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100 unusual facts about North Carolina


36th parallel north

Cities and landmarks close to the parallel include Kettleman City, California; Henderson, Nevada; Hoover Dam; South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Nashville, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; High Point, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina; Durham, North Carolina; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and others.

3rd North Carolina Regiment

The 3rd North Carolina Regiment was raised on 16 January 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army.

9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry

One member of the 9th New Jersey, 2nd Lieutenant Ethelbert Hubbs of Commack, Long Island, New York, chose to retire from the military in September 1863 to accept an appointment as a Special Agent of the Treasury Department, charged with administering the program on "Abandoned Lands and Plantations" in Craven County, North Carolina (The Freedmen's Bureau).

Alexander Campbell King

King died soon thereafter, in Flat Rock, North Carolina.

Amy H. Sturgis

Sturgis lives in Granite Falls, North Carolina with her husband, Larry M. Hall, who is Provost at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Bannered routes of U.S. Route 17

The Business US 17 in Wilmington was the old routing of US 17 through the port city before the partial completion of the Wilmington Bypass, which in part is also designated as Interstate 140.

Bart Kofoed

Along with former NBA players Bobby Jones and David Thompson, Kofoed co-found 2XSALT, a non-profit Christian organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Be Still Please

The album was recorded at Pox Studios with Zeno Gill, with additional recording at Room 8 in Carrboro, North Carolina.

Beck's Reformed Church Cemetery

Beck's Reformed Church Cemetery is a historic church cemetery in Silver Hill, North Carolina.

Benjamin H. Bunn

He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Bertha Merrill Holt

After World War II Bertha and Clary Holt moved to Burlington, North Carolina, and raised three children, a daughter, Harriet, and two sons, Merrill and Jefferson Holt.

Billy Boat Motorsports

The team is based in Mooresville, North Carolina and plans to compete in at least 15 races in its début season.

Braggtown

This album was named after Braggtown, a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina, as Marsalis has been a resident of the Durham area for the past few years.

Burl Noggle

Noggle was born to the late Walter Farris Noggle and the former Annie Bell Greene in rural Bostic in Rutherford County in western North Carolina.

Cable box

The Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "cable box."

Canonero II

Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Greensboro, North Carolina, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, and as such was considered to have no future in racing.

Centennial Olympic Park bombing

After more than five years on the run, Rudolph was arrested on May 31, 2003, in Murphy, North Carolina, by a rookie police officer, Jeffrey Scott Postell of the Murphy Police Department behind a Save-A-Lot store at about 4 a.m.; Postell, on routine patrol, had originally suspected a burglary in progress.

Charlie Poole

Poole was born in Spray, now part of Eden, Rockingham County, in the northern Piedmont region of North Carolina, near the Virginia border.

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (December 1, 1890 – March 20, 1932), born Sylvester Clark Long, was an American journalist, writer and actor from Winston-Salem, North Carolina who became internationally prominent as a spokesman for Indian causes.

Clifton Williams

They were married on July 1, 1964, in St. Paul's Catholic Church in New Bern, North Carolina, which was Lansche's hometown.

Congregational Christian Churches

The Christians founded schools such as Ohio's Defiance College and Antioch College and North Carolina's Elon University; during the early 20th century, an academy and seminary for African-Americans operated in Franklinton, North Carolina.

Council of the Southern Mountains

The issues came to a head at the annual meetings at Fontana, North Carolina in 1969, and at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina in 1970.

Dave Fuller

Fuller attended Wake Forest University in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football, Demon Deacons basketball and Demon Deacons baseball teams.

Fuller tried his hand at coaching, first as the head football, basketball and baseball coach at Perquimans County High School in Hertford, North Carolina from 1940 to 1942, and then as an assistant football coach for the backfield at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College in Maryville, Missouri in 1943.

David N. Henderson

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->B.S., Wallace High School, Wallace, North Carolina, 1938.

Dominick Pizzonia

As of December 2011, Pizzonia is serving his sentence at the Butner Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Butner, North Carolina.

Doyle Lawson

Every year Doyle hosts the Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival in Denton, North Carolina.

E. Merton Coulter

Coulter was the son of the moderately wealthy John Ellis Coulter, a merchant and land speculator in the small town of Connelly Springs, North Carolina, in the western Piedmont.

