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99 unusual facts about North Carolina


1913 Atlantic hurricane season

In Farmville, North Carolina, a warehouse collapsed, killing two boys inside.

1992 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

The final match was played on December 6, 1992 in Davidson, North Carolina at Richardson Stadium.

1994 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

The final match was played on December 11, 1994 in Davidson, North Carolina at Richardson Stadium for the third straight year.

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).

Acarospora janae

It is known only from the type locality, and a modern collection made from Marks Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina, although Knudsen suggests that it may occur infrequently from Utah and the Colorado Plateau south into Mexico.

André Leon Talley

Talley was born in the community of Hayti, Durham, North Carolina, as the son of Alma Ruth Davis and William C. Talley.

AP-9

The AP-9 is a pistol that was manufactured by AA Arms and distributed by Kimel Industries, Inc of Indian Trail, North Carolina, US AAArms began distributing the AP-9 in the early 1990s and did so until 2001.

Arlington P. Van Dyke

He died on February 28, 1990, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, en route to New York, following a vacation in Florida with his wife.

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.

Billy Boat Motorsports

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

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.

Camp Merrie-Woode

National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, North Carolina

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.

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.

Common-law marriage in the United States

The following states never permitted common-law marriages: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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.

Costen Jordan Harrell

Costen was born in 12 February 1885 on his grandfather's plantation, about five miles north of Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina.

Darren Schwartz

After seven seasons in the ECHL, Schwartz returned to the Winston-Salem area, joining the Winston-Salem IceHawks of the United Hockey League.

David N. Henderson

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

David N. Levinson

Levinson currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Anderson Creek, North Carolina where he is President of the Anderson Creek Club.

David zum Brunnen

He is Co-Founder & Producing Director of EbzB Productions, based out of North Carolina, where he resides with his family in Chatham County.

Desmond Armstrong

In 1999, he became the head coach of the Montreat College Cavaliers in Montreat, North Carolina which play in the NAIA.

Dian Parkinson

Dian Parkinson (born Dianna Lynn Batts on November 30, 1944 in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is a former American model and hostess on The Price Is Right.

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.

Eloise Greenfield

Greenfield was born in Parmele, North Carolina, and grew up in Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression in a housing project called Langston Terrace, named after John Mercer Langston, that provided a warm childhood experience for her.

Erik Liljegren

Before taking his position at the Fox News Channel (FNC), Liljegren served as a general assignment reporter at the Fox affiliate station, WGHP-TV, in High Point, North Carolina from 2003-2005.

Falling Creek Camp

Falling Creek Camp was founded as a boys-only camp in southern Henderson County as a brother camp to nearby Camp Greystone - a camp for girls only.

Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas

The Anglo-American division of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church merged with the Pentecostal Holiness Church on 30 January 1911 in Falcon, North Carolina, to form what is now known as the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Flat Rock, North Carolina

Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina (an incorporated village with its own zip code and CDP)

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.

Frank Proffitt

Frank was born in Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee and was raised in the Reese area of Watauga County, North Carolina where he worked in a variety of jobs and lived on a farm with his wife and six children.

Frieda Berryhill

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

Gene Monahan

After retiring from the Yankees, Monahan moved from his home in Hackensack, New Jersey to Mooresville, North Carolina, where he now works as a consultant for Hendrick Motorsports.

George A. Slater

George Atwood Slater (September 2, 1867 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut – February 23, 1937 in Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

GrapeCity

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

Gregory Normal School

Gregory Normal School was the first legal school admitting African-American students in 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.

Hydrangea radiata

It is conspicuous along roadsides near the junction of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia—in the vicinity of Highlands, Cashiers, and Rosman, North Carolina.

Inez and Charlie Foxx

Inez Foxx (born September 9, 1942) and her elder brother Charlie Foxx (October 23, 1939 – September 18, 1998) were an African-American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina.

Jack Hogan

Jack Hogan is an American actor, born November 25, 1929 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

James Larkin Pearson

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

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.

Jim Van Cleve

Jim Van Cleve, born October 12, 1978 in Canton, North Carolina is an American fiddle player, songwriter, session musician, and producer.

Joey Calderazzo

Now a resident of Wake Forest, North Carolina, Calderazzo continues to perform as a solo pianist, at the head of a trio, and as a member of the Branford Marsalis Quartet.

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 Scott, Jr.

Scott entered the coaching ranks in 2001 as a defensive line coach at West Davidson High School in Tyro, North Carolina.

Junaluska salamander

The Junaluska salamander (Eurycea junaluska) was first described by David M. Sever, who found the species in the range from the Cheoah River, Santeetlah Creek, and Tululah Creek in Graham County 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.

Ken Huff

Currently Huff is the owner of an award winning, custom home building company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Kenneth Lee Boyd

He was convicted of the March 4, 1988 murder in Stoneville of his wife, Julie Curry Boyd and her father Thomas Dillard Curry.

KTBQ

Weekday personalities include John Boy & Billy (based out of Charlotte, North Carolina) on mornings, Lisa on mid-days, Jen Austin on afternoons, and Lu Valentino (based out of Denver, Colorado) on evenings.

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.

Lisa Robin Kelly

In November 2012, police in Mooresville, North Carolina arrested the 42-year-old Kelly and her 61-year-old husband Robert Joseph Gilliam after responding to a disturbance at their home.

