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  2. 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.

  3. List of municipalities in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 552 municipalities ...

  4. List of governors of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces . There have been 69 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 75 terms. The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office on January 1, 2017.

  5. Carolinas - Wikipedia

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    The Carolinas were known as the Province of Carolina during America's early colonial period, from 1663 to 1712. Prior to that, the land was considered part of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, from 1609 to 1663. The province, was named Carolina to honor King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus .

  6. Brookford, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Brookford, North Carolina. /  35.70306°N 81.34583°W  / 35.70306; -81.34583. Brookford is a town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 442 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Hickory – Lenoir – Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Town of Brookford was incorporated March 1, 1907.

  7. List of airports in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of airports in North Carolina (a U.S. state ), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or ...

  8. Southwestern Community College (North Carolina) - Wikipedia

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    Application for independent status of Southwestern Technical College was approved by Governor Dan Moore, and on January 2, 1968, the school began operation under the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges as Southwestern Technical Institute with a budget of $131,000. In 1970 Southwestern began the process to become accredited by the ...

  9. Cleveland Community College - Wikipedia

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    www .clevelandcc .edu. Cleveland Community College is a public community college located in Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was established in 1965 [1] as the Cleveland County Industrial and Adult Education Center with its first classes consisting of a Licensed Practical Nurse program, two extension classes, and adult basic education ...