East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad

The initial 14.1-mile (2.25-kilometer) run through the Appalachian Mountains from Johnson City to Hampton, Tennessee via Elizabethton was completed on August 22, 1881 by Pennsylvania-based financier Ario Pardee, and the technical expertise of Thomas Matson (the noted railway engineer); a line extension to Cranberry opened on July 3, 1882.

Eastridge Mall

Eastridge Mall (Gastonia) a mall in Gastonia, North Carolina formerly known (2002-2013) as Westfield Eastridge

Elon Phoenix men's basketball

The Elon Phoenix men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, United States.

Elvia Allman

Elvia Allman (September 19, 1904; Enochville, North Carolina – March 6, 1992; Santa Monica, California) was a character actress and voice over performer in Hollywood films and television programs for over 50 years.

Ernie and the Emperors

In 1969 Ernie Joseph changed his musical direction with the driving rock Confusion album, teaming up with brothers "Ruben the Jet" (Brian Faith), Cory (Cory Colt), and drummer Steve Dunwoodie (Stevie D), to tour the southeastern states as Big Brother Ernie Joseph, a tour that included the Love Valley Music Festival near Greensboro, NC).

Folk Art Center

She founded Allanstand Cottage Industries in 1897 in Madison County, North Carolina.

Frances Mayes

Now writing full time, she and her poet husband divide their time between homes in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Cortona, Italy, where she serves as the artist director of the annual Tuscan Sun Festival.

Frieda Berryhill

After the war, she met an American officer, emigrated to the United States and settled in North Carolina where they were married.

Gary Clarke

In July 2003, Clarke and Drury, along with two other The Virginian costars, Roberta Shore and singer Randy Boone, were guests at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Grady Howard

Howard held membership in the North Carolina Beekeepers' Association, handling gallberry and gum honey in several farms in Cedar Creek and Harnett County, North Carolina.

GrapeCity

2009 (USA) Acquired FarPoint Technologies in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Havelock High School

Students who attend Havelock High are living in the areas of Havelock, MCAS Cherry Point and Harlowe, with some students occasionally living in neighboring New Bern, North Carolina or James City, North Carolina.

Henry Berry Lowrie

Several Lowrie cousins, excluded from military service because they were free men of color (also called free blacks), had been conscripted to help build Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, North Carolina.

Highly Questionable

Jones, a former North Carolina-based radio show host, was a frequent contributor to the program and Le Batard's daily radio show and moved full-time to Miami to contribute to Highly Questionable.

Hollywood of the East

Hollywood of the East (Informally: Hollywood East) are terms which refer to the film industry of Wilmington, North Carolina and South Eastern North Carolina in general.

James City, North Carolina

It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

James Larkin Pearson

For most of his adult life Pearson lived on his farm, called "Fifty Acres", in Boomer, North Carolina.

James Walker Tufts

James Walker Tufts (February 11, 1835 – February 3, 1902), is probably best known for his founding of The Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina (USA).

Jennifer Loven

A Matthews, North Carolina native, Loven graduated from East Mecklinburg High School and then attended University of Virginia and Northwestern University, where she was graduated from the Medill School of Journalism.

Joanne W. Bowie

Joanne W. Bowie was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-seventh House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

John Archdale

The city of Archdale, North Carolina, which began as a Quaker settlement, was named for him because Archdale was himself a Quaker.

John Blust

John Marshall Blust (born June 4, 1954) is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's sixty-second House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

John Evans Brown

On his father's land in Asheville, he came to considerable wealth due to the mining of mica.

John Kerr, Sr.

At the time of his death, Kerr was coaching for Triangle Futbol Club in Raleigh, North Carolina.

John W. Rhodes

A successful real estate broker from Huntersville, North Carolina, Rhodes represented North Carolina's Ninety-Eighth House district (northern Mecklenburg County) for two terms (2003–2007).

Jones Gap State Park

From 1840 to 1848, the self-taught mountain road builder Solomon Jones (1802-1899) cut a toll road from Caesars Head, South Carolina, to Cedar Mountain, North Carolina.

Keith P. Williams

A real estate broker and developer from Hubert, North Carolina, Williams is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his first term in the state House.

