Little River, Marks Creek, Meredith, Middle Creek, Neuse, New Light, Panther Branch, Raleigh, St. Mary's, St. Matthew's, Swift Creek, Wake Forest, and White Oak.

Adjacent Counties
Granville County, North Carolina - north
Franklin County, North Carolina - northeast
Nash County, North Carolina - east
Johnston County, North Carolina - southeast
Harnett County, North Carolina - southwest
Chatham County, North Carolina - west
Durham County, North Carolina - northwest

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 627,846 people, 242,040 households, and 158,778 families residing in the county. The population density was 291/km² (755/mi²). There were 258,953 housing units at an average density of 120/km² (311/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 72.40% White, 19.72% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 3.38% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.48% from other races, and 1.64% from two or more races. 5.41% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 242,040 households out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were married couples living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 10.70% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 7.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $54,988, and the median income for a family was $67,149. Males had a median income of $44,472 versus $31,579 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,004. About 4.90% of families and 7.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.60% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.

Municipalities
Apex
Cary
Fuquay-Varina
Garner
Holly Springs
Knightdale
Morrisville
Raleigh
Rolesville
Wake Forest
Wendell
Zebulon

Unincorporated communities
Auburn
Bonsal
Carpenter
Feltonville
Green Level
Kennebec
Lizard Lick
New Hill
Swift Creek

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Southern Pines North Carolina

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Southern Pines North Carolina

The town of Southern Pines is located in Moore County on the fringe of the Piedmont section of the state in an area known as the Sandhills. Incorporated in 1887, the town has a current population of approximately 11,586 and encompasses 16.241 square miles.

What makes Southern Pines special among similar North Carolina towns is its unique combination of small-town ambience and big-city attractions. Retired folks, active duty military personnel, working families, singles -- all make up a diverse population.

Varied tastes and interests support a range of cultural events, from musical and theatrical performances to art exhibits and lecture series. Our local community college offers many continuing education classes, as well as opportunities for instruction from basic skills to advanced degrees.

A moderate climate -- daytime highs average in the 40s in winter and in the 80s in summer -- means that outdoor activities are possible twelve months a year. Residents and visitors alike enjoy golf, tennis, hiking, horseback riding, etc. From youth soccer tournaments to summer softball leagues to Senior Games in the Pines, there is something for every age and interest.

The economy of Southern Pines balances manufacturing, tourism, health services, education, and retirement. Tourism continues to show growth trends, with meeting/convention business remaining strong. The area is the site of past and future major golf championship play, as well as a destination for those shopping for pottery and antiques. Southern Pines has a vibrant downtown area as well as outlying shopping districts. A big plus is the variety of hotels, meeting sites, and restaurants available.

Besides all these local attractions, our central geographical position in the state puts us within easy driving distance to Charlotte, Fayetteville, and the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill triangle. Or, a drive of a few hours can lead west to the Appalachian Mountains or east to the Atlantic seashore.

Southern Pines NC is proud of its rich heritage. Early settlers in the area were Highland Scots. Sandy soil produced few crops and made travel in the area difficult. However, the coming of the railroad allowed first for the export of harvested pine trees, then for the import of visitors to resort hotels! The Town's founder, John T. Patrick, bought the first 675 acres of land for the town in 1884 on a place known as Shaw's Ridge for the sum of $1,265. He called it Vineland, but soon changed the name to Southern Pines. Originally conceived of as a health resort, Patrick saw the climate as the area's biggest asset. Parallel to the development of "East" Southern Pines was "West Southern Pines", which was one of the few -- and among the first -- incorporated African American towns in North Carolina. The two communities were merged through its annexation into Southern Pines in 1931. The town has flourished over the years, surviving World Wars and the Depression and changing economies to become the active community it is today.

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Kinston North Carolina

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Kinston North Carolina

Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. It was the county seat of Dobbs County from 1779 to 1791, and has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791. It is the home of the Kinston Indians baseball club of the Carolina League. Kinston is served by the Kinston Regional Jetport. Kinston is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. Whether you are a long time resident, newcomer or thinking of relocating to Kinston, we hope you will find everything you are looking

Prior to the establishment of the city, the area was known as Atkins Bank, which referred to a bluff just above the Neuse River once owned by Robert Atkins. Atkins Bank was the site of farms, a tobacco warehouse, and a Church of England mission. Prior to English settlement, the area was inhabited by the Neusiok Indians.

Kinston NC was created by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly in December of 1762 as Kingston, in honor of King George III who had just recently ascended to the throne. The bill to incorporate it was introduced by Richard Caswell, who made his home there and later served as the first Governor of the State of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780. The conclusion of the American Revolution brought a change of name to Kinston in 1784 in order to show the population's new distaste with royalty. In 1833, Kinston briefly became Caswell, in honor of the governor, but reverted to Kinston the following year.

Once created, commissioners appointed to design the town began to accept "subscriptions" for numbered lots. To keep a lot, subscribers were required to build brick homes of specific dimensions within three years or lose their rights to the property. The town was laid out with border streets named East, North, and South, with the western border of the town being comprised of the Neuse River. The two principal roads within these borders were named for King George and Queen Charlotte, and they remain King and Queen Street to this day. Other streets were named in honor of Governor Dobbs (later renamed Independent Street) and the commissioners.

In December of 1791, an act was passed in the General Assembly abolishing Dobbs County and forming Lenoir County and Glasgow County. At that time, Kinston was named the county seat for Lenoir County.

Throughout this period, Kinston NC was an unincorporated town, but it finally became incorporated through an act of the legislature in January of 1849. Following incorporation, the population grew rapidly. In 1850, the population was estimated at 455 people, and just ten years later, it had more than doubled to over one thousand.

During the onset of the Civil War, Camp Campbell and Camp Johnston were established near the city as training camps, and a bakery on Queen Street was converted to produce hard tack in large quantities. There was also a factory for the production of shoes for the military located in Kinston. The Battle of Kinston took place in and around the city on December 14, 1862. The Battle of Southwest Creek (March 8, 1865) also occured very near the city. It was at this later battle that the Confederate Ram Neuse was destroyed. Remnants of this ship have been salvaged, and there is an effort underway for the construction of a replica vessel. Union forces occupied the city following the battle and remained through the Reconstruction.

Despite the hardships of war and Reconstruction, the population of the city continued to grow. By 1870, the population had increased to eleven hundred people and grew to more than seventeen hundred within a decade. The late nineteenth century saw expansion into new areas of industry, most notably the production of carriages. Kinston also became a major tobacco and cotton trading center. By the start of the twentieth century, more than five million pounds of tobacco were being sold in Kinston's warehouses annually. Along with the growth in population and industry was a growth in property values. Some parcels increased in value more than five fold within a twenty year period.

The twentieth century saw a variety of industries come to Kinston including lumber mills, cotton mills, and even professional sports in the form of a minor league baseball team. Later growth would come in the form of a Du Pont plant for the manufacture of polyester fibers as well as pharmaceutical factories. Growth finally slowed following the sixties, but there has been some effort to reinvigorate the economy through various means with success.

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Kitty Hawk North Carolina

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Kitty Hawk North Carolina

The once-tiny soundside village is one of the largest townships on the Outer Banks. On the oceanside, thousands of rental homes, restaurants and shops are part of the development that has characterized the northern Outer Banks from Nags Head to Corolla. The Town of Kitty Hawk prides itself on providing a public beach for the enjoyment of fulltime residents and visitors alike. There are many public beach accesses, with parking available.

Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Town of Kitty Hawk offers year-round residents and visitors alike a unique and relaxing environment. The Town consists of a thriving Village that has been around for generations, a newer beach community of residential cottages, and a maritime forest called Kitty Hawk Woods. The Woods feature a wide variety of plant and animal life.

The beach and village consist of low to medium density, single-family residential developments served by small businesses. Both the beach and the village share a feeling that development remains on a human scale and in harmony with nature. It is a pattern and character of development that the Town's people, both year-round and seasonal, are quite comfortable with and want to retain.

The origin of the name Kitty Hawk is still a matter of local debate. Most people agree that it is a Native American name for this area. The word originally appeared on English settlers' maps as "Chickehawk" or "Chickahawk" in the early 1700's. By the late 1700's, local residents spelled the name as we do today, with old land deeds referring to settlements as "Kittyhuk," "Kittyhark," KittyHawk," and "Kitty Hawk."

Once a remote area, Kitty Hawk NC has grown into a summer resort area and provides some of the best beach recreation on the North Carolina Coast.

When Orville Wright stepped ashore in Kitty Hawk Village in the fall of 1900, he probably already knew that he and his brother were destined to make history as discoverers of flight. After all, they had chosen this remote fishing village on the Outer Banks partly for privacy from prying eyes. Three years later, they would indeed break the bonds of earth for the first time in their heavier than air flying machine. From that moment forward, Kitty Hawk would forever be associated with the Wright Brothers as the birthplace of aviation -although the actual flight took place four miles south from the base of Kill Devil Hill.

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Calabash North Carolina

2007-08-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

Calabash North Carolina

Calabash is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, in the Wilmington metro area. The population was 711 at the 2000 census. It prides itself as the "Seafood Capital of the World" because of the town's large amount of "Calabash-style" seafood restaurants

Calabash NC was named after gourds that grew in the region, which were used for drinking. Since the 1930s, Calabash has been known for its distinctive style of fried seafood, which has come to be known as "calabash style." The town has many seafood restaurants and is often referred to as the "Seafood Capital of the World."

Calabash style buffets are also in many southeastern coastal towns. Myrtle Beach, SC is home to a great majority of these restaurants as the city is very close to Calabash, NC.

Calabash is no longer the sleepy little fishing village, but it still retains much of its fishing village atmosphere. The family seafood restaurants of old are now run by many of their descendents. Calabash is an outstanding place to visit, dine, and to live and work.

Today it is has ab abundance of fine restaurants, shops and golf courses. It is home to 1300 residents, who benefit from a well run Town Government, one of the best equipped Fire Departments in the area as well as a fine EMS. Additional amenities within the town include a medical center, dentist, banks, hardware store, auto services, gas stations, as well as a fleet of shrimp boats, fishing boats, and a beautiful view of the Calabash River.

CLIMATE: Moderate and we enjoy all four seasons. We rarely have snowfall in the winter.

Primarily a fishing village with shrimp boats docking daily during the season selling fresh caught shrimp. Charter boats for tours and deep sea fishing are also available.

The Town is famous for its 'Calabash Seafood'. This type of flavoring originated here and is unique. Others have tried to copy it with little success. If you want to taste the real 'Calabash Seafood', you must come to Calabash.

Calabash NC has all the amenities any Town would need.

Fire Department: Calabash Fire Department- one of the best and well equipped Fire Departments in the area. Has an ISO rating of 6 which is excellent .

Police: The area is patrolled by the Brunswick County Police Department. The crime rate is very low in this area.

Banks- Medical/Dental Offices-Churches-Post Office-Hardware Stores- Veterinarian- Deli and Pastry Shop-Souvenirs-Jewlery-ice cream parlors-supermarkets-clothing stores-cleaners-lawyers and most of all restaurants. Check our current Business Directory for a detailed list.
The Town of Calabash is located in Brunswick County on the southeastern coast of North Carolina and is the southern most city in North Carolina bordering South Carolina. It is 25 miles North of Myrtle Beach, SC and 50 miles South of Wilmington, NC. The closest highway is ‘Highway 17’.

Calabash is within 6-10 miles of two beautiful sandy beaches and 25 miles to great entertainment in Myrtle Beach SC. Golf courses abound in this area. Almost all are public courses and very well maintained.

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Carolina Beach North Carolina

2007-08-08T14:50:00.000-07:00

Carolina Beach North Carolina

Carolina Beach is located on the Atlantic Coast of Southeastern North Carolina, 15 miles from the historic city of Wilmington. Our beautiful town is uniquely situated between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. This proximity affords our residents and visitors with many opportunities to enjoy the scenic beauty that makes our town a unique place to live.

Hospitality has long been a trademark of Carolina Beach. It is a unique resort community and makes a pleasant vacation stop any time, year round. Located 30 miles from the gulf stream, the mild temperatures and warm waters offer endless hours of fun from mid-April through November; from relaxing and sunning on the white beaches, to fishing, boating, surfing or wave riding in the blue-green ocean. In the event of a hurricane, click here for updates.

Conditions on Carolina Beach are perfect to enjoy water sports, surf fishing, pier fishing, deep-sea fishing, skiing, knee boarding, body surfing – the possibilities are unlimited! Residents pride themselves in keeping the beaches clean and safe with yearly cleanups and efficient public services. USLA certified Lifeguards are on duty from Memorial Day through Labor Day. When the sun goes down, the fun begins! Carolina Beach is home to a Boardwalk fully equipped with arcades, food establishments, and a gazebo where there is live music on the weekends. Its active charter boat basin at the Municipal Marina offers nightly moonlight cruises with dancing and offshore fishing excursions.

Carolina Beach NC has a lively central business district with a wholesome family environment and a wide variety of shopping facilities, from small specialty shops to shopping centers. Fresh, locally caught seafood is plentiful at many of the fine restaurants, as well as Italian, and Mexican, convenience food, home cookin’, steaks or barbeque.

Your choice of accommodations include charming motels and inns, family cottages and luxurious condominium rentals. Churches of most denominations are located right on the Island. Family fun consists of mini golf, arcade and bumper cars at the amusement parks. The community parks include swings, ball fields, tennis courts and basketball courts. The state park offers nature trails, a marina and camping. 3 beautifully designed and maintained Golf Courses are located within 10 miles.

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Huntersville North Carolina

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Huntersville North Carolina

With great neighborhoods, countless amenities and its friendly small town atmosphere, Huntersville NC also provides access to the haven of Lake Norman. This breathtaking 32,500-acre man-made lake with 520 miles of shoreline provides scenic vistas, recreation and wildlife for all to enjoy. Huntersville is also just 10 minutes from Charlotte and only hours from mountain and beach resorts.

In 1990, 3,014 people called Huntersville NC home. Proximity between the Queen City and the lake, lower home prices, less traffic and quiet communities catapulted Huntersville's population in 2000 to 24,960, an amazing 728 percent. Today, approximately 40,000 people call Huntersville home.

This tremendous population growth has fueled a booming real estate and homebuilding industry. Newcomers can choose from a broad range of home styles and prices family-friendly neighborhoods with sidewalks and bike trails, waterfront condominium communities with boat slips, or spacious luxury apartments.

Huntersville NC operates a Parks and Recreation department that organizes classes, special events and athletics for all ages. Huntersville also has a family fitness center and outdoor fun park where kids can slide through tubes, spray water cannons and climb sprinkler-filled jungle gyms inside a pool.

Although much of the retail and residential areas in Huntersville are new, the town also has 18 historic sites within a five-mile drive of Beatties Ford Road. Hopewell Presbyterian Church, for instance, dates to the 1740s and features 200 year-old stone walls around its cemetery. The Hugh Torance House and Store, started in the 1770s, is the oldest surviving store in Mecklenburg County. Latta Plantation Nature Preserve is the county's largest green space with hiking trails, a nature center, an equestrian center, boating and fishing on Mountain Island Lake, and a unique raptor center that rehabilitates and releases injured birds of prey.

The town of Huntsville NC also boasts of world-class retail stores. Birkdale Village on Sam Furr Road includes apartments and offices above boutiques, restaurants and national retailers such as Williams Sonoma, Gap and Ann Taylor Loft. Live bands play on warm-weather weekend evenings, and parents from around the lake bring children to splash and play in the village square fountain.

Aside from great neighborhoods, countless amenities and its friendly small town atmosphere, Huntersville also provides access to the haven of Lake Norman. This breathtaking 32,500-acre man-made lake with 520 miles of shoreline provides scenic vistas, recreation and wildlife for all to enjoy.

Huntersville NC is also just 10 minutes from Charlotte and only hours from mountain and beach resorts.

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Holly Springs North Carolina

2007-08-05T12:58:00.000-07:00

Holly Springs North Carolina

Nestled among Apex, Cary and Fuquay-Varina, all towns experiencing growth from the heavily populated Raleigh and RTP areas, Holly Springs is rapidly growing. The Town of less than 1,000 in 1990 grew to more than 9,000 in 2000. By 2006, the population was approximately 17,500. Whether it is the Town’s balance of commercial and residential development, its reasonable land prices coupled with its proximity to urban centers, or its small-town charm, new residents and businesses continue to be attracted to Holly Springs.

While the Town’s economy boomed during the early 1900s, several events shortly thereafter forced the Town into a recess. World War I drew men to war and families to bigger cities for improved employment opportunities. Colonel Alford, who had stirred up economic momentum, died in 1923. In 1924, the Bank of Holly Springs failed, the first bank in the state to go belly up before the great Depression of 1929. The Town lay fallow through World War II, seemingly forgotten in the southern corner of the state’s capital county.

One of the oldest commercial structures in Wake County, which now houses Dewar’s Antiques, was built during the Town’s early years and stands as a testament to the community’s turn-of-the-century prosperity. The two-and-a-half story building edges Main Street in the heart of downtown and displays the gable-front form most commonly used for frame commercial buildings in the late 19th century.

