North Carolina Facts
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Transcript of North Carolina Facts
Laura GrabowskiLIS 120 Module 4
CountiesNorth Carolina has counties.100
Alamance AlexanderAlleghany
AnsonAsheAvery
BeaufortBertieBladen
BrunswickBuncombe
BurkeCabarrusCaldwellCamdenCarteretCaswell
CatawbaChathamCherokeeChowan
ClayClevelandColumbus
CravenCumberland
Currituck
DareDavidson
DavieDuplin
DurhamEdgecombe
ForsythFranklinGastonGates
GrahamGranvilleGreeneGuilfordHalifaxHarnett
HaywoodHenderson
HertfordHokeHyde
IredellJackson
JohnstonJonesLee
Lenoir
LincolnMcDowell
MaconMadisonMartin
MecklenburgMitchell
Montgomery MooreNash
New HanoverNorthampton
OnslowOrangePamlico
PasquotankPender
Perquimans Person
PittPolk
RandolphRichmondRobeson
RockinghamRowan
Rutherford
SampsonScotland
StanlyStokesSurrySwain
TransylvaniaTyrrellUnionVanceWake
WarrenWashington
WataugaWayneWilkesWilsonYadkinYancey
Source: Local Government in North Carolina, Second Edition – Chapter 3, North Carolina Counties.
Capital and Location
The capital of North Carolina is and it’s located in County.
RaleighWake
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina
Symbols
North Carolina’s flower is:
North Carolina’s bird is:
North Carolina’s colors are:
North Carolina’s motto is:
North Carolina’s song is: The Old North State
The dogwood
The cardinal
Blue and Red
Esse Quam Videri
Resource: State Library of North Carolina Information Services Branch
Natural Resources
• Air• Coast/Fisheries• Farming• Forestry• Open Space• Water• Wetlands
Source: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Native American Tribes • Cherokee: The Cherokee Indians were located in
Western North Carolina, as well as the surrounding states. Their language has three different dialects and they were broken up into three clans.
• Hatteras: The Hatteras Indians lived on the coast of North Carolina. They can trace some of their ancestors to Caucasian descent. They only had approximately 80 inhabitants in their village.
• Waxhaw: The Waxhaw Indian’s lived in Union and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina. They had two tribes about ten miles apart from each other.
Resource: North Carolina Indian Tribes
Geographical Regions• Mountains-The Appalachian Mountains run through the
Western part of the state. They include the Great Smokey Mountains and the famous Blue Ridge Parkway. The mountains are full of forests, and some areas can get over 30 inches of snow in one year!
• Piedmont- The piedmont covers almost one half of the state. It’s full of big cities, and a lot of universities. There are also a lot of textile factories, tobacco farms, and a lot of historical sites.
• Coastal Plain- The coastal plains is home to many popular beaches. Aside from it’s tourist appeal, it also houses wetlands and many important animals that live there that contribute greatly to our ecosystem.
Source: visitnc.com: North Carolina’s Three Distinct Regions
Lighthouses
• North Carolina has seven famous lighthouses.
Resource: Carolina Lights: North Carolina Lighthouses
The Lost Colony
• The Lost Colony was a settlement established to put a permanent English Colony in present day North Carolina. Between the years of 1585 and 1587 the colony was established, but all of it’s inhabitants mysteriously disappeared. You will learn more about the Lost Colony from your classmates presentations.
Resource: thecoastalguide.com The Lost Colony
Bibliography• Data, Statistics, Reports and Maps. 2009. North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources. http://www.enr.state.nc.us/html/data.html• Facts and Figures: North Carolina’s Three Distinctive Regions. 2009.
http://www.visitnc.com/journeys/articles/facts-figures/2/north-carolina-s-three-distinctive-regions
• North Carolina Counties. 2009. Local Government in North Carolina, Second Edition - Chapter 3, North Carolina Counties. Copyright © 2003 by Gordon P. Whitaker and the
North Carolina City and County Management Association. • North Carolina Indian Tribes. 2009. Access Genealogy.
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/northcarolina/• North Carolina Lighthouses. Adam Walker Cleveland. 2009. Carolina Lights.
http://www.carolinalights.com/north-carolina-lighthouses• Raleigh, North Carolina. 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina• The Lost Colony. 2009. http://www.coastalguide.com/packet/lostcolony-croatan.shtml• The State Symbols. 2009. State Library of North Carolina Information Services Branch.
http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.htm#motto
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