Kenly

Kenly, North Carolina, town in Johnston and Wilson counties, North Carolina, United States

Kristie Phillips

Phillips lives in Troutman, North Carolina with her husband recording artist Horatio Bannister and three children: Sebastian, Isabella and Eberlie.

Lawrence A. Oxley

During this period, Oxley also taught for a few years as an instructor at St. Augustine's College, a historically black college (HBCU) in the capital of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Len Lacy

There were six Lacy grandchildren, residing as of 1998 in five states: J. Russell Barnes, M.D. (born 1952), of Vicksburg, Mississippi, David Lacy Barnes, M.D. (born November 11, 1954), of Monroe; Terry Ainsworth Evans of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Martha Ainsworth Healey of Edmond, Oklahoma, Stephen C. Carrow of Tulsa, and T. Scott Carrow of Jacksonville, Florida.

Levi Silliman Ives

Having become deeply attracted to the Oxford Movement while studying Church history, Ives founded a religious community called the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross at Valle Crucis, North Carolina.

Mabel Hampton

Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on May 2, 1902, Hampton was only two months old when her mother died.

Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina

The mayor of Raleigh is the mayor of Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina, in the United States.

Michael A. Gorman

Michael A. Gorman (July 9, 1950 – December 2, 2012) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's third House district, including constituents in Craven and Pamlico counties, from 2003-2004.

Mordecai House

Jacob Mordecai, Moses' father, founded a girls' school in Warrenton, North Carolina.

Murderdolls

Dizzy Draztik introduced Joey Jordison to the music of the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, a horror punk band from Charlotte, North Carolina, fronted by vocalist Wednesday 13.

Newport River

The Newport River is a small river in North Carolina that runs approximately twenty kilometers southeast through the town of Newport with its mouth opening into Bogue Sound, between Morehead City and Beaufort.

Nikkie Groat

Nikkie Groat is a beauty queen from Matthews, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Norman Lloyd Johnson

Norman Lloyd Johnson (9 January 1917, Ilford, Essex, England – 18 November 2004, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) was a professor of statistics and author or editor of several standard reference works in statistics and probability theory.

North Carolina's 4th congressional district

The presence of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University, as well as a large African-American population in Durham County help contribute to the liberal nature of the 4th district.

North Carolina's 5th congressional district

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad.

Nutbush

Nutbush Township, Warren County, North Carolina, one of twelve townships in Warren County, North Carolina

Oliver Smithies

Smithies is the first full professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to receive a Nobel Prize.

Owen Burns

The county seat, Burnsville, North Carolina is named for Owen's grandfather, Otway Burnes, Sr., a privateer naval hero and legislator, and the town of Otway, in Carteret County, North Carolina also is named for him.

Paddy Mitchell

Mitchell was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006 and died in the Federal Medical Centre in Butner, N.C. in the prison hospital at age 64.

Peter Ragone

In 2008, Ragone served in a volunteer communications role with Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign for President - working in California, Texas and North Carolina.

Pure-N-Heart

Members of Pure-N-Heart originate from the Upstate and includes membership in Augusta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Raleigh Capitals

The rival Durham, North Carolina based Durham Bulls franchise who also played in the Carolina League and were a New York Mets affiliate acquired the Raleigh franchise.

Ray Willis

Ray Willis is married to the former Kimberly Pettaway of Tarboro, North Carolina.

Remington Arms

Corporate Headquarters: The corporate headquarters for Remington Arms is located at Madison, North Carolina.

Rod Broadway

Born April 9, 1955 in Oakboro, North Carolina, Rod Broadway is the ninth head football coach at Division I-AA/FCS powerhouse Grambling State University.

Saffron Sky

"This lyrical memoir evinces the author's passion for constructing an American life with the spiritual fervor and deeply aesthetic rituals that were part of her childhood in Iran. Asayesh, who immigrated to North Carolina as a girl, writes too of her struggle to arrive at an acceptable sexuality in the face of parental panic, and tells of her frustration, during later trips to post-Shah Iran, with "the sisters," the Ayatollah's ubiquitous enforcers of female modesty."

