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Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is a large peninsula (about 3,200 square miles) on the North Carolina coast, lying between the Albemarle Sound to the north and the Pamlico Sound to the south. The 5 counties of Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, Tyrrell, and Washington all lie wholly or partly on the peninsula. Much of the peninsula is covered with marshland. The pocosin marshlands of the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula drain into the Alligator River, an important link in the intracoastal waterway. Forty four percent of the peninsula is owned by timber companies, and another twenty one percent of the peninsula is owned by agricultural corporations. This led to a great deal of deforestation on the peninsula in the 1980s, to the extent that only one third of the peninsula's pocosin marshlands continue to exist in their unaltered form. Soybeans, corn, pines, cattle, and hogs were all raised on the peninsula. Many of the larger farms have gone bankrupt, but some pine farms continue to exist on the p ...
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation i ...
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Belhaven, NC
Belhaven is a waterfront town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,688 at the 2010 Census. Belhaven is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. History The Belhaven City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. Healthcare The community formerly had a hospital, Pungo District Hospital, which opened in 1949. Pantego Creek LLC, the operator, asked for a third party to acquire the hospital as the operator could not pay for the care of the large number of Medicaid and Medicare patients using the hospital. In 2011 Vidant Health acquired the hospital; in 2013 Vidant stated that it was unable to keep the hospital in operation due to poor finances and announced that it was going to close the hospital. Pantego Creek Board closed it in 2014, and it was demolished in 2016. Vidant opened a non-emergency clinic in the area. Geography Belhaven is located at (35.542930, -76.623278), on the north shore of the Pungo River. ...
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Landforms Of Hyde County, North Carolina
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, mounds, hills, ridges, cliffs, valleys, rivers, peninsulas, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodies and sub-surface features. Mountains, hills, plateaux, and plains are the fo ...
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Landforms Of Dare County, North Carolina
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, mounds, hills, ridges, cliffs, valleys, rivers, peninsulas, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodies and sub-surface features. Mountains, hills, plateaux, and plains are t ...
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Peninsulas Of North Carolina
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents. The size of a peninsula can range from tiny to very large. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Peninsulas form due to a variety of causes. Etymology Peninsula derives , which is translated as 'peninsula'. itself was derived , or together, 'almost an island'. The word entered English in the 16th century. Definitions A peninsula is usually defined as a piece of land surrounded on most, but not all sides, but is sometimes instead defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. A peninsula may be bordered by more than one body of water, and the body of water does not have to be an ocean or a sea. A piece of land on a very tight river bend or one between two rivers is sometimes s ...
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Swan Quarter, NC
Swan Quarter (sometimes named Swanquarter) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States. It is the Hyde county seat. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 324. Geography Swan Quarter is in western Hyde County at latitude 35.405 N and longitude 76.331 W. The elevation is above sea level. It is located on Swanquarter Bay, an inlet of Pamlico Sound. U.S. Route 264 runs along the northern edge of the community, leading east to Manteo and west to Washington. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Swan Quarter CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.10%, are water. Climate Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 275 people, 164 households, and 153 families residing in the CDP. 2010 census The population, at the time of the 2010 census, was 324. History In the 18th century, Samuel Swann settled along Pamlico Sound near the head of Swan Bay. Swann's Quarter wa ...
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Stumpy Point, NC
Stumpy may refer to: As a nickname or stage name: * Charles Bartlett (American football) (1899–1965), American college football player * Stumpy Cromer (died 2013), American comedian and dancer, of the Stump and Stumpy entertainment duo (see below) * Eddie Hartman, the first Stumpy in the Stump and Stumpy dance/comedy/acting duo of the mid-1930s to the 1950s * Stumpy Malarkey, one of the founders of the Gopher Gang, a New York City street gang * Steve Thomas (ice hockey) (born 1963), retired National Hockey League player and current assistant coach * Stumpy Thomason (1906–1989), American National Football League quarterback * Herb Turner (1921–2002), Australian rules footballer Entertainment: * ''Stumpy'' (album), released by the New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs in 1996 * Stumpy, a character in the Western ''Rio Bravo (film)'', played by Walter Brennan * a character in ''Willow and Stumpy'', British animated television series Other uses: * Stumpy (mascot), official mascot for the ...
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Roper, NC
Roper is a town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 611 at the 2010 census. It was known as Lee's Mill (named for Thomas Lee) until 1890, when the John L. Roper Lumber Company was established in the town and its name changed to Roper. Geography Roper is located at (35.875877, -76.614905). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 613 people, 238 households, and 165 families residing in the town. The population density was 706.9 people per square mile (272.0/km). There were 268 housing units at an average density of 309.0 per square mile (118.9/km). The racial makeup of the town was 20.55% White, 75.20% African American, 3.43% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.06% of the population. There were 238 households, of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married ...
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Plymouth, NC
Plymouth is the largest town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,878 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Plymouth is located on the Roanoke River about seven miles (11 km) upriver from its mouth into the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Plymouth has a total area of , of which is land and 0.26% is water. Climate Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,320 people, 1,522 households, and 678 families residing in the town. 2010 census As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 3,878 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 68.3% Black, 28.9% White, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% from some other race and 0.9% of two or more races. 1.2% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 4,107 people, 1,623 househo ...
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Pantego, NC
Pantego is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 179 at the 2010 Census. Geography Pantego is located at (35.585917, -76.659755). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 170 people, 155 households, and 6 families residing in the town. The population density was 212.3 people per square mile (82.0/km). There were 78 housing units at an average density of 97.4 per square mile (37.6/km). The racial makeup of the town was 80.00% White, 17.65% African American, 1.76% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.76% of the population. There were 65 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individu ...
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Manns Harbor, NC
Manns Harbor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 821. Overview Before the first settlers arrived in the vicinity of Manns Harbor, the Native American village Dasamongueponke existed on or close to the site. Located east of the intersection of U.S. Routes 64 and 264, it is nestled along the western bank of Croatan Sound. Before 1957, Manns Harbor used to harbor a ferry that traversed the sound and provided access to Roanoke Island. Today, the William B. Umstead Bridge (completed in 1957) and the four-lane Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge (completed in 2002) link Manns Harbor on the mainland to Manteo on Roanoke Island. The community provides a gateway to North Carolina's Outer Banks. The residents of Manns Harbor are governed by the Dare County Board of Commissioners. Manns Harbor is part of District 1, along with Manteo, Roanoke Island, and Wanchese. In 2013, local resident, Harry C. Man ...
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Fairfield, Hyde County, North Carolina
Fairfield is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 258. The Fairfield Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Geography Fairfield is in northern Hyde County, on the northern side of Lake Mattamuskeet. North Carolina Highway 94 passes through the community, leading north to U.S. Route 64 in Columbia and south across the lake to U.S. Route 264. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fairfield CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 231 people, 102 households, and 82 families residing in the CDP. Education The local school is Mattamuskeet School of Hyde County Schools Hyde County Schools is a public school district in Hyde County, North Carolina. Headquartered in Swan Squarter, currently operates two K-12 schools. History David S. Cecelski, ...
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