Another downtown commercial structure developed at the turn of the century that remains today is the Seagraves Drugstore building. Initially a general mercantile, the building was later used as a dress shop and an auto parts store. The Town purchased and renovated the two-story brick building in 2003 and currently uses it as a police station. During the renovations, the Town preserved much of the original old-growth heart pine flooring and reused other original wood pieces to construct a conference table and bookcases.

In the latter half of the 20th century, progress returned to Holly Springs. In the 1960s, the Town installed streetlights and constructed a public water system. A sewer plant was completed in 1985, attracting Warp Technologies, a textile company, to Town. With the addition of Warp Technologies, Holly Springs’ tax base doubled from $8 to $16 million. The Town used the boost in revenue to expand utilities, in turn attracting further development, including the Sunset Ridge golf course community. Thus began another era of growth and prosperity that remains strong today.

Part of ensuring a successful downtown was building Town Hall in the heart of Holly Springs. On Main Street, Town Hall is a center of constant activity. Opened in 2003, the 35,000 square-foot, two-story brick building was designed in an architectural style reminiscent of the 19 th century when Holly Springs was founded.

A cupola with a large clock that faces Main Street and an outdoor plaza with a fountain behind the building are just two of the building’s features. In the lobby, above a display case maintained by the Holly Springs Historical Preservation Society, hangs a historic oil painting of George Washington, dated to the 1700s. The painting hung in 1876 in Carpenter Hall in Philadelphia.

“We could have set up a Town Hall campus outside of downtown, but that’s not the vision we had here,” Dean said. “In order to make a viable downtown, you have to have something to draw people in. Town Hall is a destination point; it centralizes how residents get services and continuously draws people to downtown Holly Springs.”

Whether it is the Town’s balance of commercial and residential development, its reasonable land prices coupled with its proximity to urban centers, or its small-town charm, new residents and businesses continue to be attracted to Holly Springs.

Hardly a weekend passes without a Town-sponsored family activity in a local park or downtown, whether it’s a free movie or concert during the warmer months or a seasonal event such as the annual Easter Egg Hunt or the Happy Holly Days Parade.

Indeed, the community seems ever-occupied with providing for future generations. The Town currently has two elementary schools and one middle school. Holly Springs High School opens in igh school in 2006.

A combination Town cultural center and Wake County library are scheduled to open downtown in late 2006, offering additional opportunities for youth and adults alike.
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Hampstead North Carolina

2007-08-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

Hampstead North Carolina

The Village of Hampstead NC is in the area of Pender County north of Wilmington on US Hwy. 17. Just a few years ago, it was just a “wide spot” in the road with a couple of fish houses and a small grocery store. Bordered on the south by New Hanover County and Wilmington , on the west by Holly Shelter Game Preserve, on the north by Onslow County and on the east by the sound and Topsail Island. Today it is a place that has become very attractive to those who come to visit and those searching for a new start.

Because of lower taxes and inexpensive property, Hampstead is an up-and-coming place to live where many retirees have moved from places such as Pennsylvania , New York and New Jersey . In fact, there are families from all over the nation that have found Hampstead to be a good place to raise a family or to spend the latter years of their lives.

Hampstead NC is now home to four of the top golf courses in southeastern North Carolina : Castle Bay Golf Club, Olde Point Golf Club, Belvedere Plantation Golf Club, and Topsail Greens Golf Club. Each of these is centered in residential developments where you can live in the same area you play golf. Just recently, there have been plans revealed by a Wilmington developer for the development of a large commercial/ residential area on US Hwy. 17. Included in this are two commercial areas and 500 lots for single-family homes.

Hampstead is home to schools that serve the eastern part of Pender County , including part of Topsail Island . There are two elementary schools: North Topsail Elementary and South Topsail Elementary. There are approved plans for a third school, Central Topsail Elementary, in the near future. There is one middle school, Topsail Middle School and one high school, Topsail High School . Presently, there are approved plans for a new high school to replace the present one because of the tremendous growth of the area. All of these schools have received the highest honors available in the State of North Carolina

Because it is not incorporated, Hampstead is served by a branch of the Pender County Library, the Pender County Health Department and Pender County Animal Control.

The Hampstead area is served by two of the top volunteer fire departments in southeastern North Carolina , Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department and Sloop Point Volunteer Fire Department. The area is also served by Pender EMS for emergencies and the Pender County Sheriff’s Department.

Pender County is presently developing a county water system for the Hampstead area and is planning to add a sewer system in the future. This will spur more growth in the area and bring in more commercial development as well as residential. To add to the growth in the area and to alleviate traffic problems, the NCDOT has approved the development of a bypass around Hampstead that will tie in to the new I-140 bypass around Wilmington to the south and west. This will greatly improve infrastructure for more growth in the area.

Every year, there are events where Hampstead comes together such as the Spot Festival, the Relay For Life and the Hampstead Expo. The Spot Festival is a long held tradition that celebrates one of the most abundant and favorite fish found in the area. The Relay For Life is a walkathon sponsored by local groups to raise support for the American Cancer Association. The Hampstead Expo is an event sponsored by the Greater Hampstead Chamber of Commerce that brings local businesses together with the people of the community, encouraging local people to support their local businesses.

Whether it’s gathering for a fish fry, a pig pickin’ or to help a neighbor in need, the people of Hampstead create the feel of a real community where your neighbors really care about you.

If you talk to those who have either moved here or have lived here all of their lives, they all will tell you that they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

George Washington passed through here in 1791, and spent the night at a tavern not too far from here. The monument at its base was placed there by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1925.

Hampstead NC was once a small fishing village and a whistle stop alongside the Atlantic Coast Line RR. Now it is probably the fastest growing area in the state, as more and more folks are choosing to live here. Many neighborhoods front the waterway, more are along the numerous creeks and even more line the area's four golf courses.

The land side of the sound is officially referred to as Topsail Township, and includes many small unincorporated communities, and the larger community of Hampstead.

There are still quaint fishing shacks on the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway, though most are being replaced by much larger homes as new people * move into the area.

Highway 17 is being widened to a four lane coastal highway from Virginia to Florida, and offers convenient access to Wilmington, Jacksonville, and Interstate 40.

Now we have it all - a hamburger place, gas and taco place, take out pizza and take out Chinese, grocery store, drug store, hardware store, doctors and dentists and lawyers, a nice library, an oil change place, a few shopping strips and some excellent nurseries.

There are two wholesale-only fresh fish dealers, a very nice marina, and full service boat yard **, and lots of golf courses.

Every September, J. H. Lea & Sons contributes about 5,000 lbs. of fish to the yearly Spot Festival, the event of the year in the town.

History is everywhere, mostly related to marauders, both pirates and Yankees. Topsail Inlet was a frequently used entrance to Topsail Sound, a hideout for Blackbeard, Steede Bonnett and Captain Kidd, and Union raiders found it strategic to raid the salt works nearby, and generally disrupt waterborne commerce.

The bottom picture shows breastworks from the Civil War days. Breastworks were earthen walls piled up around gun emplacements, and these are near the entrance to Virginia Creek. There are more near Topsail Inlet.

Hampstead NC, and in fact all of Pender County, is seeing growth and change come quickly, and farmlands once used for blueberries and tobacco are growing houses and neighborhoods as development of the area increases.
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Randleman North Carolina

2007-08-05T12:48:00.000-07:00

Randleman North Carolina

Randleman is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina. It is the home of NASCAR's Petty family, the Richard Petty museum, and PEI Motorsports. Gently rolling hills, river valleys, and forest land characterize Randolph County's 790 square miles. It is the 11th largest county in North Carolina and has the 17th highest population in the state.

Randleman is located in Randolph County NC and is a part of the Piedmont Triad region, a six-county area whose central location puts it within 90 miles of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and within 200 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The county sits in the middle of the Eastern Seaboard, within 500 miles of half of the nation's population and largest markets. The region is united by the Piedmont Triad International Airport, interstate highways, a score of colleges and universities, and a rich cultural life.

Early History of Randleman, North Carolina

The founding of the Dicks Grist Mill in 1800 was the beginning of the history of Randleman, N.C. It has been said that Peter Dicks laid the cornerstone for the City of Randleman.

By 1848 more settlers had come, and Union Factory was built, causing the community to change its name to Union. During this informative period two men were outstanding in development of the Community John Banner Randleman, and John H. Ferree. These two men had purchased the Union Factory, and changed it to Randleman Manufacturing Company, and were instrumental in starting the Naomi Mills.

In 1880 the General Assembly at Raleigh granted paper of incorporation to the City of Randleman, named for John Banner Randleman. When the town of Randleman Mills was created and incorporated a town. John H. Ferree, James E. Walker, James O. Pickard, Romulus R. Ross, Addison W. Vickery, created a body politic under the style of Commissioners of the Town of Randleman Mills.

The small town thrived, and by 1890 was the largest town in Randolph County. The coming of the High Point, Randleman, Asheboro, and Southern Railroad in 1889 had greatly facilitated the growth, because roads were not good, and the railroad assured the town of quicker handling of freight. During this time three more mills came into being Randleman Hosiery Mills, Plaidville Mills, and Marie Antoinette, Randleman Hosiery was the first hosiery mill in Randolph County.

The High Point, Randleman, Asheboro, and Southern Railroad was completed in July 1889. In its early days the influence of this railroad played an important part in the development of Randleman, and other sections of Randolph County.

The first church to be built in Randleman was the Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church in 1850. In 1855 a Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, called St. Paul. In order that the people on the other side of town could be conveniently served in 1833 Naomi Methodist Church was organized. These two churches merged in 1944, and are now the First Methodist Church. The Bank of Randleman was organized in 1900 with Stanhope Bryant as president, and was consolidated with the Peoples Bank in 1910.

September 5, 1961 moved from old City Hall Building to first floor of the Lions Club building at the corner of the City Parking Lot.

January 1965 the Board formed the first Planning and Zoning Board.

March 1970 began grading and clearing for the ball field on Stout Street.

In 1973 completed construction on present City Hall and the Randleman Library.

February 7th, 1978 the form of government was changed to City Manager/Aldermen form of government.

July 1979 the first full time fire chief was hired.

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Weddington North Carolina

2007-08-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

Weddington North Carolina

Weddington is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. Weddington offers the small-town ambience with a peaceful residential community. Weddington, North Carolina, in Union county, is 14 miles S of Charlotte, North Carolina. The town benefits from easy access to the nearby cities and towns with which it shares the Charlotte - Gastonia - Rock Hill metropolitan area. Weddington contains a population of approximately 6,696

Weddington NC has, of course, a mix of various types of housing. Recently 96% of the livable housing units were owner-occupied. Homes in the town are newer than those found in most places. Taxes on residences are higher here than most places in North Carolina, which may reflect a commitment to education in the town.

In 2000, Weddington had a median family income of $102,120. The typical family in Weddington is better off than most in North Carolina. The town has a large middle class. There just aren't a lot of poor people in Weddington. Interestingly, lots of people in the town have Bachelor's degrees (or better). If you never see your neighbor it may be because he or she works from home rather than driving to the office. That's not unusual in Weddington.

Weddington NC Town History

The Town of Weddington started in the 1760's with the first massive migration of Northerners of European decent. The community began to emerge in 1824 when Reuben Boswell, a veteran of the Revolutionary War from Virginia, donated four acres to the Sandy Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church.

Reuben Boswell Weddington, Reuben Boswell's grandson, was born in 1826 and left a lasting legacy to the community, which now bears his name. In recognition of his generous contributions to the church and community, the church was renamed Weddington Methodist Church in 1899. The community took its name from the church. When the North Carolina General Assembly incorporated this area as a town in 1983, it became the Town of Weddington.

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Leland North Carolina

2007-07-31T15:38:00.000-07:00

Leland North Carolina

The Town of Leland is located on the scenic Brunswick River, just five minutes west of the historic river city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Leland, which has emerged as one of the fastest growing municipalities in the Cape Fear region, is home to a number of beautiful championship golf courses, over fifty places of worship, and a vibrant business community. As the Town of Leland grows, we are committed to maintaining our down-home, small-town atmosphere. Leland... the Gateway to Brunswick County... a great place to put down roots

The Town of Leland, North Carolina is located on the scenic Brunswick River, just five minutes west of the historic river city of Wilmington. Leland has emerged as one of the fastest growing communities in Southeastern North Carolina and is the centerpiece of northern Brunswick County’s continuing economic expansion.

Leland’s strategic location, warm climate, low tax rate and friendly atmosphere make our town an ideal place to put down roots. Our town offers convenient access to Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, the coastal town of Southport, and the New Hanover and Brunswick County Beaches. Leland and Brunswick County are home to a number of beautiful championship golf courses. When the planned US 17 Bypass is completed, travelers will be able to conveniently access Leland from Interstate 40 without traveling through Wilmington. Leland… the Gateway to Brunswick County.

Leland NC Recent History, Future Growth

Leland first incorporated in 1989 with a population of approximately 1,800. Our town grew slightly over the next ten years and had a population of 1,938 in 2000. In recent years our town has experienced explosive growth. By July of 2002 our population had reached 4,216, and was 4,703 by the end of 2003.

Leland is poised for even greater growth in the years to come. In late 2004, our town doubled its geographic size by completing the voluntary annexation of a 4,900-acre tract of land commonly known as Brunswick Forest. The landowners who requested the voluntary annexation have asked that the property be zoned for mixed-use development. The build-out of this property should result in an additional 10,000 residential units and will likely push our population to well over 20,000, making us the largest municipality in Brunswick County. We are committed to maintaining our small-town atmosphere and quality of life as Leland enters this new era of growth and prosperity. Source: Leland NC

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Hampstead North Carolina

2007-07-31T15:35:00.000-07:00

Hampstead North Carolina

The Village of Hampstead NC is in the area of Pender County north of Wilmington on US Hwy. 17. Just a few years ago, it was just a “wide spot” in the road with a couple of fish houses and a small grocery store. Bordered on the south by New Hanover County and Wilmington , on the west by Holly Shelter Game Preserve, on the north by Onslow County and on the east by the sound and Topsail Island. Today it is a place that has become very attractive to those who come to visit and those searching for a new start.

Because of lower taxes and inexpensive property, Hampstead is an up-and-coming place to live where many retirees have moved from places such as Pennsylvania , New York and New Jersey . In fact, there are families from all over the nation that have found Hampstead to be a good place to raise a family or to spend the latter years of their lives.

Hampstead NC is now home to four of the top golf courses in southeastern North Carolina : Castle Bay Golf Club, Olde Point Golf Club, Belvedere Plantation Golf Club, and Topsail Greens Golf Club. Each of these is centered in residential developments where you can live in the same area you play golf. Just recently, there have been plans revealed by a Wilmington developer for the development of a large commercial/ residential area on US Hwy. 17. Included in this are two commercial areas and 500 lots for single-family homes.

Hampstead is home to schools that serve the eastern part of Pender County , including part of Topsail Island . There are two elementary schools: North Topsail Elementary and South Topsail Elementary. There are approved plans for a third school, Central Topsail Elementary, in the near future. There is one middle school, Topsail Middle School and one high school, Topsail High School . Presently, there are approved plans for a new high school to replace the present one because of the tremendous growth of the area. All of these schools have received the highest honors available in the State of North Carolina

Because it is not incorporated, Hampstead is served by a branch of the Pender County Library, the Pender County Health Department and Pender County Animal Control.

The Hampstead area is served by two of the top volunteer fire departments in southeastern North Carolina , Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department and Sloop Point Volunteer Fire Department. The area is also served by Pender EMS for emergencies and the Pender County Sheriff’s Department.

Pender County is presently developing a county water system for the Hampstead area and is planning to add a sewer system in the future. This will spur more growth in the area and bring in more commercial development as well as residential. To add to the growth in the area and to alleviate traffic problems, the NCDOT has approved the development of a bypass around Hampstead that will tie in to the new I-140 bypass around Wilmington to the south and west. This will greatly improve infrastructure for more growth in the area.

Every year, there are events where Hampstead comes together such as the Spot Festival, the Relay For Life and the Hampstead Expo. The Spot Festival is a long held tradition that celebrates one of the most abundant and favorite fish found in the area. The Relay For Life is a walkathon sponsored by local groups to raise support for the American Cancer Association. The Hampstead Expo is an event sponsored by the Greater Hampstead Chamber of Commerce that brings local businesses together with the people of the community, encouraging local people to support their local businesses.

Whether it’s gathering for a fish fry, a pig pickin’ or to help a neighbor in need, the people of Hampstead create the feel of a real community where your neighbors really care about you.

If you talk to those who have either moved here or have lived here all of their lives, they all will tell you that they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

George Washington passed through here in 1791, and spent the night at a tavern not too far from here. The monument at its base was placed there by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1925.

Hampstead NC was once a small fishing village and a whistle stop alongside the Atlantic Coast Line RR. Now it is probably the fastest growing area in the state, as more and more folks are choosing to live here. Many neighborhoods front the waterway, more are along the numerous creeks and even more line the area's four golf courses.