Scannebago

To travel the state of North Carolina, "from Murphy to Manteo," takes 9 hours, and North Carolina's terrain varies greatly from the mountains to the sea.

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival

The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival is a music and dance festival that takes place each spring and fall in Silk Hope, North Carolina, near Chapel Hill.

Smoke on the Mountain

The setting is in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina Baptist church in 1938 and it revolves around the Sanders family.

Steve Goss

He represented the 45th Senate district, including constituents in Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties.

Tawl Ross

Lucius "Tawl" Ross (born October 5, 1948, in Wagram, North Carolina) was the rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic from 1968 to 1971 and played on their first three albums.

The Corsairs

The Corsairs were an American doo wop ensemble from La Grange, North Carolina.

The School Of Alternatives

The School Of Alternatives, also known as The HUB, is an alternative school in Jackson County, North Carolina for grades K-12 which deals with students who are disabled or have social/behavioral issues in the other county schools.

Three in the Attic

Much of Three in the Attic was filmed at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Tim Kirkman

Writer and director Tim Kirkman was born on November 2, 1966 in Monroe, North Carolina, the third child of a public school educator and a music teacher, and spent his childhood in nearby Wingate, North Carolina.

Timeline of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0000 UTC) – Tropical Storm Agnes emerges into the Atlantic Ocean near Nags Head, North Carolina.

United Family Services

United Family Service (UFS) is a not-for-profit, family service organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in Concord, Huntersville, Monroe and Mooresville, NC.

University, North Carolina

University, Orange County, North Carolina a small, unincorporated settlement in Orange County, North Carolina

USS Charlotte

Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Charlotte, after the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Vaughan Johnson

Vaughan Monroe Johnson (born March 24, 1962 in Morehead City, North Carolina) is a retired American football linebacker.

WBZJ

This station also ran a country format, simulcasting with WKXU in Burlington as "Kix 96.9 and 101.1".

William Aiken, Jr.

Aiken died at Flat Rock, NC, September 6, 1887, and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. His house, the Aiken-Rhett House, is part of the Historic Charleston foundation.

William Dathan Holbert

William Dathan Holbert, also known as Wild Bill, is a self-confessed serial killer from Hendersonville, North Carolina.

WNOB

WNOB began broadcasting in 1974 under the callsign WMYK, a nod to the then community of license Moyock, North Carolina, playing an album rock format.

WYMY

WBBB-FM signed on at 101.3 in 1946 as a sister station to WBBB in Burlington, North Carolina.


Ali Baba's Tahini

The following year, the original lineup of the band (Engelmann/Cinninger/Krojniewski) reunited in the North Carolina mountains to record the album Rockstars and Lawnmowers.

Anthony Foriest

In March 2012, Foriest filed to run in the newly redrawn North Carolina's 6th congressional district, held by Republican U.S. Congressman Howard Coble.

He is currently seeking the US House of Representatives seat held by Republican incumbent Howard Coble in North Carolina's 6th congressional district.

Argopecten gibbus

The Atlantic calico scallop lives in the ocean (it is not found in bays) east of Cape Lookout and southwest of Beaufort Inlet and lives in up to 100-foot depths.

Betty Lynn

In 2006, Lynn retired from acting and relocated to Mount Airy, North Carolina, the hometown of Andy Griffith and the town on which Mayberry is believed to have been based despite Griffith's repeated denials.

Constantine W. Buckley

Buckley was born January 22, 1815 in Surry County, North Carolina, but had moved to Georgia by 1828 where he began working as a store clerk.

Crawford County, Missouri

Although he withdrew from the race, former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina) still received 2.61 percent of the vote in Crawford County.

CSS Cotton Plant

On May 5, 1864 she steamed as convoy to Albemarle from the Roanoke River en route to the Alligator River.

Daniel Mcjunkin

He was a Revolutionary War Patriot, serving in the Battle of Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

Fayetteville Municipal Airport

Fayetteville Municipal Airport (North Carolina), now known as Fayetteville Regional Airport, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States (FAA: FAY)

Franklin County, Missouri

Although he withdrew from the race, former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina) still received 2.96 percent of the vote in Franklin County.

Gail McDonald

McDonald and her husband moved to North Carolina in 2004, and she took a position with the state Ports Authority.

