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  2. Bailey, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Bailey, North Carolina. Location in Nash County and the state of North Carolina. /  35.78056°N 78.11306°W  / 35.78056; -78.11306. Bailey is a town in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 566 at the 2020 census .

  3. Yancey County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    11th. Website. www .yanceycountync .gov. Yancey County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,470. [1] Its county seat is Burnsville. [2] This land was inhabited by the Cherokee prior to European settlement, as was much of the Southern Appalachian region.

  4. Lost Cove, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Lost Cove is a ghost town in Yancey County, North Carolina. The town was first settled by Morgan Bailey shortly before the Civil War. The town is located in the Poplar Gorge above the Nolichucky River on the Tennessee - North Carolina border. [3] Originally, the settlement was supported by logging, railroading, moonshine -making, and farming ...

  5. Pamlico River - Wikipedia

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    35°19′6″N 76°25′58″W. /  35.31833°N 76.43278°W  / 35.31833; -76.43278. The Pamlico / ˈpæmlɪkoʊ / [1] River is a tidal river that flows into Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina in the United States. It is formed by the confluence of the Tar River and Tranters Creek. [2]

  6. History of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The earliest English attempt at colonization was the Roanoke Colony in 1585, the famed "Lost Colony" of Sir Walter Raleigh. The Province of Carolina would come about in 1629, however it was not an official province until 1663. It would later split in 1712, helping form the Province of North Carolina.

  7. Cumberland Compact - Wikipedia

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    The Cumberland Compact was signed at a Longhunter and native American trading post and camp near the French Lick [1] aka the "Big Salt Springs" on the Cumberland River on May 13, 1780, by 256 settlers led by James Robertson and John Donelson, where the group settled and built Fort Nashborough, which would later become Nashville, Tennessee.

  8. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    Dare County, North Carolina, US. The establishment of the Roanoke Colony ( / ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony was founded in 1585, but it was visited by a ship in 1590 and the crew found that the colonists had disappeared under unknown ...

  9. Smithfield, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Smithfield is a town in and the county seat of Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census , its population was 10,966, [6] and in 2019 the estimated population was 12,985. [7]