The land side of the sound is officially referred to as Topsail Township, and includes many small unincorporated communities, and the larger community of Hampstead.

There are still quaint fishing shacks on the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway, though most are being replaced by much larger homes as new people * move into the area.

Highway 17 is being widened to a four lane coastal highway from Virginia to Florida, and offers convenient access to Wilmington, Jacksonville, and Interstate 40.

Now we have it all - a hamburger place, gas and taco place, take out pizza and take out Chinese, grocery store, drug store, hardware store, doctors and dentists and lawyers, a nice library, an oil change place, a few shopping strips and some excellent nurseries.

There are two wholesale-only fresh fish dealers, a very nice marina, and full service boat yard **, and lots of golf courses.

Every September, J. H. Lea & Sons contributes about 5,000 lbs. of fish to the yearly Spot Festival, the event of the year in the town.

History is everywhere, mostly related to marauders, both pirates and Yankees. Topsail Inlet was a frequently used entrance to Topsail Sound, a hideout for Blackbeard, Steede Bonnett and Captain Kidd, and Union raiders found it strategic to raid the salt works nearby, and generally disrupt waterborne commerce.

The bottom picture shows breastworks from the Civil War days. Breastworks were earthen walls piled up around gun emplacements, and these are near the entrance to Virginia Creek. There are more near Topsail Inlet.

Hampstead NC, and in fact all of Pender County, is seeing growth and change come quickly, and farmlands once used for blueberries and tobacco are growing houses and neighborhoods as development of the area increases.

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Nags Head North Carolina

2007-07-31T15:31:00.000-07:00

Nags Head North Carolina

Nags Head, an area of North Carolina's Outer Banks known for its beaches yet rich in history and steeped in tradition. The Town of Nags Head is working to build a community populated by diverse groups whose common bond is a love of the Outer Banks.

The mission of the Town of Nags Head is to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, property owners and visitors of the town, to fulfill the requirements placed on it by the State of North Carolina and to facilitate the achievement of community goals by providing municipal services in a flexible, cost effective, customer friendly manner and to achieve this through an open, consensus driven process that treats all with respect.

The Town of Nags Head NC is working to build a community with an economy based on family vacation tourism. The base of that economy is a high quality beach experience. Important elements in developing and maintaining this economy are:

* A relaxed-paced beach community comprised primarily of low-density development and open spaces

* A diverse supply of accommodations, including single-family homes, hotels, and multi-family dwelling units, that attract and are accessible to visitors from a wide range of economic and social strata

* A natural environment typified by clean water and a landscape of sand dunes and non-invasive, salt tolerant vegetation

* A group of friends soak in the beautiful Nags Head sunshine.
healthy, well-maintained oceanfront beach that is accessible and usable; not blocked by large structures

* A carefully managed sound front that preserves the natural and beneficial functions of the estuarine environment while balancing respect for private property rights and the need to provide public access.

* A built environment that reflects the heritage of “Old Nags Head”

* A well-organized pattern of land uses that, when combined with a transportation system that accommodates a variety of travel modes, promotes an active and accessible community

* Commercial services provided by locally owned and operated businesses that share in the building of our community

* Recreational amenities and attractions, both commercial and non-commercial that are wholesome and appeal to a broad spectrum of family members, age groups and interests.

Early maps of the area show Nags Head as a promontory of land characterized by high sand dunes visible from miles at sea. Tales of land pirates that lured ships ashore in stormy weather may be the possible origin of the town's name. Or it may have been carried across the sea by English explorers who were reminded of a similar location of the English coast, a high point on the Scilly Islands, the last sight of old England that the earlier explorers were to see on their voyage to the New World.

We'll never know the true origin, but legend and lore insists that early 18th century ''Bankers,'' realizing how profitable piracy was for sea-going scoundrels such as Blackbeard, developed their own unique method as land-based pirates. Horses with lanterns tied to their necks were walked up and down the beach at night. Merchant skippers in the off-shore waters would mistakenly think the lights were of other ships closer to shore. They would then change course and run aground, with the Bankers pillaging their cargoes.

Around 1830, Nags Head became known as a plush resort area and remains so today, with a wealth of activities nearby to please a variety of tastes. Jockey's Ridge is the last vestige of the giant moving sand dunes that once towered over the beaches and greeted the first explorers. Surrounding Jockey's Ridge State Park, thousands of vacation homes beckon travelers of a different sort to the wide sandy beaches and relaxed atmosphere of an Outer Banks vacation. Modern day Bankers no longer need a lantern tied around a horse to lure visitors. With plenty of beaches and world-record fishing, golfing and shopping to nature trails, wildlife refuges, shipwreck remains and historic sites, its all here!

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Kitty Hawk North Carolina

2007-07-31T15:28:00.000-07:00

Kitty Hawk North Carolina

The once-tiny soundside village is one of the largest townships on the Outer Banks. On the oceanside, thousands of rental homes, restaurants and shops are part of the development that has characterized the northern Outer Banks from Nags Head to Corolla. The Town of Kitty Hawk prides itself on providing a public beach for the enjoyment of fulltime residents and visitors alike. There are many public beach accesses, with parking available.

Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Town of Kitty Hawk offers year-round residents and visitors alike a unique and relaxing environment. The Town consists of a thriving Village that has been around for generations, a newer beach community of residential cottages, and a maritime forest called Kitty Hawk Woods. The Woods feature a wide variety of plant and animal life. The beach and village consist of low to medium density, single-family residential developments served by small businesses. Both the beach and the village share a feeling that development remains on a human scale and in harmony with nature. It is a pattern and character of development that the Town's people, both year-round and seasonal, are quite comfortable with and want to retain.The origin of the name Kitty Hawk is still a matter of local debate. Most people agree that it is a Native American name for this area. The word originally appeared on English settlers' maps as "Chickehawk" or "Chickahawk" in the early 1700's. By the late 1700's, local residents spelled the name as we do today, with old land deeds referring to settlements as "Kittyhuk," "Kittyhark," KittyHawk," and "Kitty Hawk."

Once a remote area, Kitty Hawk NC has grown into a summer resort area and provides some of the best beach recreation on the North Carolina Coast.When Orville Wright stepped ashore in Kitty Hawk Village in the fall of 1900, he probably already knew that he and his brother were destined to make history as discoverers of flight. After all, they had chosen this remote fishing village on the Outer Banks partly for privacy from prying eyes. Three years later, they would indeed break the bonds of earth for the first time in their heavier than air flying machine. From that moment forward, Kitty Hawk would forever be associated with the Wright Brothers as the birthplace of aviation -although the actual flight took place four miles south from the base of Kill Devil Hill.

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Kill Devil Hills North Carolina

2007-07-31T15:26:00.000-07:00

Kill Devil Hills North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills NC is one of the most popular vacation destinations on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. With thousands of vacation homes, great restaurants, sports, activities, and shopping, Kill Devil Hills is at the center of an Outer Banks vacation. Kill Devil Hills is the Outer Banks' oldest township, established in 1952. But the landmark that lends the town its distinctive name has been around much longer.

Kill Devil Hills NC is the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, commemorating Orville Wright's historic first flight in a machine powered heavier than air vehicle. This historic event occurred on Thursday, December 17, 1903. The Wrights returned in 1911, and on October 25, Orville Wright reached an elevation of 225 feet and remained in the air 10 minutes and 34 seconds in a glider, setting a new world record

The name Kill Devil Hills can be dated back to the colonial era. Shipwrecks were common at the time, and many of the ships were transporting barrels of rum. Upon a shipwreck, locals would scavenge the ship and hide the rum they found behind the same large sand dunes where the Wright brothers later flew the first plane. The locals said that the rum was strong enough to "kill the devil," so the dunes where they would hide the rum were nicknamed 'Kill Devil Hills

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Hillsborough North Carolina

2007-07-31T08:11:00.000-07:00

Hillsborough North Carolina

Hillsborough NC is ideally located at the junction of interstates 40 and 85 in North Carolina's Central Piedmont Region. The town is 5.35 square miles and is on the western edge of the greater Triangle area. With a population of a little more than 6,000 people, Hillsborough remains the flourishing small town it has been since the 18th century. It is an excellent stopover for long-distance travelers or a destination for day trips from the greater Triangle and Triad areas and from southern Virginia.

Hillsborough NC is a small town with a big history. The downtown historic district — listed on the National Register of Historic Places — features more than 100 homes, churches and buildings from the late 18th and 19th centuries. Among those buildings open to the public is the Visitors Center, which served as Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s headquarters when he surrendered the largest of the Confederate armies to Gen. William T. Sherman, leading to the Civil War’s end.
Today, Hillsborough is a tourist and permanent destination and a haven for artists and writers. The town is centrally located in North Carolina with fast access to the Triad and other Triangle cities. Interstate 85 runs through the town, and Interstate 40 is just outside its limits.

Barbecue lovers descend on the town each June for the annual Hog Day, and the downtown comes alive Friday evenings with arts and entertainment the last Friday of each month during warm weather. In addition to Revolutionary War reenactments and guided tours of the historic district, Hillsborough is home to Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area and several other trails. Work is beginning on a riverwalk.

Hillsborough NC is a nice place to visit, but it's an even nicer place in which to live and do business.

There has been a village on this site for hundreds of years, beginning with three successive Native American villages spanning from AD 1000 to 1710.

Orange County was founded in 1752. Two years later Hillsborough was laid out by William Churton on land where the Great Indian Trading Path crossed the Eno River. The street names — Tryon, Wake, King, Queen, Churton — still recall this early history. William Churton first laid out the town of Hillsborough, then called Orange, on 400

General Cornwallis acres granted by the Honorable John Earl Granville. He provided for spacious public squares at each intersection of main streets. In 1766, however, this plan was abandoned, and in spite of the hilly situation of the town, the familiar checkerboard-and-cross street plan was employed. Hillsborough took its present name in 1766 after the Irish peer, William Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772 under George III in 1754.

Hillsborough was a center of political activity during the Colonial

General Sherman and Revolutionary period. Several royal and elected governors lived here, as did a signer of the Declaration of Independence, William Hooper, whose house still stands. The War of the Regulation (1766-1771) ended here. The town hosted the third Provincial Congress (1775); the state’s constitutional Convention of 1778, which demanded that a Bill of Rights be added to the U.S. Constitution; and five General Assemblies (1778, 1780, 1782-1784). General Cornwallis raised the Royal Standard here in 1781. Hillsborough remained a political and cultural

Courthouse center in the nineteenth century. It was from temporary headquarters near town that General Joseph E. Johnston rode out to surrender the largest of the Confederate armies to General Sherman in 1865.

There remain more than 100 late eighteenth and nineteenth century structures that illustrate the Town's early history. In addition, there are numerous secondary buildings, bridges, millsites and dams along the Eno, and Native American relics from the locations of ancients towns stretching back thousands of years.

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Chatham North Carolina

2007-07-31T08:08:00.000-07:00

Chatham North Carolina

Founded in 1771 and located at the geographic center of the state, Chatham County NC encompasses an area of more than 707 square miles and is known at the "The Heart of North Carolina." The county is situated between two of the state’s three largest centers of population and commerce, the Triangle Region and the Piedmont Triad.

Pittsboro, the county seat located in the middle of the county, is just 20 minutes away from Research Triangle Park, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill. It also is just 30 minutes from Greensboro and Raleigh. This gives us easy access to Raleigh-Durham Airport and major universities, such as University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, North Carolina A & T University and Elon University.

The county has four incorporated towns within the county: Siler City, Pittsboro (county seat), Goldston and Cary, which has a small area in the eastern part of the county. We also have many unincorporated communities across the county, all of which have a rich history and unique rural features.

Small specialized farms, including organic vegetables and unique nurseries, are important in our county along with tourism, real estate and the arts. Beef cattle and poultry also are important to our agricultural economy.

We have a wide array of artists sprinkled throughout the county that produce high-quality pottery, paintings, sculpture, metalwork, fiber arts, jewelry, yard art and mixed media. However, manufacturing remains the source of jobs for Chatham County.

Chatham County is the home of Jordan Lake, a major recreational lake and water reservoir, but it also has several important rivers, including the Rocky River, the Haw River and the Deep River. The latter two converge to form the Cape Fear River.

Our diverse population includes a mix of both lifelong residents and newcomers, with increasing ethnic/racial diversity. Like most areas, our population is growing older, but we do have an influx of young people as well. We have one of the more highly educated working-age populations in the state

Records show that settlers from Europe arrived in the area as early as the mid 1700s, including a Quaker settlement formed in 1751. Early settlers entered from the north through a trading route of the Catawba Indians and from the south through the Cape Fear River Valley.

The Colonial Assembly established Chatham County NC through legislation introduced on December 5, 1770, which was effective on April 1, 1771. The county was formed from a portion of what was once Orange County. The county was named for the Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, who was a "defender of American rights in the British Parliament."

The legislation forming Chatham County NC noted that the new county was needed to provide greater access to inhabitants living in the southern part of the county. It was too difficult and expensive for those residents to travel to the Orange County government seat (Hillsborough) to conduct business.

In the early years, the county was governed by justices of the peace, which served the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. The justices were appointed by the state’s General Assembly. For a period of time, the justices also appointed other county officials, which included the sheriff, coroner, constables, clerk, register, county attorney, standard-keeper, entry-taker and surveyor, rangers (which dealt with stray animals), and overseers of roads.

Reconstruction and the new State Constitution of 1868 established a five-member board of county commissioners, divided the county into townships, and radically changed the court system. Justices of the peace were eliminated from county government in 1894.

In 1977, the county adopted the council-manager form of government and appointed the first county manager. We now have five county commissioners elected to four-year staggered terms. They must reside in specific districts but are elected by voters at large.

The county was named for the Earl of Chatham in England, who was William Pitt…now you know how Pittsboro also got its name.
Jordan Lake is named for Benjamin Everett, a former United States senator from our state.

Moncure once served as the western-most inland port in the state, linked all the way to the coast by steamships.
Those steamships often brought tourists from the coast escaping the heat and mosquitoes of summer. They often stayed in Pittsboro, which was a resort destination during this time.
British General Cornwallis camped in Pittsboro during the Revolutionary War.

The community of Bonlee was originally called Dunlap Mills, but changed its name after having a town contest.

The Camelback Truss Bridge is an historic bridge that remains in place over the Deep River and connects us to Lee County, but it no longer carries highway traffic. It has been preserved as a park by a group of committed citizens initiated by Margaret Jordan-Ellis.

This historic marker on US 15/501 commemorates the amazing accomplishments of George Moses Horton, a slave who was an accomplished poet well before he learned to read and write.
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Locks on the Deep River once were used to transport coal to the coast.

Goldston once had a movie theater on the second floor of what is now Miller Heating and Air.

George Moses Horton, who lived most of his life as a slave in the county, is Chatham County's official poet. He composed many poems before he learned to read and write, but published the first book by a Southern black author, The Hope of Liberty (1829). A University of North Carolina faculty member's wife taught him to read and write in 1828 and arranged the initial publication of his poems. Horton tried several times to buy his freedom from slavery, but was only freed at the end of the Civil War. A book on Horton, The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry, is still available through local bookstores.

Tod R. Edwards was a prominent early resident of Siler City. This African-American leader owned a well-respected jewelry and watch repair store and photography shop, but he started out as a barber.

Miscellaneous Chatham County Facts:

Siler City still has an operating stockyard auction house.

The nation’s leading bicycle mail order and retail company, Performance Bicycles, is located in Chatham County.

The county has several traditional artists tours, including the Tour de Moncure (held in partnership with Moore County) and the Annual Studio Tour.

The county generally ranks between fifteenth and seventeenth in the state in terms of land size, depending on the source of information.

The Carnivore Preservation Trust, located just east of Pittsboro, houses several wild animals, but it has the largest captive population of Asian bearcats in the nation.

Chatham County NC has one of only two Five-Diamond rated hotel and restaurant (ratings by AAA) in the entire state--The Fearrington House Inn and Restaurant.

Piedmont Biofuels Cooperative in Pittsboro has been recognized nationally for its innovative approach to producing alternative fuels from renewable resources.

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Top USA Beach for 2007: Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach Outer Banks, NC

2007-07-30T07:27:00.000-07:00

Top USA Beach for 2007: Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach Outer Banks, NC

The national winner of America's Top Beaches for 2007 is Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, located on Ocracoke Island at the southern end of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Known for its laid back atmosphere, unadorned picturesque beauty, abundant wildlife and quaint village center, Ocracoke Island is located at the southern end of the North Carolina Outer Banks.

This is the first year in the history of the list that a beach outside of Florida or Hawaii has been selected as the national winner. In addition, three Florida beaches on are the 2007 list, along with three in the Northeast, two in Hawaii, and one in California, making the Southeastern United States the clear overall winning region for 2007.

Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, known throughout the United States and internationally as Dr. Beach, is regarded as the country's leading authority on beach quality and ratings. A Ph.D. coastal scientist, professor of environmental studies and Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University and acclaimed author, Dr. Leatherman is perhaps best known for his annual America's Best Beaches Top 10 List.