Gonionemus vertens

In the United States, Gonionemus vertens specimen have been found on the Pacific coast, from The Aleutian Islands to Southern California, and on the Atlantic coast, from Massachusetts to North Carolina.

Great Balsam Mountains

The most famous peak in the Great Balsam range is Cold Mountain, which is the centerpiece of author Charles Frazier's bestselling novel Cold Mountain.

I Wonder as I Wander

While in the town of Murphy in Appalachian North Carolina, Niles attended a fundraising meeting held by evangelicals who had been ordered out of town by the police.

Jill Gulseth

In April 2005 Gulseth represented Illinois in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland, wearing clothing she had made herself, and placed third runner-up to Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

Kate Taylor

Kate was born in Boston and grew up with her four brothers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where her father was Dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina.

Langdon Brown Gilkey

Gilkey attended elementary school at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, and in 1936 graduated from the Asheville School for Boys in North Carolina.

Laurel Creek Gorge Bridge

The Laurel Creek Gorge Bridge is a continuous steel Plate girder bridge that spans Laurel Creek on Interstate 26/U.S. Route 19/U.S. Route 23 between Asheville, North Carolina and Johnson City, Tennessee.

Lenny Cooke

Cooke himself had other options for basketball: North Carolina, Seton Hall, St. John's, Miami and Ohio State.

Lined lanternshark

The lined lanternshark, Etmopterus bullisi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to northern Florida, and Honduras, between latitudes 34°N and 15°N, at depths of up to 850 m.

Lois Mailou Jones

In 1928 she was hired by Charlotte Hawkins Brown after some initial reservations, and founded the art department at Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina.

Louis M. Goldsborough

During his command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which he commanded from its inception to September 1862, he led his fleet off North Carolina, where in cooperation with troops under General Ambrose Burnside, he captured Roanoke Island and destroyed a small Confederate fleet.

Miles Plumlee

Plumlee attended high school at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, where he led the school to a 63–6 record as a junior and senior.

Millis Athletic Convocation Center

The James H. and Jesse E. Millis Athletic and Convocation Center is a 1750-seat multi-purpose athletic and academic facility on the campus of High Point University in High Point, North Carolina.

Mini-Tuesday

The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.

Myrick Davies

He served as the 13th Governor of Georgia from 1780 to 1781, after Stephen Heard moved to North Carolina.

North Carolina Superior Court

The first three judges elected by the North Carolina General Assembly were Samuel Ashe of New Hanover County, Samuel Spencer of Anson County, and future U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Iredell of Chowan County.

North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

However, following Sheridan's retirement from coaching, North Carolina went on another seven-game winning streak, leaving NC State head coach Mike O'Cain winless against Tar Heels coaches Mack Brown and Carl Torbush.

Peroxwhy?gen

gen (pronounced peroxygen) are a two-piece American rock band based in North Carolina and formed by professional wrestlers Jeff Hardy and Shannon Moore.

Pohl Trial

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal II, were Robert M. Toms (presiding judge) from Detroit, Michigan, Fitzroy Donald Phillips from North Carolina, Michael A. Musmanno from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and John J. Speight from Alabama as an alternate judge.

Prayer for Judgement Continued

The Prayer For Judgement law in North Carolina and South Carolina, unlike other U.S. states, allows traffic violators and some misdemeanor offenders to plead guilty for an offence and then ask for a "Prayer For Judgement" from the judge.

Psyche-Out

He enlisted in the Army and was posted to the Deceptive Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, and there continued his pioneering work in the field of wave-induced behavior modification.

Richard Jadick

Jadick was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, assigned as a battalion surgeon to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Stanly Community College

Stanly Community College (SCC) is one of 58 community colleges in the North Carolina (NC) Community College System (NCCCS).

Su-Lin Young

Young returned to the United States in the 1950s living in Virginia, California, and North Carolina.

Tanisha Brito

She competed in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland on 11 April 2005, but failed to make the cut at the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

USS Isonomia

She served off New Inlet, North Carolina, until ordered to Key West on 18 September with special instructions to cruise in the vicinity of Nassau and the Bahama Banks.

Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex

BB&T Ballpark is also part of the complex and is located in downtown at the intersection of Business 40 and North Carolina Highway 150.