Maggie Jeffus

Margaret A. Moore Jeffus (born October 22, 1934) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-ninth House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

Mandie

She was born on June 6, 1888 and grew up in a log cabin in Swain County, North Carolina, with her beloved father Jim Shaw, her stepmother Etta, and her stepsister Irene in this slight adaptation to the Cinderella fairy tale.

Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina

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

New Hanover

New Hanover County, North Carolina is the name of a county in North Carolina, United States

North Carolina General Assembly of 1778

Craven County: John Tillman, resigned April 30, 1778; Abner Nash elected to replace Tillman, took office August 14, 1778

North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 2004

The 2004 United States House of Representatives special election in North Carolina's 1st congressional district was held on July 20, 2004 to select the successor to Frank Ballance (D) who resigned due to health concerns and ongoing investigations which would ultimately culminate in criminal convictions on charges of committing money laundering and mail fraud.

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.

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.

Polish–Romanian Alliance

Michael Alfred Peszke, The Polish Underground Army, The Western Allies, And The Failure Of Strategic Unity in World War II, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2004, p.

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.

Regina Regina

The duo consisted of female singers Regina Leigh and Regina Nicks, respectively natives of North Carolina and Houston, Texas.

Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.

After working as a district attorney in Guilford County, North Carolina and as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Edmunds served as the presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1986 to 1993.

Robert N. Page

Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina.

Robert P. Dick

He was in private practice in Wentworth, North Carolina from 1845 to 1848, and in Greensboro from 1848 to 1853.

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.

Still Live after All These Years

Still Live after All These Years is a live album from North Carolina music group, Nantucket, recorded November 29, 1991 with all six original band members at a night club called The Longbranch in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Tanglewood International Tennis Classic

The Tanglewood International Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played in Clemmons, North Carolina from 1971-1973.

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.

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.

Vicks

In 1890, pharmacist Lunsford Richardson took over the retail drug business of his brother-in-law Dr. Joshua Vick, of Greensboro, North Carolina.

W. Kerr Scott

Scott died in Burlington, North Carolina on April 16, 1958 and is buried in Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mebane, North Carolina.

WBZJ

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

WCLI-FM

The WCOM call sign is currently used by a low power FM station in Carrboro, North Carolina, after being used as the call sign for Channel 68 in Mansfield, Ohio in the late 1980s, now WMFD-TV.

West Lincoln High School

West Lincoln High School (WLHS) is located in Lincoln County, North Carolina, outside Vale, North Carolina.

Whaleyville, Virginia

The Lumber Mill at Whaleyville closed in 1919, and moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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.

Wingate University

Wingate University is a private comprehensive university with nearly 2,700 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, in North Carolina, United States.

WRSF

In 1986 the station moved its studios and offices to Kill Devil Hills in the Nags Head Resort area of Dare County and became a live adult contemporary format as WRSF, Surf 106.

WYMY

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

X-COM: Genesis

Production took place in the original MicroProse offices in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the game was planned "sometime for 2001".


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.

Battle of Averasborough

The Battle of Averasborough or The Battle of Averasboro, fought March 16, 1865, in Harnett and Cumberland counties, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, was a prelude to the climactic Battle of Bentonville, which began three days later.

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.

Carolina heelsplitter

Historically the Carolina heelsplitter was known to be found in the Catawba River and Pee Dee River systems in North Carolina, and the Pee Dee and Savannah River systems of South Carolina.

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.

Daniel Mcjunkin

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

Double Barrel Benefit

Double Barrel Benefit (DBB), is WKNC-FM's annual fundraiser that provides for two nights of music from local North Carolina based bands.

East Mecklenburg High School

Local rivals of East Mecklenburg include Butler High School, Providence High School and Myers Park High School.

False Cape

False Cape is located along the section of ocean adjacent to North Carolina and a small portion of Virginia known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic due to the many shipwrecks.

Fayetteville Municipal Airport

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

Gail McDonald

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

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.

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.

Harry Deal and the Galaxies

Harry Deal and the Galaxies is a rock and roll band formed in Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States, in 1959.

Jack Russell Weinstein

A chance meeting with Richard Simmons, at Detroit Metro Airport reportedly led Weinstein to propose to Donehower and the two were married in January, 2003, in Donehower’s home town of Asheville, North Carolina.

Jane P. Gray

Jane P. Gray is a North Carolina judge and candidate for the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 2010 election.

Keeth Smart

Keeth married Shyra (Cooper) Smart on May 27, 2007 in Chapel Hill, 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.

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.

Mabel Hampton

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

McAdenville, North Carolina

High school-age students living south of Interstate 85 attend South Point High School in Belmont, while most of those living north of the interstate attend Ashbrook High School in Gastonia.

Mercy Ministries

To date, Mercy Ministries has disclosed anticipated homes to be opened in Washington DC, North Carolina, Los Angeles, Florida, Vietnam, Peru and South Africa.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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.

Richard Tufts

Born in Medford, Massachusetts, he was a grandson of James Walker Tufts, the founder of Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, which was long America's preeminent golf resort.

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."

Saint Francis' Satyr

It is a subspecies of N. mitchellii and is only known from a single metapopulation on Fort Bragg military base in Hoke and Cumberland Counties.

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.

Surry Community College

It is one of North Carolina's 58 community colleges.

Tina Tyus-Shaw

She worked a series of radio and television jobs in Macon, Georgia; North Carolina; and Columbus, Georgia, before settling in Savannah in 1992.

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.

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.

VMM-264

The squadron returned to flood ravaged North Carolina and provided real world contingency operations in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the citizens of North Carolina.

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.