Dr. Leatherman's first Top Beach list was issued in 1991. Since then, every year around Memorial Day, beach goers and beach communities anxiously await his latest list of the ten best public recreational beaches for swimming, walking, scenery, sports, and other activities. Beaches along the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean are objectively evaluated using a rating scale that covers 50 different criteria, ranging from beach width, sand quality, water temperature and strengths of currents to human impact issues such as lifeguards, the presence of litter and undesirable noise

The complete list of the ten America's Top Beaches for 2007 includes:

Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach - Outer Banks, North Carolina - National Winner
Caladesi Island State Park - Dunedin/Clearwater, Florida
Coopers Beach, Southampton - New York
Hanalei Bay, Kauai - Hawaii
Coast Guard Beach - Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Hamoa Beach, Maui - Hawaii
Main Beach - East Hampton, New York
Coronado Beach - San Diego, California
Lighthouse Point Park - Daytona Beach, Florida
Siesta Beach - Sarasota, Florida

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Waynesville North Carolina

2007-07-28T11:40:00.000-07:00

Waynesville North Carolina

Waynesville NC is blessed with the ideal year-round climate, beautiful mountain scenery and warm Southern hospitality. Proud of our southern mountain heritage, we are building the future with a concern for preserving the past. We're far enough south that spring comes pretty early, bringing a fantastic display of natural blooming beauty to the mountainsides as Dogwood, Redbud Trees and an amazing number of wildflowers put on their show. Our Summer heat is tempered by our cool mountain elevations and evening temperatures drop to create some of the most relaxing evening environments. In the fall our hardwood forests put on a spectacular fall foliage color display attracting more Visitors than other time of the year. The winter brings a quiet, slower season while providing us with some of the best skiing in the south.

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About 40% of our County is occupied by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pisgah National Forest and the Harmon Den Wildlife Refuge, where the Blue Ridge Parkway meets the Great Smoky Mountains. The central part of the county is well suited for business and agriculture and is easily accessible to major population centers of the east and southeast U.S. - Our location is a major feature. Haywood County encompasses 546 square miles and has a population of about 52,000. There are four incorporated towns: Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, and Clyde. With a mild southern climate and cool mountain elevations ranging to over 6000 feet, Haywood County is an excellent location any time of the year for business or recreation

The Town of Waynesville was founded in 1809 by Colonel Robert Love, a Revolutionary War soldier. He donated land for the courthouse, jail and public square, and named the Town after his commander in the war, General "Mad" Anthony Wayne.

Waynesville also has a connection to another war. With news of General Lee's surrender traveling slowly, the Civil War continued in Western North Carolina. The final shots of that war, east of the Mississippi River, were fired near Sulphur Springs, and General James Martin surrendered honorably on May 9, 1865.

The Town of Waynesville NC was incorporated in 1871. In July 1995 the Towns of Hazelwood and Waynesville merged into one community and continued to grow with a population today of 9,482. With a great climate, growing cultural environment, extensive recreation areas and educational opportunities for all ages, Waynesville rates very high on quality of life issues.

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Calabash North Carolina

2007-07-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

Calabash North Carolina

Calabash is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, in the Wilmington metro area. The population was 711 at the 2000 census. It prides itself as the "Seafood Capital of the World" because of the town's large amount of "Calabash-style" seafood restaurants

Calabash NC was named after gourds that grew in the region, which were used for drinking. Since the 1930s, Calabash has been known for its distinctive style of fried seafood, which has come to be known as "calabash style." The town has many seafood restaurants and is often referred to as the "Seafood Capital of the World."

Calabash style buffets are also in many southeastern coastal towns. Myrtle Beach, SC is home to a great majority of these restaurants as the city is very close to Calabash, NC.

Calabash is no longer the sleepy little fishing village, but it still retains much of its fishing village atmosphere. The family seafood restaurants of old are now run by many of their descendents. Calabash is an outstanding place to visit, dine, and to live and work.

Today it is has ab abundance of fine restaurants, shops and golf courses. It is home to 1300 residents, who benefit from a well run Town Government, one of the best equipped Fire Departments in the area as well as a fine EMS. Additional amenities within the town include a medical center, dentist, banks, hardware store, auto services, gas stations, as well as a fleet of shrimp boats, fishing boats, and a beautiful view of the Calabash River.

The Town of Calabash is located in Brunswick County on the southeastern coast of North Carolina and is the southern most city in North Carolina bordering South Carolina. It is 25 miles North of Myrtle Beach, SC and 50 miles South of Wilmington, NC. The
closest highway is ‘Highway 17’.

CLIMATE: Moderate and we enjoy all four seasons. We rarely have snowfall in the winter.

Primarily a fishing village with shrimp boats docking daily during the season selling fresh caught shrimp. Charter boats for tours and deep sea fishing are also available.

The Town is famous for its 'Calabash Seafood'. This type of flavoring originated here and is unique. Others have tried to copy it with little success. If you want to taste the real 'Calabash Seafood', you must come to Calabash.

Calabash NC has all the amenities any Town would need.

Fire Department: Calabash Fire Department- one of the best and well equipped Fire Departments in the area. Has an ISO rating of 6 which is excellent .

Police: The area is patrolled by the Brunswick County Police Department. The crime rate is very low in this area.

Banks- Medical/Dental Offices-Churches-Post Office-Hardware Stores- Veterinarian- Deli and Pastry Shop-Souvenirs-Jewlery-ice cream parlors-supermarkets-clothing stores-cleaners-lawyers and most of all restaurants. Check our current Business Directory for a detailed list.

Calabash is within 6-10 miles of two beautiful sandy beaches and 25 miles to great entertainment in Myrtle Beach SC. Golf courses abound in this area. Almost all are public courses and very well maintained.

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Ocean Isle Beach North Carolina

2007-07-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

Ocean Isle Beach North Carolina

The northernmost sub-tropical region on the East Coast! Enjoy our mild winter weather, spectacular beach and great Golf Specials on over 100 area courses!

Ocean Isle Beach is one of the southernmost of North Carolina's unique barrier islands. Miles and miles of powder white sand, sun-danced waves, and windswept marshlands make our community one of the loveliest places on the earth.

In contrast to other resort areas along the southeastern coast, Ocean Isle has chosen to avoid the everyday hustle and bustle. Instead, this resort island has sustained a family beach atmosphere and has proudly kept itself on a low-key, low-rise course. It's the perfect place for vacationers who want to relax and enjoy a quiet, refreshing time.

Ocean Isle Beach lies between the historic port of Wilmington, N.C. and the tourist attractions of Myrtle Beach, S.C.. Although Ocean Isle Beach has grown and developed over the years, it has maintained its relaxed and leisurely charm.

Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, is located on the southern coastline of North Carolina. This coastal barrier island was incorporated as the Town of Ocean Isle Beach in 1959. The island is approximately seven miles long and provides a family beach environment. The current year-round resident population is approximately 425, with a seasonal population of 25,000

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Waxhaw North Carolina

2007-07-26T10:08:00.000-07:00

Waxhaw North Carolina

Waxhaw NC is a historic yet progressive town located in Union County and south of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Waxhaw’s uniqueness is defined by its diverse character of antique stores, scenic horse farms, and a downtown district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Waxhaw NC is located in a historic region called the Waxhaws, and in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The area is wooded with rolling hills. Waxhaw is also in the region where gold was first found in the United States, and the Howie Gold Mine is not far from the city limits. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was born nearby in 1767. There is some disagreement as to which of the Carolinas was his actual birthplace, due to the very close proximity of the NC/SC border.

Although it is such a small city, Waxhaw NC is surprisingly well-known in the Charlotte area, with annual events such as the Fourth of July Parade (known for its outrageous floats). Waxhaw is also known around the world, specifically in missions groups, due to the location of a Wycliffe Bible Translators base and airport known as JAARS.

Waxhaw takes its name from the Waxhaws, both the name for the area and the name for the Indian tribe that once inhabited it. The community dates back to the 1700s, but it wasn't until 1888 that the railroad, laying tracks to Atlanta, brought prosperity. Tracks still run through the center of town along the green, grassy strip dividing two rows of stores.

The community was once dependent on cotton, but when the fiber lost its luster in the early 1960s, Waxhaw reshaped itself as an antique and fine dining center. The Town currently has dozens of specialty shops and dining ranging from mom & pop restaurants to fine dining bistros. (Not all shops are clustered together, so explore.).

The Waxhaw Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places, and Waxhaw has some wonderful old houses near the center of town. Residents and town government are also working on beautification plans. A beautiful Town Park is conveniently located in downtown Waxhaw. For new housing nearby, look along NC 75 East & West of Waxhaw, as well as Hwy 16 North of Waxhaw.

Near Waxhaw is Cane Creek Park, a 1,050-acre park that draws visitors with its beauty and its activities. A lot of folks had a hand in this park, which opened in 1978. The facility, on Harkey Road south of Waxhaw, was a cooperative venture between Union County, the Union Conservation District and the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Alamance County, North Carolina

2007-07-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

Alamance County, NC Facts and Information

Alamance County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It coincides with the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Formed in 1849 from Orange County to the east, Alamance County has been the site of significant historical events, textiles, manufacturing, and agriculture in North Carolina.

As of 2006, the estimated population of the county and MSA was 142,661. Its county seat is Graham.

Before being formed as a county, the region had at least one known small Southeastern tribe of Native American in the 1700s - the Sissipahaw who lived in the area bound by modern Saxapahaw, Hawfields and Haw River locations in the county European Americans entered the region largely following Native American trading paths that became the basis of the railroad and interstate highway routes[4]. The county was formed January 29, 1849 from Orange County. It was named after Great Alamance Creek, site of the Battle of Alamance (May 16, 1771), in which militia under the command of Governor William Tryon crushed the Regulator movement. The Great Alamance Creek, and in turn the Little Alamance Creek, according to legend, were named after a local Native American word to describe the blue mud that was found at the bottom of the creeks.

Several other small battles occurred during the American Revolution in the Alamance County area during the lead-up to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, including Pyle's Massacre and the Battle of Lindley's Mill, and the Battle of Clapp's Mill.

Civil War and aftermath
In 1861, the United States began to fragment due to growing questions of states' rights concerning issues of money, agriculture, representation, and slavery. In February of that year, a peace conference was held in Washington, DC. North Carolina sent five delegates to this conference, including Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin of Haw River, an Alamance County community. Justice Ruffin was opposed to secession, but was voted down. Later on, President Buchanan said that if Ruffin had persisted, the war might have been averted. In March, 1861, Alamance County residents voted against North Carolina's secession from the Union, 1,114 to 254. Hostilities would later prove that vote moot.

Alamance County joined the rest of North Carolina as the state split off from the Union and joined the Confederate States. Although no battles took place in the county itself, Alamance County did send its share of sons and brothers to the front lines. Only in the last months of the war did the residents of the county see a significant number of troops. Most important of these events was when President Jefferson Davis dictated a note to General Johnston for Union General Sherman. General Johnston delivered that note, stopping in Company Shops to drop off some of the last of his men.

Alamance County Courthouse in Graham, NC.Some of the most significant effects of the Civil War were seen after the war. Alamance County briefly became a center of natioanl attention when, in 1870, a confrontation between local residents and an apparently corrupt Army colonel led to several people being wrongfully accused and arrested for various crimes. Only after involvement by a U. S. District Judge were these men and women freed and cleared of crimes. This event came to be known as the Kirk-Holden War, and it lead to the impeachment and removal of Governor William Holden by the North Carolina Legislature in 1871.

Textiles
The Holt family began the textile industry in the county in the 1800s. Textiles became the county's largest source of industry and nearly every community in the county contained a textile mill by the early 1900s. Most of the mills were located along the Haw River which provided a cheap easy source of energy. Glencoe, Saxapahaw, Swepsonville, Bellemont, Alamance, Haw River and Burlington all contained textile mills and all these communities were located on the Haw River or tributaries of the river. The Holt's became famous for producing "Alamance Plaids" used mainly in tablecloths. Most of the plants have now gone out of business. Burlington was, also, home to Burlington Industries.

Dairy industry
The county was once the state leader in dairy production. Several dairies including Melville Dairy in Burlington were headquartered in the county. With increasing real estate prices and a slump in milk prices, most dairy farms have been sold and many of them developed for real estate purposes.

Airplanes and radars
During World War II Fairchild built airplanes at a plant on the eastern side of Burlington. Among the planes built at the plant were the AT-21 gunner used to train bomber pilots. Near the Fairchild plant was the Western Electric Burlington works. The plant built radar equipment and guidance systems for missiles on top of many other electronics for the government. The guidance system for the Titan missile was built there. The plant was closed in 1992 and sat abandoned until 2005, when it was purchased by a local businessman for manufacturing

Politics
Alamance County has provided North Carolina with three of its governors and two U. S. Senators: Governor Thomas Holt, Governor and U. S. Senator Kerr Scott, Governor Robert W. (Bob) Scott (Kerr Scott's son), and U. S. Senator B. Everett Jordan.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,126 km² (435 mi²). 1,114 km² (430 mi²) of it is land and 12 km² (5 mi²) of it (1.10%) is water.

The county is in the Piedmont physiographical region. The county has a general rolling terrain with the Cane Creek Mountains rising to over 970 ft.[7] in the south central part of the county just north of Snow Camp. Bass Mountain one of the prominent hills in the range is home to a world renowned Bluegrass music festival every year. There are also isolated monadnocks in the northern part of the county that rise to near or over 900 ft. above sea level.

The largest river that flows through Alamance County is the Haw River, which eventually feeds into Jordan Lake in Chatham County, eventually leading to the Cape Fear River. The county is also home to numerous creeks, streams, and ponds, including the Great Alamance Creek, where a portion of the Battle of Alamance was fought. There are 3 large municipal reservoirs: Lake Cammack, Lake Mackintosh, and Graham-Mebane Lake (formerly Quaker Lake).

ARTS
Paramount Theater serves as the center of dramatic presentations in the community.

Old Dam at Cedarock Park

Alamance County, Burlington, Graham, Elon, Haw River, Swepsonville, and Mebane all have other small parks that are not listed here. Major parks include:

Alamance County
Cedarock Park, located 6 miles south of the Intersection of Interstate 85/40 and NC Highway 49. Cedarock Park is home to the Cedarock Historic Farm, an Old Mill Dam, and 2 Disc Golf Courses.

City of Burlington
City Park, located in Burlington off of U.S. Highway 70 (Church Street), and is home to a Dentzel Carousel built between 1906 and 1910 and several train-based rides, signifying Burlington's place in history as the Company Shops Train Depot.
Indian Valley Golf Course, an 18-hole operated by the City of Burlington
Lake Mackintosh Marina, located off of Huffman Mill Rd.

ECONOMY
Today, Alamance County is often described as a "bedroom" community, with many residents living in the county and working elsewhere due to low tax rates, although the county is still a major player in the textile and manufacturing industries.

The current county-wide tax rate for Alamance County residents is 57.5 cents per $100 valuation. This does not include tax rates imposed by municipalities or fire districts.

Demographics
As of the census² of 2000, there were 130,800 people, 51,584 households, and 35,541 families residing in the county. The population density was 117/km² (304/mi²). There were 55,463 housing units at an average density of 50/km² (129/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 75.61% White, 18.76% Black or African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.90% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.19% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. 6.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 51,584 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.10% were married couples living together, 12.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.10% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,168, and the median income for a family was $46,479. Males had a median income of $31,906 versus $23,367 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,391. About 7.60% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.30% of those under age 18 and 12.90% of those age 65 or over.

Famous People From Alamance County NC

Jacob Brent, born in Graham, starred as Mr. Mistoffelees in the broadway and home video version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats.

Billy Bryan, Center for the Denver Broncos from 1977-1988 grew up in Burlington.

Several generations of Alex Haley's family may have lived in Alamance County as noted in his 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family - coming from Africa to Virginia, to Caswell County to Alamance County and moving to Tennessee after the Emancipation Proclamation

Governor Thomas Holt, Governor of North Carolina from 1891-1893.

John "John Boy" Isley born and raised in Graham, is "John Boy" of the John Boy and Billy Show broadcast on radio stations around the nation.

Charley Jones, born in Alamance County, major league baseball player

U. S. Senator B. Everett Jordan, U. S. Senator (Class 2) from 1958-1973

Don Kernodle, born in Burlington, wrestler who appeared in Paradise Alley with Sylvester Stallone

Jack McKeon, Manager of the 2003 World Series champion Florida Marlins has lived in Alamance County.

Blanche Taylor Moore, a convicted murderer whose life story was portrayed in the television movie "Black Widow: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story", starring Elizabeth Montgomery.

Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner (2001-2003)

Tequan Richmond, born in Burlington, stars as Drew Rock in Everybody Hates Chris, and played a young Ray Charles in the movie Ray

Governor Robert W. (Bob) Scott (Kerr Scott's son), Governor of North Carolina from 1969-1973

Governor and U. S. Senator Kerr Scott, Governor of North Carolina from 1949-1953, U. S. Senator (Class 2) from 1954-1958

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Nash County, North Carolina

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Nash County, NC Facts and Information

Nash County was formed in 1777 from the western part of Edgecombe County. Located in the northeast section of the state, it is bounded by Edgecombe, Wilson, Johnston, Franklin, and Halifax counties. It was named for General Francis Nash (1742-77), of Hillsborough, a soldier who was mortally wounded while fighting under General George Washington at Germantown during the American Revolution. Nashville, the county seat, was settled in 1780 and chartered in 1815. First land grants in the area date back to 1743.

