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100 unusual facts about North carolina


4th North Carolina Regiment

The 4th North Carolina Regiment was raised on January 16, 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army under the command of Thomas Polk.

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).

Amos T. Akerman

Upon graduation, Akerman moved south and got a job as a headmaster instructor of a boy’s academy in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, at that time part of Richmond county.

Ashe County High School

Previously, high school students in Ashe County attended either Ashe Central High School in Jefferson, Beaver Creek High School in West Jefferson, or Northwest Ashe High School in Warrensville.

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.

Benjamin H. Bunn

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

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is elated to learn that his stepson, Trent Pierce (Brandon T. Jackson), has been accepted to attend Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Bill Cobey

Cobey is a board member of the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina and chair of the board of trustees at Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill.

Billy Boat Motorsports

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

Brinkley Walser

The firm had its beginning on October 4, 1886, when Zeb Vance Walser of Davidson County was admitted to the Bar of North Carolina and began to practice law in Lexington.

Camp Merrie-Woode

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

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.

Charles Honorton

Honorton was a research fellow at the Institute for Parapsychology Durham North Carolina from 1966–67, a research associate, then senior research associate, then Director of Research Division of Parapsychology and Psychophysics at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York from.

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.

Chatham Central High School

Chatham Central High School is a public high school located in Bear Creek, North Carolina with a student population of around 450 students.

Chattooga River

The Chattooga headwaters start near Cashiers as a small stream, but Green Creek is the start of the boatable section.

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance

An investigation revealed that his father had not been a Blackfoot chief, but a school janitor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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.

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.

Cox Mill High School

Land was finally found in the burgeoning Cox Mill area of Concord, near the Odell Community approximately three miles from the Mecklenburg County line.

CSS Cotton Plant

In May 1865, Cotton Plant was surrendered to Union officials near Halifax, North Carolina by parties claiming that she had been appropriated by Confederate authorities.

Dave Fuller

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.

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.

Dixie Gilmer

Born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, Gilmer was the son of W. F. and Emma Prather Gilmer.

Donald H. Baucom

Baucom lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he is the Richard Lee Simpson Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UNC.

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.

Eastridge Mall

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Henry B. Chase

Sources conflict as to whether this marriage took place in August 1896 in Catawba, North Carolina, or in 1900 in Hickory, North Carolina.

Henry River Mill Village

Henry River Mill Village is a small textile village in Burke County, North Carolina.

Hertford County, North Carolina

In 1779 the northeastern part of Hertford County was combined with parts of Chowan County and Perquimans County to form Gates County.

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.

Hillsboro, Illinois

Alternatively, there is the belief that it was named for Hillsborough, North Carolina, the home of some of the early settlers, including Hiram Rountree and John Nussman.

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.

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.

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.

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Pearson was born on September 13, 1879 in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, 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).

Jerry M. Wallace

Jerry McLain Wallace (born April 1935) is the 4th and current president of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.

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.

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 Scott, Jr.

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

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.

Keeth Smart

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

Kenly

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

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.

Kristie Phillips

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

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.

Lenny Roberts

Leonard Roberts was born on September 18, 1922 in Price, North Carolina.

Lizard Lick Towing

The show is a spin-off of the truTV series All Worked Up, and follows Ron, Amy, Bobby and their team of repossession agents in Wendell, North Carolina (the town that has jurisdiction over the Lizard Lick unincorporated area).

M. Graham Clark

Clark, who was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and held five doctoral degrees.

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.

Marian N. McLawhorn

Marian Nelson McLawhorn is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninth House district since 1999, including constituents in Pitt County.

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.

Nikkie Groat

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

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

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.

Pete Shinnick

Shinnick previously served as the head coach of UNC Pembroke in Pembroke, North Carolina between 2005 and 2014 as well as the NAIA's Azusa Pacific Cougars between 1999 and 2005.

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.

Powder Horn Mountain

Powder Horn Mountain (PMH) is a gated residential/resort community in Triplett, Watauga County, North Carolina, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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 N. Page

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

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.

Smoke on the Mountain

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

Tanglewood International Tennis Classic

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

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 Hutchens

The Hutchens was an American country music trio from Sandy Ridge, North Carolina composed of brothers Barry, Bill and Bryan Hutchens.

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.

University, North Carolina

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

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.

When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987

# "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (Howard Libov, shot December 1983 at Reflection Studios, Charlotte, NC)

Wilbur Wade Card

Card was born in Franklinton, North Carolina on October 29, 1873 to Sabert Henry Card and Cecilia Bennett Fuller.

William Dathan Holbert

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

William E. Ingram, Jr.

# February 1995 – April 1997, Rear Operations Officer, 139th Support Detachment, Morrisville, North Carolina

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# December 1982 – July 1984, S-3 Air, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, Ahoskie, North Carolina

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# February 1998 – July 1998, Commander, 139th Support Detachment, Morrisville, North Carolina

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.

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.

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

Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine

At the time of its founding, ACWM served the American states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dana Summers

He began his career as an editorial cartoonist, first as a freelancer, then with The Fayetteville (North Carolina) Times, and then with the Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald (now the Dayton Daily News).

Daniel Mcjunkin

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

De'Mon Brooks

Brooks, a 6'7" forward born in the U. S. state of Georgia, played high school basketball at Hopewell High School in Huntersville, 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.

Erick Baker

He ended the year performing at the official Belk Bowl FanFest in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with McCain and the rock band Daughtry, as well as at a New Year's Eve show for the U.S. troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

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.

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.

GO!radiorock

The first song broadcast on radio was "The first part", the second track on the album Foolish, from the American band Superchunk, from Chapel Hill, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Marshall Plumlee

Marshall Plumlee played all four years of his high school basketball career at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, and was the only Plumlee brother to win four state championships during his time there.

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.

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–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.

Offshore drilling on the US Atlantic coast

A number of oil companies bought federal leases offshore North Carolina, but in 1990 the US Secretary of Commerce denied Mobil Oil permission to drill after Congress passed the North Carolina Outer Banks Protection Act, prohibiting leasing and drilling on federal seabed offshore from 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.

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 N. Hackett

He was unsuccessful in a run for the U.S. Congress in 1896, but won a seat ten years later representing North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the 60th United States Congress (defeating incumbent Republican E. Spencer Blackburn).

Ronald J. Rabin

Ronald Joseph Rabin (born May 16, 1932) is a Republican state senator in the state of North Carolina, representing the 12th district, encompassing Harnett, Johnston, Lee 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.

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.

Vaughan Johnson

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