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Banner Elk, North Carolina. / 36.15861°N 81.86750°W / 36.15861; -81.86750. Banner Elk is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,028 at the 2010 census. [ 4] Banner Elk is home to Lees–McRae College .
Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. As of 2020, its population was 19,025. [ 5] It is the seat of Robeson County's government. [ 6] Located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, Lumberton is located on the Lumber River. It was founded in 1787 by John Willis, an officer in the American Revolution.
Greenville, North Carolina. / 35.59444°N 77.37611°W / 35.59444; -77.37611. Greenville ( / ˈɡriːnvɪl / GREEN-vil; locally / ˈɡriːnvəl / GREEN-vəl) is the county seat and most populous city of Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. It is the principal city of the Greenville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the 12th ...
On February 13, 1855, the North Carolina General Assembly established Wilson County from parts of Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, and Wayne counties. [3] The county was named for Colonel Louis D. Wilson, a U.S. Volunteers soldier, who died of yellow fever while on leave from the state senate during the Mexican–American War.
Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 541,299, [1] making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat and largest community is Greensboro. [2] Since 1938, an additional county court has been located in High Point. The county was formed in 1771.
Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia, a free online English-language encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts and reviewed under a formal process. [ 20 ] It was founded on March 9, 2000, under the ownership of Bomis, a web portal company.
North Carolina A&T is one of 16 public universities that constitute the University of North Carolina System. As a constituent institution of the UNC System, N.C. A&T is governed by a Board of Governors and administered by a president. The 24 voting members of the board are elected by the state general assembly for four-year terms.
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 [ A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and a major conflict of the Cold War. While the war was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, the north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other ...