Nash County has a total area of 542.71 square miles, with 540.33 square miles of land area. The average temperature is 61.9 degrees with the average temperature in January of 39° F and the average July temperature of 78° F. The average rainfall is 43 inches. The elevation of Nash County is 180 feet above sea level.

After the Revolution, which touched the county only lightly, Nash County settled down to a pace that made it one of the State's leading farm areas. Since the Civil War, it has been known primarily as a leading agricultural county, but it has experienced steady industrial growth since that time. Currently, only 2.4% of the total employment within the county is classified as agricultural. However, Nash County ranks 8th in area devoted to farmland in North Carolina.

Nash County could be classified as either a northern coastal plain county or a far eastern piedmont county. It has a primarily rolling terrain with sandy soil, however, brick and tile clays are found along the Tar River, which flows through Nash County and Rocky Mount. A granite belt is located relatively close to the surface and extends westward from the city for about 20 miles.

The average rainfall in Nash County is 43 inches. The average temperature is 61.9 degrees with the January average temperature 39 degrees Fahrenheit and the average July temperature is 78 degrees Fahrenheit.

Nash County Population
According to the most recent census results, the population of Nash County in 2000 was 87,420 making it the 30th largest county in the state. The largest city within the county is Rocky Mount, with a population of 55,893 according to the most recent census results, population of the Rocky Mount MSA was 145,571. Other Nash County towns and their latest census counts are:

Nashville - 4,309
Red Oak - 2,723
Sharpsburg - 2,421
Spring Hope - 1,261
Middlesex - 838
Dortches - 809
Whitakers - 799
Bailey - 670
Castalia - 340
Momeyer - 291

Nash County has an abundant water supply from the Tar River and its tributary creeks. A 1,400 acre reservoir on the Tar River, southwest of Rocky Mount, was completed in 1971. In addition to ensuring an abundant water supply, it offers attractive recreational areas with fishing, water skiing and boating.

HEALTH CARE
Nash Health Care Systems encompasses Nash General Hospital, Nash Day Hospital, Coastal Plain Hospital & Counseling Center and Bryant T. Aldridge Rehabilitation Center. Nash General Hospital, a 300-bed acute care facility, was opened in 1971. This seven-story facility was the first hospital in the state to have all-private rooms. Expansion has created Nash Day Hospital, the first freestanding outpatient facility in the nation. Nash Day offers radiology, radiation oncology, surgery, rehabilitation, laboratory and endoscopy services. Nash Day is also home to the Rocky Mount Heartburn Treatment Center, a nationally recognized center of excellence for the treatment of heartburn. Coastal Plain Hospital & Psychiatric Center is a 50-bed psychiatric care and substance abuse center. Opened in November 1999, Aldridge Rehab Center is a 23-bed comprehensive rehabilitation state-of-the-art facility featuring a therapeutic swimming pool and gymnasium as well as an innovative walking garden. The number for Nash Health Care Systems is (252) 443-8000.

Edgecombe-Nash Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Services is located at 500 Nash Medical Arts Mall on the Nash General Hospital campus. This agency provides and/or makes referrals to private vendors for a number of services for individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse needs. These include outpatient therapy, emergency services, consultation and education, case management; Referral to inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents, adults, and elderly individuals who are acutely mentally ill; Referral to Inpatient hospitalization detoxification services for individuals who are alcohol or drug abusers; referral to Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program for consumers with severe and persistent mental illness; Adult developmental activity program (ADAP) for individuals who are developmentally disabled; Alcohol and drug education traffic schools (ADETS), Drug education schools (DES) and Inpatient hospitalization detoxification services for individuals who are alcohol or drug abusers; Provision of and referral to either social setting, non-hospital medical, or outpatient detoxification services for individuals who are alcoholics as well as forensic services for individuals of all disability groups. Their phone number is (252) 937-8141.

TRANSPORTATION
Nash County features a range of transportation facilities. Served by the main line of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, along the eastern boundary, the Nash County Railroad serves the central portion of the county and the southern portion of the county is served by Norfolk and Southern Railroad. The county is also served by a network of major highways including US Highways 301, 264, 64; Interstate 95 and state highways 97, 48, 58, and 44. There are also numerous motor freight carrier terminals in the Rocky Mount area.

Regional air service as well as shuttle service to Raleigh-Durham International Airport is provided by the Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport which opened in 1970. Located on NC Highway 97, RWI is just a short drive of 6.5 miles from Rocky Mount and only minutes from industrial traffic routes.

Carolina Trailways, a regional bus company that has been operating in North Carolina since the 1920s, now owned by Greyhound, provides scheduled intercity bus service to the Rocky Mount Terminal.

North Carolina's state-supported Carolinian and Piedmont trains and Amtrak's north-south Silver Meteor, Silver Palm and Silver Star trains have scheduled daily service to the Rocky Mount train station.

Nash-Edgecombe Transportation Service (NETS) provides subscription and dial-a-ride transportation for rural residents of Nash County. Dial-A-Ride transportation services (DARTS), operates dial-a-ride paratransit service for certain authorized residents of the City of Rocky Mount who begin and end their trips within 3/4 mile of Rocky Mount Transit's fixed routes.

Rocky Mount Transit operates fixed-route buses for the city of Rocky Mount.

EDUCATION
Rocky Mount is the home of North Carolina Wesleyan College. This four-year co-educational liberal arts college began operations in 1960 on a 200-acre campus. Shaw University of Raleigh has a center in Rocky Mount and offers a component of liberal arts instruction. The Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools serve 17,480 students from 28 campuses including three consolidated high schools and one alternative high school.

Private and parochial schools are also available in the area. Our Lady of Perpetual Help enrolls approximately 250 students in the P-7 program. Falls Road Baptist School, Grace Christian School, NEW Christian Academy, The Enfield Academy and the Rocky Mount Academy are K-12 programs enrolling approximately 1,100 students.

Nash County's continuing educational needs are being met by Nash Community College, offering a full curriculum in vocational college transfer courses as well as providing free literacy and basic skills education to adults. Their program includes courses in trades and industry, business administration, information technology, nursing and secretarial science.

North Carolina State University and East Carolina University are an easy one-hour drive from Nash County.

CULTURAL
The Rocky Mount Arts and Crafts Center offers unique opportunities in the visual and performing arts for the Nash County area. The Center contains an art gallery, theater, classrooms and an art studio. Regular art exhibits, courses in interior design, painting, sculpture, ceramics, crewel, theater-related courses and other arts and crafts activities are offered to all ages.

The area's cultural activities are also enhanced by the Community Concert Series of Symphony Orchestras, the North Carolina Wesleyan Concert Series and professional plays at North Carolina Wesleyan College.

Braswell Library houses houses Adult Collections and Resources with over 23,000 fiction, 33,000 nonfiction, and 2,500 reference titles, 370 periodical holdings, 2400 audio and 700 videos. The Children's and Youth Collections and Resources holds over 19,000 fiction, 11,000 nonfiction, and 560 reference titles and over 1000 videos and 1,000 cassette titles plus 30 magazines. A Spanish language collection of books, audio and videos has over 400 titles. The Nash County Bookmobile maintains an on-board collection that numbers between 2,500 and 3,000 titles, and the shelves back at their library office hold another 6,500 or so. The Bookmobile borrows from Braswell's circulating collection when necessary.

The Spring Hope Historical museum is sponsored and maintained by the Spring Hope Historical Association and is dedicated to the premise that a preservation of the past is a true legacy for the generations to come. Located on Main St., Spring Hope, NC.

RECREATIONAL
Nash County and Rocky Mount also have abundant recreational opportunities. The Tar River Reservoir provides an excellent place for all water-related sports. Fine hunting and fishing are found within the community and throughout eastern North Carolina.

The city of Rocky Mount and Nashville boast facilities for recreational programs in tennis, softball and picnicking. Rocky Mount's Sunset Park has many parks and playgrounds, a miniature train, carousel and city zoo. There are many activities at this park including a miniature train, historic carousel, picnic shelters, lighted tennis courts, a softball field, and lighted basketball courts. Recent additions include Spray Park - a one-of-a-kind attraction featuring 10 computer controlled water spray fountains within a traditional playground structure, and Skate Park for skate boarding enthusiasts. Other local municipalities provide various recreational programs for their residents as well.

Since 1954, the City of Rocky Mount Children's Museum has provided an educational program for young people by interpreting and exhibiting significant objects and enriching their lives through the development of proper attitudes through creative outlets. An emphasis is placed on providing children with "hands on" experiences of the latest technological advances possible as well as giving them an understanding of the history that led us to these advances. The museum has been the subject of many state and regional publications, including "Southern Living" magazine. Ongoing programs at the museum include: classes, animal and science talks, birthday parties, outreach presentations to schools and curator opportunities. Each month, members of the Tar River Astronomy Club gather at the Museum for programs and special viewing.

Excellent golfing facilities are available at courses in the Rocky Mount, Nashville and Spring Hope areas.

AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
In the second quarter of 2001, Nash County had a labor force of 41,765. Of this total work force, 4.1% were engaged in agricultural employment and 23.2% were engaged in manufacturing jobs. Growing workforce industry groups are the retail trade (19.8%) and service (20.1%).

Agricultural products from Nash County include tobacco, poultry, swine, corn, forestry, soybeans, sweet potatoes, cotton, peanuts, cucumbers, small grain, beef cattle, dairy cattle and products, nursery and horticultural plants.

Nash County enjoys a rare blend of rural lifestyle coupled with the economic advantages of a diversified agricultural, industrial and service-based economy. Nash County is also positioned as a major gateway between the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of North Carolina.

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Thomasville North Carolina

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Thomasville North Carolina

Thomasville NC is a city in Davidson County, in the Lexington-Thomasville metro area. The city is notable for its furniture industry as are its neighbors of High Point and Lexington. This Piedmont Triad community was established in 1852 and hosts the state's oldest festival, "Everybody's Day". Built around the local railway system, Thomasville is home to the oldest railroad depot in the state, just a few hundred feet from the city's most notable landmark, "The Big Chair".

Established in 1852, Thomasville NC celebrated its 150th birthday in 2002 with 55 events and celebrations. Thomasville's history can be traced to when a $3 million state tax was passed in the 1840's. NC State Senator John W. Thomas thought this would be a great place to start a community. Why, you might ask? Because the state tax was to build the railroad system through North Carolina and this area would be right along the tracks in almost the geographic center of the state.

Thomasville's history is rich in so many ways. City Cemetery is believed to be the only cemetery with Confederate and Federal soldiers buried in a common grave. The North Carolina Vietnam Veterans' Memorial is located in the City and is highlighted by a brick wall with 1,647 bricks having the name of a North Carolinian killed or missing in Vietnam etched into each brick. Thomasville hosts North Carolina's oldest festival called "Everybody's Day" that last Saturday in September each year. The festival grew from an annual attendance of 25,000 to 70,000 after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In 2002, the enthusiasm did not dwindle, instead, the crowd swelled to 80,000 people enjoying the music, crafts, food, games, etc.

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Gastonia North Carolina

2007-07-25T08:41:00.000-07:00

Gastonia North Carolina

Gastonia, Gaston County NC offers you a wonderful combination of gardens, parks, historic sites, and shopping delights. Gastonia is the premier city in the Charlotte metro area for your business, associates, and families

Gastonia is located in the heart of the Piedmont section of the State of North Carolina and is the county seat of Gaston County. An All American City, it is the second largest city in the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill Metropolitan Area. Gastonia's population is 70,278 which has increased 17 percent in the last decade. Gaston County's population is 190,365, which has grown 7.3 percent from 1993-2003. Gastonia is governed by a Mayor and six-member City Council all of whom are elected on a non-partisan basis. The City provides traditional municipal services such as those relating to Water and Sewer, Electricity, Public Transportation, Recreation Programs, Police and Fire Protection, Community Development, Solid Waste Collection and Disposal, as well as other services. The City of Gastonia is also home to the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Lynn Planetarium, an outstanding facility for learning and leisure.

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Lexington North Carolina

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Lexington North Carolina

Lexington, North Carolina is known as the Barbecue Capital of the World. But hickory smoked pork isn't the only thing that's cooking here. So is the opportunity for expanding and relocating companies. Site Selection magazine ranked us 8th among U.S. "micropolitan statistical areas." A Lexington NC location puts you in one of the mid-Atlantic's most dynamic and desirable metro areas (the Piedmont Triad), in one of America's most business-friendly states. With outstanding access to markets, exceptional labor and job training resources, highly competitive cost factors and an appealing small town atmosphere

If a location that is an hour from the Blue Ridge Mountains and just four hours from the North and South Carolina beaches isn't enough, Lexington's special events and everyday attractions are sure to demonstrate our ability to stand alone as a jewel of the Piedmont. The newly renovated Finch Park is a hub for community activity throughout the year. It serves as host for activities ranging from daily leisure trips, youth and adult soccer, baseball and softball games, and events such as the growing Multicultural Festival and the Fantastic July 4th Festival.

If you prefer your strolls to be on a street sidewalk as opposed to a park trail, our revitalized uptown should suit you fine. An organization called Uptown Lexington, Inc. has worked feverishly to pump new life into this historical part of our City. We encourage you to walk our streets and see for yourself all of the success that has been directed that way.

After your stroll of uptown, you can't go wrong by stopping in at one of our frequently visited tourist attractions. For those who appreciate fine things, the Bob Timberlake Gallery is a good choice and for those who appreciate the faster things, the Richard Childress Racing Shop and Museum is right on track.

For a taste of big city atmosphere, the BBQ Festival brings over 100,000 visitors to Main Street each October and is one of the nations top 10 rated food festivals. We think these attractions along with our small town culture make Lexington NC a place you'll never want to leave.

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Kings Mountain North Carolina

2007-07-25T08:27:00.000-07:00

Kings Mountain North Carolina

Kings Mountain prides itself on being one of the most livable cities in America. Neighbors benefit from exceptional medical facilities, vibrant neighborhood business districts, and a solid network of parks, community centers, and libraries. With a strong economy, safe streets and a diverse workforce, Kings Mountain is poised for continued success in fostering new enterprise throughout the city.

Kings Mountain is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in an area known as the Piedmont of North Carolina. Ideally located between Greenville, S.C. and Charlotte, N.C., it is served by I-85 and U.S. Highways 74 and 29.

Kings Mountain continues to grow as more and more people make their homes and bring their businesses here. The county, ideally located in the foothills of North Carolina, is home to comfortable climates, top-notch educational institutions and healthcare facilities, recreational opportunities, and friendly people.

Whether you are interested in outdoor recreation, the arts, dining and shopping, business and industry, education or healthcare, we have it all right here in Kings Mountain.

In the county, you will find manufacturers of truck cabs, compact discs, transmissions, aircraft parts, ceramic capacitor material, electric motors and production equipment, as well as some specialized textile companies.

Gross retail sales for Cleveland County exceed $1 billion a year. The major retail areas are the Cleveland Mall, with large retailers such as Sears, Belk, and Goody's; and the Kings Mountain, Boiling Springs and Uptown Shelby areas, which boast specialty shops and an abundance of restaurants. In Cleveland County, you can eat or shop at a well-known establishment or choose one of our independently-owned restaurants or shops.

Agriculture continues to be an important part of the county’s economy. Major crops are fescue for hay and grazing, soybeans, wheat, cotton, alfalfa, tomatoes, and summer squash. In addition, apples, peaches, and various small fruits and greenhouse crops are produced. The animal enterprises primarily consist of beef cattle, dairy, broilers, and turkeys. Cleveland County also has a few dairy farms still in operation.

Incorporated on February 11, 1874, Kings Mountain NC takes its name from the historical Revolutionary battle fought five miles South, thus bringing meaning to our motto "The Historical City." This battle was very important in early American history, being proclaimed "the turning point of the American Revolution in the South."

W.A. Mauney was the first citizen of Kings Mountain. He was the first man to establish a home, opened the first store, was the first postmaster, builder of the first cotton mill and pioneered in the banking business of that general section. W.A. Mauney also cut many paths and roads through the wilderness.

In 1870-72 the building of the Charlotte-Atlanta Airline Railway was the impetus for the founding of Kings Mountain town. Farmers had no vision of turning the land into town lots or industrial sites, but men of other parts of the county and adjacent areas saw the possibilities for development. Freno Dilling moved his sawmill from Cherryville to the site of the present Kings Mill on N. Piedmont Avenue in May, 1872. The first railroad track was laid in the fall of that same year. The Dilling sawmill supplied some of the cross ties and his well furnished water to the railroad engines.

Today Interstate 85 and US Highway 74 run through the City, making Kings Mountain ideally located for transportation needs of its many businesses. Kings Mountain industries were firmly based on textiles in the early years, but transportation, along with three established Industrial Parks have diversified the business climate. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is nearby, giving us a virtual lifeline to the World.

