Fuquay, West Virginia | |
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  Fuquay Location within West Virginia and the United States  Fuquay Fuquay (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°14′46″N81°48′42″W / 38.24611°N 81.81167°W Coordinates: 38°14′46″N81°48′42″W / 38.24611°N 81.81167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Kanawha |
| Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 2726003 [1] |
Fuquay was an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the northeast, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st-largest state by area and ranks 38th in population, with a population of 1,795,045 residents. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
Fuquay-Varina is a town in southern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, lying south of Holly Springs and southwest of Garner, and north of the Harnett County town of Angier and west of the unincorporated community of Willow Springs. The population was 17,937 at the 2010 census, and estimated at 30,324 as of July 2019. The hyphenated name attests to the town's history as two separate towns. Fuquay Springs and Varina merged in 1963 to create the modern town. Economically, the town initially grew due to tobacco trade and agriculture, but has seen recent population growth and real estate development due to its proximity to Research Triangle Park.
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North Carolina Highway 55 (NC 55) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as a traffic artery connecting Durham with Cary and numerous small cities and towns in The Triangle on its way toward the Pamlico Sound. A portion of NC 55 extends through Research Triangle Park. NC 55 is a major artery in the central part of The Triangle region, and is a four lane, divided highway between Durham and Cary and Apex. NC 55 is also a divided highway between Apex and Fuquay-Varina.
The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 103.9 MHz:
Francis Cutler Turner was an American administrator, who headed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from March 30, 1969 to June 30, 1972.
WNNL is an Urban Gospel formatted station serving the Raleigh/Durham metropolitan region. Owned by Radio One with WQOK and WFXC/WFXK, "The Light 103.9" is "The Triangle's #1 Station for Inspiration" and home to the Yolanda Adams morning show. Its studios are located in Raleigh and its transmitter site is in Fuquay-Varina, the station's city of license.
Alvin Morman is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Morman played for the Houston Astros in 1996, Cleveland Indians in 1997 and 1998, San Francisco Giants also in 1998, and Kansas City Royals in 1999. Now retired, Morman works as a student counselor at Fuquay-Varina Middle School, in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina.
McCullers Crossroads is an unincorporated community in southern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, located midway between of Raleigh and Fuquay Varina. It lies at the intersection of US 401 and SR 1010. Wake Technical Community College has its main campus nearby.
Fuquay-Varina High School (FVHS) is a public high school in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. The current principal is Terrance McCotter, who took that position in 2019. Mr. McCotter is both an alumnus and former math teacher at the school. FVHS was named a "School of Distinction" in 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Hilltop Christian School (HCS), is a private, coeducational, primary and secondary Christian day school located in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States. The religious head of the school is Pastor Jeff Jones.
Area codes 919 and 984 are telephone area codes serving all or parts of eleven counties in the east-central area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. They serve the primary cities of Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill/Carrboro, and the surrounding suburban areas of the Research Triangle metropolitan area, as well as the outlying towns and nearby rural areas of Oxford to the north, Sanford to the south, Goldsboro to the southeast, and Mebane to the west.
The 2003 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons were coached by Fisher DeBerry and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They finished the season 7–5, 3–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.
Fuquay may refer to:
Fuquay-Varina Woman's Club Clubhouse is a historic Woman's Club clubhouse located at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1937, and is a one-story, "T"-shaped, Bungalow / American Craftsman influenced frame building. The building consists of a rectangular meeting room measuring 24 feet by 40 feet, and a 14 feet by 24 feet rear ell containing the kitchen, a small pantry and a bathroom.
Fuquay Springs High School, also known as Fuquay-Varina Middle School, is a historic high school located at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1925, and is a two-story, rectangular, flat-roofed, red brick, Colonial Revival style building. It has a one-story rear auditorium wing. The school was connected by an open breezeway to a cafeteria building built about 1948. In the early 2000s the campus underwent a renovation and addition by the Wake County Public School System which consisted in converting the existing 1925 building into an administration hall along with a few classrooms. The 1948 construction was demolished along with a few other buildings. The renovation took place to address the issue of students having to go outside to switch classes, so the buildings on the north end of the campus with the exception of the gym was demolished. The new construction ties the rest of the buildings from the north end of the campus to the south end opening in 2003.
Fuquay Mineral Spring is a historic mineral spring located at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. The spring was discovered in the 1850s, and, from 1900 to 1930, thousands of people visited the spring to drink the mineral water reputed to cure kidney and intestinal ailments. The spring is covered by a gazebo and reached by a small footbridge.
Fuquay Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. The districts encompasses 36 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Fuquay-Varina. The predominantly residential district developed between about 1899 and 1946, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Ben-Wiley Hotel and Fuquay Mineral Spring. Other notable buildings include the Varina Mercantile Building (1899), Barham Hotel, Ballentine-Spence House, Barbour-Perkins House, Proctor House (1925), and Harold Johnson House (1938).
Raven Rock is a small rural unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 421 in the Upper Little River Township in Harnett County, North Carolina west of the town of Lillington, North Carolina.
A teacherage is a house for one or more schoolteachers, like a parsonage is a house for a parson or minister of a Protestant church.
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