North Carolina is a state of many contrasts. Historically, it’s been a state that’s caught up between North and South, meaning heavy fighting during the American Civil War. Naturally, North Carolina is a mixed bag; it has one side firmly placed adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, complete wi...
Small towns/areas with interesting names: Mount Airy, North Carolina (in Surry County was the inspiration for Mayberry in the TV Show The Andy Griffith Show, and was Griffith's birthplace) Climax, North Carolina (in Guilford County, near Greensboro) Frog Level, North Carolina (in Pitt Coun...
Byline: LOUDON TEMPLE
As winter turned to spring in the year 1776, the residents ofHalifax, North Carolina, had no inkling of the historic role their growing town would shortly play. Established only a few decades before, Halifax was booming. Its location on a deep, calm bend in the Roanoke River—and the broa...
Blowing Rock, North Carolina is a unique, charming village located in the High Country of the state.
Greenville, city, seat (1787) of Pitt county, on the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, U.S., about 85 miles (140 km) east of Raleigh. It was incorporated in 1771 as Martinsborough (named for Josiah Martin, the last royal governor of North Carolina), a
The northern and southern parts of the original province separated in 1712, with North Carolina becoming a royal colony in 1729. Originally settled by small farmers, sometimes having a few slaves, who were oriented toward subsistence agriculture, the colony lacked large cities or towns. Pirates ...
North Carolina, which was at one time combined with South Carolina to form a single territory, was one of the original 13 colonies and became the 12th state in 1789. It sent the most troops to fight in the Civil War as part of the Confederacy before it was readmitted into the Union in...
retains a small-town ambiance in a highly cosmopolitan environment. The town is anchored by the University of North Carolina in a region renowned for higher learning. With Duke University just minutes north in Durham, North Carolina State University 30 miles in the state capital of Raleigh, and...