An indoor natatorium and a new multi-million dollar Junior Olympic Swimming Pool and Sports Complex offers a variety of indoor and outdoor activities for the whole family.

Gardner Webb University is only a thirty minute drive and UNCC is forty five minutes away. Both schools are four year degree institutions offering excellent masters and doctorate programs.

The location and history not only makes Kings Mountain unique but also the fact that we own and operate our own utilities of Gas, Electric, Water and Sewer providing one-stop shopping convenience for those requiring our services. We also own John Henry Moss Lake, which not only provides recreational activities, but also provides our city's water supply.

With the Kings Mountain National Military Park, and two state parks within a five minute drive from the center of town, we have the opportunity of enjoying nature as well as the history of our area. Over one million visitors pass through these parks each year.

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Cary, North Carolina's Borders Bulge as More Find Nirvana within City Limits

2007-07-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

Cary, North Carolina's Borders Bulge as More Find Nirvana within City Limits

According to the latest census figures Cary, North Carolina, is the 8th fastest growing city in the nation. Disgruntled with overpriced housing markets, many find Cary an attractive alternative.

Cary, NC (PRWEB) July 17, 2007 -- Across the county, residents disenchanted with their local housing markets are noticing the grass growing greener in Cary, NC. According to the new census figures for last year*, Cary grew by 5,451 residents (a 5.1% increase), making it the fastest growing city in North Carolina and #8 in the Nation. To accommodate the influx of families, Wake County has opened 7 brand new schools for 2007 and has encouraged more year-round schedules to better utilize classroom space.

Cary, listed in Money Magazine's Top 5 places to live, attracts new residents for several reasons: excellent public schools, affordable housing, reasonable taxes, strong job market, low crime, a mild climate, and genuinely friendly people.

Many national housing markets, especially on the east and west coasts, rise and fall like a rollercoaster. For example, in the suburbs of Washington DC a half a million dollars buys a mere 1200sqft fixer-upper. Meanwhile home prices in the Cary area have appreciated slowly and steadily (Averaging 3% to 8% over the last 6 years). $500,000 spent in Cary purchases a brand new 3,200 sqft dream home.

NC and Wake county's taxes and insurance are very reasonable. Using the median Cary home price of $256,900, property taxes are roughly $2,500/year and insurance is around $500/year. This alone inspires many homeowners in New York and New Jersey to start whistling Dixie, as they pay obscenely high taxes that, in many cases, rival or exceed their home's principal and interest payment.

The Job Market in Cary is healthy and lucrative. Major centers for employment are in neighboring Raleigh, the State Capitol, and the Research Triangle Park (RTP), the largest research park in the world. Forbes magazine recently voted Raleigh the #1 city in the nation for Business and Careers. With the good paying jobs and the reasonable home prices, Cary has one of the best housing affordability indexes in the nation.

Cary, North Carolina is the 8th safest city in the Nation. Perhaps this is due to the Bible belt's religious influence or the triangles distinction of having more PhD's per capita. Either way, families feel safe in Cary's streets and parks. Cary is part of the much celebrated Wake County Public School system and many of the top performing schools serve Cary's neighborhoods.

Drawn by the mild climate and high quality of life, retirees are moving to the area in increasing numbers. Currently the third most popular retirement destination, NARA's study shows that "North Carolina is projected to overtake Florida as the number one retirement state over the next 10 years." With Rex, Wake and Duke Hospitals nearby residents enjoy some of the finest health care in the nation.

And lastly, most are quite fond of the verdant landscapes and weather in Cary. While summers are hot and humid, winters are short, pleasant and mild. Spring and fall are long, lovely and colorful.

*Census date from the July 2005 to July 2006 sampling period

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Slumping housing market hits Charlotte area

2007-07-20T07:18:00.000-07:00

Slumping housing market hits Charlotte SC area
Region sees 13% drop in sales, but average price is up 4%

Charlotte-area home sales fell by double digits in June, the largest dip of 2007.

The local housing market has been up and down by single-digit percentages since last September, which saw the first drop in sales in more than three years. Real estate agents say Charlotte is feeling the impact of slowing sales in other cities, magnified by rising interest rates.

Sales in the $300,000 to $750,000 price range are especially slow, agents say, while sales of $1 million-plus homes remain surprisingly healthy.

The good news is that prices are rising slightly, unlike those in many U.S. markets where they're falling.

Carolina Multiple Listing Services released its June sales figures for the region Tuesday. There are two ways to view the latest numbers, and both point to a slowdown.

• In June, closings on homes, condos and townhouses fell 13 percent from the same month last year. Because sales are seasonal, the best measure of monthly numbers is to compare them with the same month of the previous year.

• For the first six months of 2007, total sales through the MLS dipped 4 percent from the same period the year before. Experts say a larger sample paints a more accurate picture of the market.

Real estate pros say Charlotte has escaped the market meltdowns that have hit other cities. "Things definitely have slowed, but we still have an incredible market," said Dan Cottingham of real estate company Cottingham-Chalk. "Charlotte is definitely bucking the national trend."

That national trend, though, is being felt here.

Realtors compare slow housing markets in other cities to bad weather at distant airports. If it snows in Chicago, planes are grounded in Charlotte. If newcomers can't sell their homes back in the Midwest, they can't buy here.

That's not a new issue, but one that has more impact here as news gets worse across the country.

The National Association of Realtors won't report June home sales until later this month, but national existing-home sales in May were down more than 10 percent from the same month last year. It was double that in some cities.

In the Charlotte area, sales dipped only 5 percent in May.

"Our market has been more affected by people coming from elsewhere who can't sell the house where they're coming from than from things in our market," said Dot Munson, president of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association. "That's been building for a while."

Cottingham agreed, and said rising interest rates also have eroded sales. While rates are still relatively low, at about 6.4 percent for a 30-year mortgage, they've inched up about three-quarters of a point in the past 90 days.

In fact, Cottingham said, he's surprised sales haven't slowed more, considering the national slump and rising rates. "It's like two perfect storms," he said.

Other measures of the Charlotte market remain healthy.

The average price of a home sold through the MLS in June was $248,048. That's up 4 percent from the same month last year.

It would take about seven months to sell all the houses, condos and townhouses currently on the market in the Charlotte region at the present rate. That hasn't changed much since March and actually has improved in June.

Cottingham said some parts of Florida have more than a year's supply.

The news is even better in Mecklenburg County. David Barnhardt of First Charlotte Properties says Mecklenburg, which traditionally accounts for about half of the area's listings, has a five-month supply.

Walter Molony of the National Association of Realtors says a six-month supply is considered balanced between sellers and buyers. More than a six-month supply becomes a buyer's market. Less than six months becomes good news for sellers.

The supply is creeping up across the country. Molony said the national average is eight to nine months.

It's taking a bit longer to sell a home here than it did a year ago, Realtors say.

Munson, who is with Re/Max Executive Realty, said an average of 90 to 120 days would reflect a balanced market. "When it gets beyond that, something is not right," she said.

In June, the average time on the market was 115 days, at the upper end of the range.

Munson, Cottingham and others say the slowest-moving homes in Charlotte now are in the $300,000 to $750,000 price range. Buyers of more expensive homes don't depend as heavily on selling their current homes to buy their next homes.

Especially hard hit are owners trying to sell relatively new homes in areas where builders are still active. Builders always tend to set prices in neighborhoods where they're building. The slowing market elsewhere has only increased pressure on them to sell in Charlotte.

Source: ALLEN NORWOOD

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Wake Forest North Carolina

2007-07-18T15:35:00.000-07:00

Wake Forest North Carolina

Located in northern Wake County, Wake Forest NC is a progressive community of over 25,000 residents with a vibrant downtown that boasts more than 100 businesses, including several outstanding restaurants and specialty shops. Mindful of its rich heritage, the downtown is also an officially registered historic district. Representative of its academic history, the town is the home of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Southeastern College at Wake Forest.

Our community is proud of its rich history, leaders who make a difference, numerous shopping and dining opportunities, and tremendous cultural diversity. Parks, green spaces, and tree lined streets add to the livability. Our schools, medical facilities, businesses, arts and attractions also contribute to our wonderful quality of life.

We also offer a vast array of services to assist our residents, the backbone of our community.

Wake Forest is a unique community with a thriving downtown where you can walk just about anywhere to shop, eat or simply visit.

Situated less than 10 miles north of Raleigh and approximately 250 miles south of Washington, DC, Wake Forest is a prime location for anyone wishing to enjoy a quality way of life with all the benefits of city living. The community offers quick, easy access to the Triangle's first class universities, the Research Triangle Park, Atlantic Coast Conference athletics, professional sporting events, and world renowned golfing events. In addition, the beach is just over two hours away, while the mountains are a three to four hour drive, so you are never very far from North Carolina’s most popular vacation destinations.

Several churches in the area reveal a strong spiritual value in the community, while the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce actively promotes the area through family activities and programs that encourage businesses to prosper.

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North Carolina Webcams

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North Carolina Webcams

Webcam sites from North Carolina

Charlotte (2)
Raleigh (1)

Asheville Webcam
A view of Pack Square, the true center of downtown Asheville. Western North Carolina between the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smokey Mountains Parkway. More details

North Carolina Webcam Girl
if you really want me to melt like 'butta' under your touch just give me a massage! Ohhhh that feels so good! Check out my streaming webcam! More details

Wrightsville Beach Webcam
Live view of Wrightsville Beach provided by Surf City Surf Shop More details

Cape Hatteras Webcam
Image every 60 seconds of Cape Hatteras provided by WFMY-TV 2 More details

Atlantic Beach Webcam
Live view of Atlantic Beach provided by eastcoastsurf.com More details

Wrightsville Beach
Live streaming view of Wrightsville Beach from The Blockade Runner Beach Resort More details

Holden Beach Webcam
Live view of Holden Beach and a bridge provided by Brunswickland Realty More details

Kill Devil Hills Webcam
Live view of Avalon Fishing Pier in Kill Devil Hills More details

The Boone Cam
Welcome to the Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, Live view 24/7. More details

High Country Webcams
Live webcam views of the high country in North Carolina. Includes mountain and ski resort webcams. More details

East Carolina University Webcams
4 live views of East Carolina University. Images of the campus entrance, Sonic Plaza, Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium More details

Fayetteville Webcam
Check the scenery in Fayetteville from our live Fayetteville Tower Cam. More details

Storm Study Truck Webcam
Live images captured by a truck chasing bad weather. The image is sent from the truck via Verizon Wireless technology. More details

Oriental Harbor Webcam
HarborCam takes a new picture of the Oriental Harbor every ten minutes from dawn til just before dusk More details

Banks Channel Webcam
Live view of the Banks Channel, Wrightsville Beach provided by Tracy Shuford More details

EiLiveSurf
Live streaming surf cam in Emerald Isle, NC located at Bogue Inlet Pier. More details

Durham Bulls Webcam
Live view inside the Durham Bulls Baseball Athletic Park More details

Roxboro Webcam
Live view of the Main Street in Roxboro provided by esinc.net More details

Elizabethtown WebCam Broad St
Streaming webcam provided by Kinlaw Studio & Radio Shack More details

Asheville Webcam
LIVE view from Haywood Road in West Asheville, North Carolina. More details

Holden Beach Web Cam
Holden Beach has over 8 miles of pristine beaches and moderate temperatures throughout the year. The community has over 125 golf courses within a one-hour drive and boating, fishing, and hiking the island are popular activities. The island is a sea turtle habitat. More details

Zero Gravity Skatepark
Live action from the largest skatepark in Western North Carolina More details

Wrightsville Beach Cam
Streaming Surf Cam in Wrightsville Beach, NC More details

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shows a panoramic view of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park More details

Morganton Downtown Web Cam
Morganton Downtown Webcam More details

Wrightsville Beach Cam
Live shots from Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina More details

Mt Mitchell State Park Cam
The camera is located near the top of Mount Mitchell State Park and is updated every half hour. More details

Downtown Franklin Cam
Operated by the WFPJ radio station in Franklin, North Carolina More details

Banner Elk Camera
Shows the area on Hwy 184 just down from the elementary school where the cam can be zoomed to show off festivals and more. If you are a people watcher, you'll love this webcam! More details

WCU Campus Camera
The cam is located in A. K. Hinds University Center and shows the Alumni Tower . More

West Jefferson Camera
The camera is located in downtown West Jefferson and shows Mount Jefferson and the downtown traffic More details

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Western Carolina Webcams

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Western Carolina Webcams

High Country Webcams compiles dozens of live views from around the Western North Carolina mountains.

Banner Elk / Beech Mountain
Banner Elk - Hwy 184
Beech Mtn. Parkway Cam!
Charlie's Beech Cam!
Grandfather Mtn

Beech Mountain Top Cam
Sleepy Hollow Cam
Banner Elk - Waterfall

Boone, Blowing Rock NC
Main Street Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock Road
Boone Cam
Boone Overlook!
Highway 105
Smoketree Lodge 105 Cam!

Ashe County Area
Jefferson Landing Golf
West Jefferson Cam

Asheville Area
Hendersonville Golf

Brevard NC
Rainbow Lake Cam (New!)

Little Switzerland, Marion, Morganton, Spruce Pine Cams
Lake James Cam
Little Switzerland
Morganton Cam
Spruce Pine

Smoky Mountain Cams
Great Smoky Mtns. #1
Shining Rock
Great Smoky Mtns. #2

SKI RESORT CAMS
Sugar Mtn Front
Sugar Mountain Top Cam
Beech Slopeside Cam
Beech Mtn Sledding Cam!
Hawksnest Resort
Appalachian Ski Mountain
Cataloochee
Wolf Laurel Resort

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Top North Carolina Places

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Top North Carolina Places

Charlotte - Population: 540828
Raleigh - Population: 276093
Durham - Population: 187035
Asheville - Population: 68889
Greensboro - Population: 223891
Fayetteville - Population: 121015
Wilmington - Population: 75838
Cary - Population: 94536
Greenville - Population: 60476
Morrisville - Population: 5208

North Carolina Largest Cities (50,000 +)

Asheville - Population: 68889
Cary - Population: 94536
Charlotte - Population: 540828
Concord - Population: 55977
Durham - Population: 187035
Fayetteville - Population: 121015
Gastonia - Population: 66277
Greensboro - Population: 223891
Greenville - Population: 60476
High Point - Population: 85839
Jacksonville - Population: 66715
Raleigh - Population: 276093
Rocky Mount - Population: 55893
Wilmington - Population: 75838
Winston-Salem - Population: 185776

North Carolina Cities (20,000 +)

Apex - Population: 20212
Asheboro - Population: 21672
Burlington - Population: 44917
Chapel Hill - Population: 48715
Fort Bragg - Population: 29183
Goldsboro - Population: 39043
Havelock - Population: 22442
Hickory - Population: 37222
Huntersville - Population: 24960
Kannapolis - Population: 36910
Kinston - Population: 23688
Lumberton - Population: 20795
Matthews - Population: 22127
Monroe - Population: 26228
New Bern - Population: 23128
Salisbury - Population: 26462
Sanford - Population: 23220
Statesville - Population: 23320
Wilson - Population: 44405

North Carolina Cities (10,000 +)

Albemarle - Population: 15680
Boone - Population: 13472
Carrboro - Population: 16782
Clemmons - Population: 13827
Cornelius - Population: 11969
Eden - Population: 15908
Elizabeth City - Population: 17188
Garner - Population: 17757
Graham - Population: 12833
Henderson - Population: 16095
Hendersonville - Population: 10420
Hope Mills - Population: 11237
Indian Trail - Population: 11905
Kernersville - Population: 17126
Laurinburg - Population: 15874
Lenoir - Population: 16793
Lexington - Population: 19953
Masonboro - Population: 11812
Mint Hill - Population: 14922
Mooresville - Population: 18823
Morganton - Population: 17310
Newton - Population: 12560
Piney Green - Population: 11658
Reidsville - Population: 14485
Roanoke Rapids - Population: 16957
Shelby - Population: 19477
Smithfield - Population: 11510
Southern Pines - Population: 10918
Tarboro - Population: 11138
Thomasville - Population: 19788
Wake Forest - Population: 12588

North Carolina Cities (10,000 +)

Archdale - Population: 9014
Belmont - Population: 8705
Bessemer City - Population: 5119
Black Mountain - Population: 7511
Brevard - Population: 6789
Butner - Population: 5792
Cherryville - Population: 5361
Clayton - Population: 6973
Clinton - Population: 8600
Conover - Population: 6604
Davidson - Population: 7139
Dunn - Population: 9196
Edenton - Population: 5394
Elon College - Population: 6738
Forest City - Population: 7549
Fuquay-Varina - Population: 7898
Half Moon - Population: 6645
Hamlet - Population: 6018
Hillsborough - Population: 5446
Holly Springs - Population: 9192
James City - Population: 5420
Kill Devil Hills - Population: 5897
King - Population: 5952
Kings Grant - Population: 7738
Kings Mountain - Population: 9693
Knightdale - Population: 5958
Lewisville - Population: 8826
Lincolnton - Population: 9965
Mebane - Population: 7284
Morehead City - Population: 7691
Morrisville - Population: 5208
Mount Airy - Population: 8484
Mount Holly - Population: 9618
Murraysville - Population: 7279
Myrtle Grove - Population: 7125
Oak Island - Population: 6571
Ogden - Population: 5481
Oxford - Population: 8338
Pinehurst - Population: 9706
Rockingham - Population: 9672
Roxboro - Population: 8696
Royal Pines - Population: 5334
Selma - Population: 5914
Siler City - Population: 6966
Silver Lake - Population: 5788
South Gastonia - Population: 5433
Spring Lake - Population: 8098
St. Stephens - Population: 9439
Summerfield - Population: 7018
Trinity - Population: 6690
Washington - Population: 9583
Waynesville - Population: 9232
Weddington - Population: 6696
Whiteville - Population: 5148
Williamston - Population: 5843

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Sanford North Carolina

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Sanford North Carolina

The Sanford Area includes the City of Sanford, the Town of Broadway, and the County of Lee. Sanford has over 600 area businesses who are the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce. Sanford is one of the fastest growing communities in North Carolina.

