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  2. Where exactly is NC setting of ‘Where the Crawdads ... - AOL

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    However, Bath is not the county seat of Beaufort County. Bath has a smaller population than New Bern, though, which seems to be more in-line with Barkley Cove. Daisy Edgar-Jones, left, and Taylor ...

  3. List of counties in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [14] 1779 [14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.

  4. Geography of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains ), the central Piedmont Plateau, and the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and is 503 miles (810 km) wide by 150 miles (241 km ...

  5. Corolla, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Corolla, North Carolina. Corolla ( / kəˈrɑːlə / kuh-RAHL-uh) [1] is an unincorporated community located in Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States, along the northern Outer Banks. It has a permanent population of approximately 500 people; during the summer vacation season, the population surges into the ...

  6. Valdese, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Valdese ( / ˈvældis / VAL-dees) [4] is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,689 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of the largest Waldensian congregations in the United States was founded in the town in the late nineteenth century ...

  7. Oriental, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    37-49380 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2407053 [2] Website. www.townoforiental.com. Oriental is one of nine incorporated municipalities in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 880, according to the 2020 census. It is part of the New Bern Metropolitan Statistical Area.

  8. Pinnacle, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Pinnacle, North Carolina. /  36.32306°N 80.42417°W  / 36.32306; -80.42417. Pinnacle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) SSE of the town of Pilot Mountain, between Pilot Mountain State Park and Hanging Rock State Park .

  9. Lake Phelps - Wikipedia

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    Lake Phelps. / 35.7701; -76.4580. Lake Phelps is North Carolina 's second largest natural lake. It has a surface area of 16,600 acres (67 km 2 ), [1] and it is located primarily in Washington County on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula between the Albemarle Sound and the Pamlico Sound. The easternmost part of the lake extends into Tyrrell County.