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North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north,the Atlantic Ocean to the east,South Carolina to the south,Georgia to the southwest,and Tennessee to the west. The state is the 28th-largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. Along with South Carolina,it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. At the 2020 census,the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its most populous city. The Charlotte metropolitan area,with an estimated population of 2,805,115 in 2023,is the most populous metropolitan area in North Carolina,the 22nd-most populous in the United States,and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Research Triangle,with an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023,is the second-most populous combined metropolitan area in the state,31st-most populous in the United States,and is home to the largest research park in the United States,Research Triangle Park.
Catawba County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton,and its largest community is Hickory.
Buncombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census reported the population was 269,452,making it the 7th-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Asheville. Buncombe County is part of the Asheville,NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County,North Carolina,United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers,it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina,and the state's 11th-most-populous city. According to the 2020 census,the city's population was 94,589,up from 83,393 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city in the three-county Asheville metropolitan area,which had an estimated population of 417,202 in 2023.
Morganton is a city in and county seat of Burke County,North Carolina,United States. The population was 17,474 at the 2020 census. Morganton is approximately 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Charlotte and 57 miles (92 km) east of Asheville.
Tryon is a town in Polk County,on the southwestern border of North Carolina,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city population was 1,562. Located in the escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains,today the area is affluent and a center for outdoor pursuits,equestrian activity,and fine arts.
The University of North Carolina at Asheville is a public liberal arts university in Asheville,North Carolina,United States. UNC Asheville is the designated liberal arts institution in the University of North Carolina system. It is a member and the headquarters of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.
Zebulon Baird Vance was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina,a U.S. Senator from North Carolina,and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.
Robert Rice Reynolds was an American politician who served as a Democratic US senator from North Carolina from 1932 to 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career,"Our Bob," as he was known among his local supporters,acquired distinction as a passionate isolationist and increasing notoriety as an apologist for Nazi aggression in Europe. Even after America's entry into World War II,according to a contemporary study of subversive elements in America,he "publicly endorsed the propaganda efforts of Gerald L. K. Smith," whose scurrilous publication The Cross and the Flag "violently assailed the United States war effort and America's allies." One of the nation's most influential fascists,Smith likewise collaborated with Reynolds on The Defender,an antisemitic newspaper that was partly owned by Reynolds.
Asheville School is a private university-preparatory boarding school in Asheville,North Carolina founded in 1900. The campus sits on 300 acres (120 ha) amid the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains and currently enrolls 295 students in grades nine through twelve. The campus was named by Architectural Digest magazine in 2018 as the most beautiful private school campus in North Carolina. In 2015,the school was ranked the seventh best boarding school in the U.S. by independent education organization TheBestSchools.org.
Charles Hart Taylor is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 1991 to 2007.
Edolphus "Ed" Towns Jr. is an American educator,military veteran,and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2013. A Democrat from New York,Towns was Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009 to 2011.
Joseph Heath Shuler is an American former politician and professional football quarterback who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. The district covers the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,he played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons prior to his political career. Shuler played college football at the University of Tennessee,where he was named SEC Player of the Year,and was selected by the Washington Redskins third overall in the 1994 NFL draft. Unable to match his collegiate success,he was traded from the Redskins after three seasons and spent his final two with the New Orleans Saints.
Asheville High School is a public high school located in Asheville,North Carolina,United States and is one of two secondary schools in the Asheville City Schools system. Designed by Douglas Ellington,construction of the original building began in 1927 and was completed two years later. The modern addition was built in 1970 and a new cafeteria was finished in 2006. There is a second school located at the same address;the School of Inquiry and Life Sciences at Asheville (SILSA).
Maria Beale Fletcher is an American beauty pageant contestant who was Miss America 1962.
Charles Manly Stedman was a politician and lawyer from North Carolina. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1930 and was the last veteran of either side of the Civil War to hold a seat in Congress.
Enka is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County,North Carolina,United States. It lies on U.S. Routes 19,23,and 74 Business near the interchange of Interstates 26,40,and 240. It has a post office with the ZIP code 28728.
Tupelo Honey Cafe is a restaurant chain based in downtown Asheville,North Carolina,specializing in Southern cooking.
Firestorm Books is a worker-owned and self-managed "anti-capitalist business" in Asheville,North Carolina. Named after the firestorm,this infoshop operates with an eye on creating a sustainable,radical community event space. Firestorm features regular events,such as film screenings,political and economic teach-ins,local and traveling musicians and community workshops.
George Willis Pack was an American philanthropist,lumberman,and railroad president. Building on his father's legacy in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan,Pack successfully developed many timber businesses and became one of Michigan's first millionaires. He was also a leading citizen of Cleveland,Ohio,and a noted resident and benefactor of Asheville,North Carolina. He donated five properties to the City of Asheville,including a school,a library,public parks,and land for the county's courthouse. In 1960,the Asheville Citizen-Times called him "Asheville's greatest benefactor."
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- ↑ "North Carolina State Senate elections, 2000". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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