The Sanford Area preserves the beauty and charm of its days as a small southern railway town and blends it with a modern and diverse economic base. Sanford is located in the geographic heart of North Carolina, with access to the world-renowned Research Triangle to our north, and the equally renowned golf courses and resorts in the Sandhills to our south.

Sanford was named for C.O. Sanford, a railroad engineer instrumental in the building of the rail lines through the area.

Sanford is located in Lee County, North Carolina, which was formed from parts of the surrounding three counties in 1907. On creation of the new county, both Sanford and Jonesboro were the major towns in the area. Rather than decide which would be the county seat, the decision was to place the county's new courthouse directly between the two towns. For decades, Lee County was the only county in the United States to have a courthouse with an RFD address. In the late 20th century Sanford had grown to such an extent that it eventually merged with Jonesboro. The town of Jonesboro became Jonesboro Heights, and the name of Sanford was kept for the town.

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Mount Airy North Carolina

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Mount Airy North Carolina

Step back to a simpler time when you visit Mount Airy NC. Actor Andy Griffith grew up here, and it's no coincidence that a stroll down Mount Airy's Main Street reminds people of the town of Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show

It is noted that that the first settlers came to Mount Airy’s town site before 1747, almost 150 years before the town was incorporated. Jefferson and Frye made their map of this region after the boundary survey of 1747, they noted these settlers: Loven, Mount, and a Scotsman named Rentfrow or Rentfrew, who probably had his home on the hill (post office site) which still bears his name and who gave his name to the river which we call the Ararat and to the street we call Renfro.

In 1801, Thomas Perkins bought from Surry’s most important citizen of his time, Martin Armstrong, his plantation home on the river of Hamburg Street. He named it Mount Airy. Since affairs centered around this plantation, the little settlement became known as Mount Airy. Mount Airy became an official post office in 1832 with James Tucker as postmaster. In 1885 Mount Airy was incorporated. Mount Airy began to grow quickly, which spawned fire and police protection, water works in 1895 and garbage collection in 1899.

That the inhabitants of the City town of Mount Airy shall continue to be as heretofore a body corporate, under the name of “the Town of Mount Airy,” and under the name and style of “The Town of Mount Airy,” and under such name is hereby invested with all privileges, immunities and franchises property and all other rights hereto belonging or appertaining to the town of Mount Airy, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, acquire and hold property, real and personal, for the use of the town, as its board of commissioners may deem necessary and expedient.

The officers of the town of Mount Airy shall consist of a Mayor and five commissioners, to be elected by ballot on the first Monday in May of each year (or any other day as may be designated and set apart by the general law of the State for municipal elections); also a constable, secretary and a treasurer, to be chosen by the board of commissioners immediately after its organization, to hold for one year or until successors are elected and qualified; and it shall be the duty of the Mayor to give notice of the election ten days previous thereto by posters written or printed and put up at three or more public places within the corporate limits of the town; and if the board of commissioner of Surry County shall fail or neglect to appoint inspectors, two resident citizens shall be appointed by the mayor, who with himself shall hold said election.

The mayor, as a peace officer shall have within the corporate limits, all the powers of a justice of the peace, and as a judicial officer within the same jurisdiction and authority necessary to issue, process upon and to hear and determine all cases arising upon the ordinances of the board of commissioners, to impose penalties upon the adjudged violation thereof, to tine and imprison either in the Guard House of the town or the common jail of the county, and execute all laws and ordinances of the town; Provided, that in all cases any person dissatisfied with his judgment may appeal to the Superior Court of Surry County, upon recognition, with security for his appearance at the next term thereof.

That every violation of a town ordinance shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment of not more than thirty days.

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Washington North Carolina

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Washington North Carolina

The River town of Washington NC, approximately 10,000 residents is located in northeastern North Carolina on the beautiful Pamlico River. Washington NC is the first city in America to be named for General George Washington, the future first president of the United States. Washington is located on the Pamlico and Tar rivers in the inland coastal region of North Carolina at the intersection of US 17 and US 264, approximately 125 miles east of Raleigh,

Rich history, natural beauty, and quaint southern culture set the stage for a wondrous overnight or weekend getaway at the heart of the Inner Banks in Washington, North Carolina. Named for General George Washington in 1776, the area's deep heritage is matched only by its lush natural setting where an abundance of recreational, educational and cultural activities happen throughout the year. It's a destination and a perfect starting point for everything Eastern Carolina has to offer! So whether you want to revisit the past or satisfy your curiosities, discover the arts or explore your true nature, you can do it from the heart of the Inner Banks - Washington, North Carolina.

Washington's rich history adds to the character of the community. The settlement of Washington was laid out in 1775 on the northern bank of the Pamlico/Tar River by Colonel James Bonner and named in honor of General George Washington, his commander-in-chief. The City was incorporated by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1782. It became the county seat of Beaufort County in 1785, an honor previously held by the Town of Bath, North Carolina's oldest town, located 15 miles east.

There are numerous towns named Washington in the United States, but Washington, NC, is the first to have been named for General Washington (prior to his being named our nation's first president). Therefore, Washington, NC, is "The Original Washington."

Because of Washington's strategic location at the junction of coastal and inland rivers, the town developed as a regional shipping center and was recognized as a port in 1784. Washington also was a federal supply outpost during the Revolutionary War.

Washington has rebuilt after devastating fires destroyed all but a few of the City's antebellum structures. The construction that followed the second major fire in 1900 (the first burning was during the War Between the States) produced a concentration of Victorian era homes and commercial buildings in the area now designated as the Washington Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the largest commercial and residential historic districts in North Carolina

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Indian Trail North Carolina

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Indian Trail North Carolina

Indian Trail is a growing community located in the Charlotte metropolitan area, intent on progress with a strong manufacturing base, but focused on its greatest asset -- its residents. With this in mind, the Town of Indian Trail offers a blend of manufacturing, retail and agricultural businesses that form a strong economic base for its people. Indian Trail NC has much for lifetime residents as well as newcomers. You will find a wide variety of industry and commerce, agriculture, and small businesses. New homes are being built and old homes are being renovated, both offering comfortable living options with low property taxes. Families love Indian Trail for its schools, churches, recreation and small-town amenities.

Aside from providing jobs, Indian Trail offers a wide variety of neighborhoods for its residents. Several fine builders have chosen Indian Trail to develop planned residential communities along with features that make their neighborhoods a place to call home.

Residents can still see the rich heritage of Indian Trail's farming community, yet signs of growth can be seen all around town. New businesses are choosing to locate in Indian Trail, adding to the ever-increasing economic vitality of our town. Proposed downtown development plans are an exciting addition.

Activities abound both in Indian Trail and in surrounding communities. Soccer, swimming, horseback riding, baseball, and more are available to Indian Trail residents. Local clubs, churches, and civic groups combine to make the Indian Trail lifestyle attractive to its citizens.

Indian Trail NC is a town with a rich heritage. Most people know Indian Trail for the trading route which was established in the seventeenth century. This path ran between Petersburg, Va. to the Waxhaw Indian settlement; thus, the name "Indian Trail." Prior to permanent white settlement, the region was primarily the province of the Waxhaws. Due to its geographic location settlers came to the area from three sources....Highland Scots of the Sandhills region, German settlers who came down from the Catawba Valley, and others who traveled water routes from South Carolina. Land grants were issued to newcomers in 1752 and continued for another quarter century.

The first post office in Indian Trail was established on March 12, 1861 with Cyrus Stevens as postmaster. It was discontinued in 1866, but reopened under Henry Stevens in 1870 and flourished into modern times. In 1912, James Orr built a commercial block which still stands. It was used for various establishments, including a general store, post office, and movie theatre.

Before the town was incorporated, it was a big farming community. Scotch-Irish and German settlers moved into the area before the American Revolution. In 1874 the Seaboard Railroad was completed in the county. It ran from Charlotte to Monroe and went through Indian Trail. The railroad helped the town prosper by making it easier for people to get in and out of town and making goods and services more available. Gold mining was important to the community...about 100 residents strong in 1897. A business directory lists W.H. Phifer and Co., Eli Hemby and Co., and Thing and Co. as local mining enterprises. General stores were operated by A.J. Williams and Hemby & Leonard.

The first church was built in 1901, the Indian Trail Methodist, followed by the Indian Trail Presbyterian Church in 1913. The Indian Trail Presbyterian Church (shown here) met in a nearby school until the congregation voted to build a church in 1916. History records that William Henry Belk, the founder of the Belk Department Store chain, offered to furnish either the bricks for the church or a sum equivalent to the cost of bricks. The congregation, when discussing construction, voted unanimously for stone....a decision which has made the church a landmark in North Carolina.

The town became incorporated in 1907, with the city limits being designated as a circle one-half mile in radius from a point in the center of the railroad tracks.

In 1912 the population of the town was about 300. Things continued to look bright until the Great Depression when all fell apart. It wasn't until the 1960's when the future appeared brighter. Both people and industries began to see advantages in residing outside large cities. Indian Trail's growth began to spurt again.

The Indian Trail school was erected in 1923 although it had been organized since 1903. Originally all grades were taught at this school. (The photo at right is the sixth grade class of 1928). Now, however, growth has been so substantial that only grades K-5 can be taught. The original building still stands among the new additions of recent years.

Electricity came to Indian Trail in late 1927. Telephone service is reported to have started in approximately 1900 and in 1901 shared the only direct line to Charlotte with Matthews. The phone system changed hands several times between then and 1955 when purchased by the North Carolina Telephone Company, which has evolved into present day Alltel system.

The Town of Indian Trail has a wonderful park. Cecil Rogers provided the town with 15 acres of land for an athletic field. He named the park after his wife and used her maiden name - Edna Love.

We wish to thank Eagle Scout Nick Jones and Michael Hill of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources for their research. A "Corner Museum" of the history of Indian Trail is located at Town Hall.

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Huntersville North Carolina

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Huntersville North Carolina

With great neighborhoods, countless amenities and its friendly small town atmosphere, Huntersville NC also provides access to the haven of Lake Norman. This breathtaking 32,500-acre man-made lake with 520 miles of shoreline provides scenic vistas, recreation and wildlife for all to enjoy. Huntersville is also just 10 minutes from Charlotte and only hours from mountain and beach resorts.

In 1990, 3,014 people called Huntersville NC home. Proximity between the Queen City and the lake, lower home prices, less traffic and quiet communities catapulted Huntersville's population in 2000 to 24,960, an amazing 728 percent. Today, approximately 40,000 people call Huntersville home.

This tremendous population growth has fueled a booming real estate and homebuilding industry. Newcomers can choose from a broad range of home styles and prices family-friendly neighborhoods with sidewalks and bike trails, waterfront condominium communities with boat slips, or spacious luxury apartments.

Huntersville NC operates a Parks and Recreation department that organizes classes, special events and athletics for all ages. Huntersville also has a family fitness center and outdoor fun park where kids can slide through tubes, spray water cannons and climb sprinkler-filled jungle gyms inside a pool.

Although much of the retail and residential areas in Huntersville are new, the town also has 18 historic sites within a five-mile drive of Beatties Ford Road. Hopewell Presbyterian Church, for instance, dates to the 1740s and features 200 year-old stone walls around its cemetery. The Hugh Torance House and Store, started in the 1770s, is the oldest surviving store in Mecklenburg County. Latta Plantation Nature Preserve is the county's largest green space with hiking trails, a nature center, an equestrian center, boating and fishing on Mountain Island Lake, and a unique raptor center that rehabilitates and releases injured birds of prey.

The town of Huntsville NC also boasts of world-class retail stores. Birkdale Village on Sam Furr Road includes apartments and offices above boutiques, restaurants and national retailers such as Williams Sonoma, Gap and Ann Taylor Loft. Live bands play on warm-weather weekend evenings, and parents from around the lake bring children to splash and play in the village square fountain.

Aside from great neighborhoods, countless amenities and its friendly small town atmosphere, Huntersville also provides access to the haven of Lake Norman. This breathtaking 32,500-acre man-made lake with 520 miles of shoreline provides scenic vistas, recreation and wildlife for all to enjoy.

Huntersville NC is also just 10 minutes from Charlotte and only hours from mountain and beach resorts.

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High Point North Carolina

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High Point North Carolina

Experience world-class living, special events and easy living with a southern flair in High Point NC. Comfortable homes and exciting attractions make a living in the Piedmont Triad area both relaxing and enjoyable for everyone.

Whether it's a castle born from our gold refining heritage or a 19th century Quaker Plantation, High Point offers something fun for everyone. In 1859, when High Point was named after the "highest point" on the North Carolina Railroad between Goldsboro and Charlotte, city founders knew that its central location would attract industry and commerce. Today, High Point draws visitors from 50 states and more than 100 countries for the biannual International Home Furnishings Market, the largest event of its kind in the world.

High Point NC region's rich history, distinctive cultural events, and diverse shopping selection. High Point offers more than 70 retail furniture outlets here in the Home Furnishings Capital of the World™! Discover the wonder of miniatures, as well as collectible and antique dolls at the Peterson Doll and Miniature Museum or revisit Civil War history at a local plantation. Gather a group for a picnic at a pavilion by Oak Hollow Lake. Hike with a friend along the nature trails of the Piedmont Environmental Center. Spend an afternoon at an art gallery or an evening at the theatre, concerts by the lake or festivals at the park ... throughout the year High Point invites you to share all that makes this city memorable. Come find your new home in High Point NC.

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Hendersonville - Flat Rock North Carolina

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Hendersonville - Flat Rock North Carolina

Enjoy the hospitality and tranquility of Historic Hendersonville and the Village of Flat Rock nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area in Western North Carolina, 22 miles south of Asheville, NC. Our area, known for its gentle climate, beautiful scenery, a richness in culture & history, ample recreational facilities, and friendly people has been a popular place to live for well over a century.

Hendersonville NC

The village of Hendersonville received its charter from the General Assembly as the City of Hendersonville and was officially recognized as the county seat of Henderson County on January 7, 1847.

Hendersonville’s original charter fixed the corporate city limits to be a half mile from the courthouse, but not to go beyond Mud Creek. The charter stated that five commissioners were to be elected at once as the governing body of the town.

The elected five commissioners took the oath of office and appointed a magistrate and a town constable. The constable also served as the city tax collector, city treasurer and the overseer of the city streets.

Hendersonville First Baptist Church was the first church organized within the city limits of the new county seat. The church was founded in 1844; the first services were held in the courthouse. In 1848 the city deeded the church a lot that was located between South Main Street, East Barnwell Street and Mud Creek. The church built its first structure a year later and started the first graveyard within the city limits.

During the 1920’s the graves were removed so that King Street, which ended at East Barnwell Street, could be extended through to South Main Street as it is today.

Flat Rock NC

Flat Rock NC began about a century and half ago with large summer estates being built in the English manner by the affluent Charlestonians, Europeans and prominent plantation owners of the South’s low country. The first great estate was built in 1827 by Charles Baring of Baring Brothers Banking firm of London, consisting of 3000 acres, which he named Mountain Lodge. Baring also built a private chapel on his estate which is now St. John In The Wilderness Episcopal Church.

The second large estate, called Argyle was built by Judge Mitchell King of Charleston, SC. He later donated the land on which Hendersonville was built and directed the laying out of Main Street.

Many other coastal families soon followed, until the settlement grew to about fifty estates. The families of South Carolina’s Low Country came to Flat Rock to escape the sweltering heat, yellow fever and malaria, which were running rampant. Summers in Flat Rock became a round of Southern gaiety in antebellum days. South Carolina’s Low Country gentry call Flat Rock The Little Charleston of the Mountains.

Most of these old estate homes still stand, surrounded by wide lawns, gardens, towering trees and white pillar porches, shielding their visibility from the highway. A few of these gracious homes remain in the possession of the families of the original owners. Many of these grand estates are now lovely planned communities.

The whole district of Flat Rock is included in the National Register of Historic Places, and Historic Flat Rock Incorporated is striving to preserve what remains in this area of the Old South.

