North Carolina Fun Facts and Trivia:
Capital: Raleigh
Population: 8,049,313
Entered the Union: November 21, 1789
As the: 12th state
Motto: Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)
Nickname: Tar Heel State
Flower: Dogwood
Bird: Cardinal
Song: The Old North State
Sports Teams: Charlotte Hornets (Basketball) and Carolina Panthers (Football)
Origin of Name: In honor of Charles I of England
Major Industries: furniture, tobacco, brick, textile products, metalworking
Points of Interest: The Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway, the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores, Crystal Coast Shoreline
Bordering States: Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
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Professional Sports Teams Burlington Indians (R), Appalachian League Greensboro Grasshoppers (A), South Atlantic League |
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Fun Trivia:
North Carolina has the largest state-maintained highway system (NCDOT) in the United States. The state's highway system currently has 77,400 miles of roads and still growing.
North Carolina has roughly 1,500 lakes of 10 acres or more in size and 37,000 miles of fresh water streams.
Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.
Havelock is home of Marine Base "Cherry Point." It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.
Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem. Michele loves Krispy Kreme!
Pepsi was invented and first served in New Bern in 1898.
North Carolina leads the nation in furniture, tobacco, brick, and textile production
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States.
The first miniature golf course was built in Fayetteville.
Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville on March 7, 1914.
Winston-Salem was created when the two towns Winston and Salem combined.
The Biltmore Estate in Ashville is America's largest home, and includes a 255-room chateau, an award-winning winery and extensive gardens. Very popular at Christmas for their tours
The first English child born in America was Virginia Dare born in Roanoke in 1587. .
North Carolina has the largest state-maintained highway system in the United States. The state's highway system currently has 77,400 miles of roads
The General Assembly of 1987 adopted MILK as the official state beverage.
The oldest town in NC is Bath, incorporated in 1705...
located just outside "Little" Washington-Beaufort County
Michele loves the state of NC and has a tiny tarheel tattoo on her ankle!
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Carteret County Divided into terrirories NOT including island of Bogue Banks
Carteret County Major Highway System
Carteret and its Neighboring Counties
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