Flat Rock is built around a tremendous outcrop of granite which is said to have been the site of Cherokee gatherings. A great deal of rock has been blasted away and used for highway material. The main rock can be found on the grounds of the Flat Rock Playhouse

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Pinehurst North Carolina

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Pinehurst North Carolina

Pinehurst had a population of 9,706 people in the year 2000, nearly double its population in 1990. Many of these new residents come from across the country, if not the world, to settle in this "village in the forest". When asked what brought them here, many cited ambiance, community character and spirit as their reasons for choosing the area. If the current rate of about 230 new homes being built each year continues on the remaining vacant lots, our population may again double by the year 2020.

Looking for a place with a healthy atmosphere to build a health-orientated resort, James Walker Tufts (head of the America Soda Foundation) stopped in the Sandhills area in the spring of 1895. Despite the fact that the area had been almost completely clear-cut by the timber industry, something about this area moved him, and in June 1895, he bought 598 acres of land for nearly $1.25 per acre around what is now the Village Center.

On June 20, 1895, Tufts contacted Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York and the landscape designer of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to help him create a first-rate resort. That summer, with the new plan in hand, 450 men began construction on what was originally referred to as "Tuftstown". Tufts selected the name Pinehurst for his resort out of a list of non-winning names for Martha' s Vineyard.

On New Year's Eve 1895, the Holly Inn opened its doors and Pinehurst was on its way.

Since all of the early buildings of Pinehurst stood on barren land, Tufts hired Warren Manning to plant over 222,000 tree seedling and other plants (47,250 of these were imported from France) around Pinehurst to give the resort the natural beauty we all still enjoy today.

For many years, Pinehurst was a privately held resort under sole proprietorship of the Tufts family. The Tufts family controlled all aspects of the resort and closely monitored all types of activities, including the creation of its first 9-hole golf course in February 1898, and the continued acquisition of more land.

In 1920, a corporate form of ownership was established when a charter for Pinehurst, Inc. was obtained from the North Carolina Secretary of State. Tufts considered incorporating the village as a municipality in 1926, but he felt that a lack of year-round residents and state tax laws would not be able to sustain it.

During the Great Depression, as other resorts began to fail, property owners in Pinehurst agreed to pay more taxes in order to support the resort through the Depression and ensure that it would not fail like the surrounding resorts. During World War II, Pinehurst served as a support area for neighboring Fort Bragg and many servicemen were either residents or visitors.
It was not until 1960 that Pinehurst became a year-round resort with the introduction of air conditioning and swimming pools at the resort facilities. By the late 1960s, however, Pinehurst's days as a paternalistic resort under the Tufts were coming to an end.

Realizing that the resort was 75 years old and in need of significant investment to update and improve the resort facilities, the Tufts heirs sold Pinehurst, Inc., including the resort and approximately 7,500 acres of land, to the Diamondhead Corporation for $9.2 million in January 1971. It was under Diamondhead' s control that the creation and sale of lots with membership rights to the Pinehurst resort facilities began.

Advertisements were placed in newspapers around the country, and people were flown in to play golf and purchase a lot. Lake Pinehurst was created to enhance the residential neighborhood, new recreational improvements were made (including Course Number 6 in the late 1970s), and infrastructure was put into place to support the new development. However, all this activity was not considered to be progress by local residents.

Since Pinehurst was not a full municipality, there were no building inspections, no planning or zoning regulations, and no real means for the concerns of the residents to be acted upon. After several years of debate among residents over whether to seek incorporation as a full municipality or continue to allow Diamondhead to coordinate affairs, it was decided by a majority in 1980 that Pinehurst would function most effectively independently of the Diamondhead Corporation.

In 1980, with a population of 1,746 residents, Pinehurst was granted full incorporation as a municipality and was, for the first time, more than just a privately run resort.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pinehurst had a population of 9,706 people in the year 2000, nearly double its population in 1990. Many of these new residents come from across the country, if not the world, to settle in this "village in the forest". When asked what brought them here, many cited ambiance, community character and spirit as their reasons for choosing the area. If the current rate of about 230 new homes being built each year continues on the remaining vacant lots, our population may again double by the year 2020.

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Cornelius - Lake Norman North Carolina

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Cornelius - Lake Norman North Carolina

Nestled on the banks of beautiful Lake Norman are the towns of Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville. These unique towns present a wide array of leisure amenities for visitors and guests including upscale shopping, year-round golfing, fishing and other water activities.

The area also offers numerous attractions to explore. From Lake Norman, you may enjoy the ease of traveling anywhere in the state. We're just north of Charlotte, and the mountains and coast are only a short drive away. Whatever your desire, find it outside your door in Lake Norman!

In the late 1800's, two thriving cotton firms located in Davidson disagreed on whether an official town cotton weigher should be appointed. After a heated election was held and legislation enacted, a town cotton weigher was hired and the firm which opposed the appointment decided to relocate much of its operations just south of the Davidson town limits.

Frequently after heavy rains, the road connecting Davidson and (soon-to-be) Cornelius would become impassible. The hill leading into Davidson would become so muddy that many cotton farmers found it safer and more convenient to conduct their business just south of Davidson in a small frame building. The success of the cotton purchasing business later inspired the owners to construct a cotton mill where raw cotton could be converted into cloth. The owners of the cotton firm lacked the needed money to make the idea of a cotton mill a reality, but they knew who could provide the financial backing. Joseph Benjamin Cornelius (1833-1914) supplied the needed investment and the mill was opened. Although the Town was originally incorporated as 'Liverpool', the Town's name was soon changed to Cornelius to honor J.B. Cornelius who was the principal stockholder in the cotton mill.

The damming of the Catawba River to create Lake Norman was as influential as the cotton industry to the town's development and growth. In 1963 Duke Power created Lake Norman and provided the area with recreational opportunities and a source of hydroelectric power. The formation of Lake Norman also provided the area with choice lakeside property.

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Kernersville North Carolina

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Kernersville North Carolina

Traditionally, Kernersville NC was positioned as the center of the Triad, located equally between Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point. However, Kernersville’s position as a central point in the Triad is now changing. The emergence of the Piedmont Triad International Airport area as a major development center has become more of a central Triad focal point

Kernersville has experienced a steady growth pattern during the past 70 years as a direct result of Kernersville and the Triads metropolitan job growth. Job growth attracts new residents. Available undeveloped land, water, sewer and road capacity has supported the growth

Job growth is the major contributor towards the growth of residential and commercial developments. The most recent Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point area job growth projection has been completed by NCDOT and using the job base of 1994, it was projected that by the year 2025 the job base would grow from 276,000 to 379,000, a 37% increase. Kernersville’s central location and development potential will cause it to have a higher rate of job growth. Also, Kernersville has diversity in its job sector, which lessens the impact in slow down in specific job sectors

The Triad is the second largest economic center of the Carolinas, with large finance, distribution, and manufacturing sectors. One large regional bank, BB&T, has their headquarters in the Triad. The Triad is regarded as the furniture design and manufacturing capital of the world. Major educational institutions include Wake Forest, UNC-Greensboro, High Point University, Winston Salem State University, and NC A&T University are located in the Triad. The major medical facilities include Baptist Hospital, Forsyth Hospital, High Point Regional and Moses Cone Hospital

Kernersville NC occupies an important position in the Triad’s residential, commercial and industrial real estate markets due to its central location. Kernersville’s growing commercial and industrial job base is attracting new residential development. Also, families find Kernersville a convenient location to the multiple job centers found throughout the Triad

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Cary North Carolina

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Cary North Carolina

Cary NC is a thriving community in the heart of the Triangle area of North Carolina, between Raleigh and renowned Research Triangle Park. The Triangle area repeatedly has ranked among the top regions in the country to live or work, to find a home or start a business, to raise a family or retire.

Cary embraces the best of city life:

Our sense of security - Cary NC ranked the 8th safest of 371 large cities nationally and the safest in the South during 2005. Its Police and Fire departments and Emergency Medical Services are nationally accredited.

Livability - Tree-lined streets and well-groomed subdivisions and office parks show Cary has grown the right way.

Vibrancy - Cary is home to world class businesses and national retail stores. Our fast-growing Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources program has something for everyone, regardless of age or interest.

Diversity - School-age children comprise nearly a quarter of Cary's population. Yet people of retirement age are the fastest-growing group in Cary. Fourteen percent of townspeople were born in another country, and the Asian population - Cary's largest minority - tripled during the 1990s.

A progressive approach to challenge - Cary is proactive. We're conserving drinking water by reclaiming treated wastewater for irrigation and industrial processes, preserving open space, and working with citizens and county leaders to make our schools even better.

Yet we've remained the Town of Cary while growing to more than 100,000 people.

At the Town of Cary NC, we focus every day on enriching the lives of our citizens by creating an exceptional environment and providing exemplary services that enable our community to thrive and prosper.

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Tarboro North Carolina

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Tarboro North Carolina

Incorporated in 1760, Tarboro, NC is one of the oldest towns in the United States. The town still has its original Town Common, a 15-acre park canopied by tall oaks that marks the threshold to our 45-block Historic District and renovated Downtown, all listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tarboro, North Carolina is the county seat of Edgecombe County. It is located on the banks of the Tar River in the northeastern section of the state's Coastal Plain, accessible by Interstate 95 and U.S. 64. It is approximately 72 miles from Raleigh, the state capital. Tarboro's location in northeastern North Carolina makes it easily accessible to major airports, freight and passenger train service, and highway systems and bus routes.

Rich in history and steeped in tradition, Tarboro was incorporated in 1760 and is one of North Carolina's oldest towns. Through the centuries, progressive leadership has led to growth and prosperity, and today, Tarboro thrives as an All-America City with a strong, viable economic base. Our major industries include food processing, plastics, fertilizer, textiles, and communications.

Tarboro has preserved much of its history and has developed one of the most active historic preservation programs in North Carolina. Numerous public and private residential and commercial restorations can be found in one of the largest historic districts in this part of the country. A National Historic Trail guides tourists through the older neighborhoods of the town.

As the county seat of Edgecombe County, Tarboro is also the center of one of North Carolina's finest agricultural areas, producing tobacco, cotton, peanuts, and corn.

Front Porches are the open arms of a house. They greet you with a "Hello, " "Pleased to meet you, " or "Won't You come in?" Their language is spoken in seasonal flowers and greenery; stately white banisters; and carefully swept floor boards.

The ambient sounds from a porch make pleasant company; rhythmic thumps of rockers; the tinkle of ice in tall tea glasses; the creaks of porch swings. With them may come the roar from a punch line; the murmur of a confidence told; or the lilt of good people sharing good times.

In Tarboro, North Carolina, a front porch is more than part of a house. It's a symbol of a way of life that's easy, open, and relaxed - yet casually elegant. It's a symbol of a life growing so unique that Tarboro has become a regular stop on tours associated with The History Channel, The Victorian Society, The Smithsonian and Historic Albemarle.

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Salisbury North Carolina

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Salisbury North Carolina

Salisbury NC, the county seat of Rowan County, is located in the heart of the beautiful Piedmont area, the industrial heart of North Carolina. Located on Interstate 85, 35 miles from Charlotte and Winston-Salem, Salisbury is in one days' travel time to any major city on the east coast. It is the approximate halfway point between Washington, DC and Atlanta.

The deed for Salisbury NC is dated February 11, 1755. The court center, called prior to this time Rowan County House, was a bustling little village of seven or eight log cabins, the courthouse and a jail and pillory, according to Governor Arthur Dobbs who visited here in late 1755. The courthouse dates to 1753 with records of deeds, marriages, and miscellaneous documents of value. Papers formerly in the clerk's office (i,e., early court minutes) are stored at the State Department of Archives in Raleigh. Familiar names in American history adorn these records. Andrew Jackson, William R. Davie, Richard Henderson, Daniel Boone, Lord Cornwallis, Richard Caswell and other prominent local families such as the Barkleys, Hoovers and Polks, all ancestors of presidents or vice-presidents, appear often in county documents.

The climate in the Salisbury NC area is moderate. The massive mountains of Western North Carolina form a natural barrier against the cold east-west winds. While definitely "southern" in climate, Salisbury is far enough north and has sufficient altitude to escape the humid summers endured by many other southern regions. Extremes in climates are rare and short-lived. In winter the high temperature averages about 50F., with a low around 32F., The total snowfall is normally about six inches a year. Summer highs average about 87F. with a low of 66F. All in all, the climate of Salisbury affords many pleasant days of enjoyable living.

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Roanoke Rapids North Carolina

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Roanoke Rapids North Carolina

The Roanoke Valley is located in northeastern North Carolina along Interstate 95. We are just south of the Virginia state line and approximately 90 miles west of the Atlantic coast. Halifax County encompasses 732 square miles, and Northampton County covers 549 square miles. Driving time to both Raleigh, NC, and Richmond, VA, is approximately 90 minutes. Washington, D.C. is a three-hour drive.

Roanoke Rapids NC located on the Roanoke River in North Carolina's Inner Banks at the fall line, which marks the area where an upland region (continental bedrock) and a coastal plain (coastal alluvia) meet. The fall line is typically prominent where a river crosses it, for there will usually be rapids or waterfalls. Because of these features river boats typically can not travel any further inland. Because of the need of a port, and ready supply of water power, settlements often developed where the river crosses the fall line. In fact, this river is what caused Roanoke Rapids to initially develop. Sam Patterson and other textile contractors originally built their mills along this river to promote their business in a better location than they previously had.

The most prominent example of fall line settlement was the establishment of the cities along the eastern coast of the United States where the Appalachian Rise and the coastal plains meet.

The seven mile long Roanoke Rapids Canal trail starts at the Roanoke dam and ends roughly a mile after passing the historic aqueduct. The trail is fairly narrow, which limits access only to walkers, runners, and bikers.

Roanoke Rapids is known for a number of historical sites. The original Roanoke Rapids High School building or Senior building as it is sometimes referred, opened in 1921 and still in use, embodies many elements of Elizabethan Gothic and Tudor Revival architecture in its castle-like facade. It was built by industrialist Samuel Paterson and designed by renowned architect Hobart Upjohn in a modified H-design. It is the dominant building in the city's central core and is flanked by another castle like structure which formerly housed a National Guard Armory. The Roanoke Canal Museum focuses on the former shipping canal built in the 18th century and is located in a former canal lock building.

Roanoke Rapids is also home of the future Carolina Crossroads, an entertainment district founded by Dolly Parton and her brother Randy Parton. When finished, it will feature an amphitheater, aquarium, water park, billiards center, and more attractions. The billiards center is the idea of world-famous billiards player Jeanette Lee.

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North Carolina Northeast Area

2007-07-09T19:43:00.000-07:00

NC Northeast Area

The Northeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission promotes economic development and travel and tourism for sixteen northeastern North Carolina Counties. The Northeast Commission provides no cost, confidential assistance to companies considering relocation or expansion in the region. The organization also supports efforts to increase visitor awareness of the many natural, historical, cultural and recreational opportunities that abound in North Carolina's Northeast.

Site Selection Magazine named the Commission one of the TOP 10 Economic Development Organizations in the US.

Our sixteen-county region is nestled between Interstate 95 on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. North Carolina's Northeast has traditionally been known for its beautiful inland waterways, historical communities and the first flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk. And the weather is always great in North Carolina's Northeast.

The landscape of economic development in Northeastern North Carolina is changing. New transportation improvements, construction of over $50 million in natural gas improvements, and an abundant supply of labor are bringing more and more focus to our Region's business potential.

There's also several projects in Northeast North Carolina that will bring about even more economic opportunity for our Region:

NC Center for Automotive Research (NC CAR)
Construction will begin soon for the North Carolina Center for Automotive Research in Northampton County. NCCAR is a facility for transportation research, development, and testing that will be constructed on a 630 acre tract along the Interstate 95 Corridor in Northampton County. The facility is modeled after highly-successful centers located in Ohio and the U.K.

NC CAR will provide comprehensive facilities including test tracks, dynamometer and emissions testing stations, computer assisted development tools, and other facilities. The NC General Assembly has appropriated $11.25 million and funding has been received from Golden LEAF and the US Department of Energy for this project.

In conjunction with this project, Lotus Engineering, Inc. will locate a research/development center at the Advanced Vehicle Research Center that will create 108 new jobs and $1.49 million in new investment.

Carolina Crossroads Music & Entertainment District
Country music artist Randy Parton and his sister, star Dolly Parton, broke ground for The Randy Parton Theater. The project is the cornerstone of the Carolina Crossroads Music & Entertainment District to be located along Interstate 95 in the vicinity of Exit 171 in Roanoke Rapids, NC. The Randy Parton Theatre will open on July 26, 2007. Keep up with the latest news regarding The Randy Parton Theatre at www.rptheatre.com.

The development represents a music and entertainment venue that will become a nationally-recognized travel destination for our state. With the attraction of well-known music artists, family entertainment venues such as music theaters, shopping, hotels, motels, restaurants, and family recreational activities, the project’s location along Interstate 95 has the potential to attract visitors from across the country. The project will encompass over 700 acres and will be built in phases. Phase I of the project will encompass 116 acres along Interstate 95 at Exit 171 and represents an estimated $129,000,000 investment and the creation of over 2,595 new jobs.
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