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Franklin County, North Carolina
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,573. Its county seat is Louisburg. Franklin County is included in the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had a 2019 estimated population of 2,079,687. History The county was formed in 1779 from the southern half of Bute County. It is named for Benjamin Franklin. It is a part of the Research Triangle. County formation timeline * 1664 Albemarle County formed (original, extinct) * 1668 Albemarle County subdivided into Carteret, Berkeley, & Shaftesbury Precincts * 1681 Shaftesbury Precinct renamed Chowan Precinct * 1722 Bertie Precinct formed from Chowan Precinct * 1739 Bertie Precinct becomes Bertie County * 1741 Edgecombe County formed from Bertie County * 1746 Granville County formed from Edgecombe County * 1754 Creation of Bertie Precinct, Edgecombe Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his studies of electricity, and for charting and naming the current still known as the Gulf Stream. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among others. He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department, and the University of Pennsylvania. Isaacson, 2004, p. Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisburg College
Louisburg College is a private Methodist-affiliated two-year college in Louisburg, North Carolina. History Louisburg College has its roots in two schools: Franklin Male Academy, which was chartered in 1787, re-chartered in 1802 but held its first recorded classes on January 1, 1805; and Louisburg Female College, which was founded in 1857, succeeding a previous institution, Louisburg Female Academy, founded in 1814. Louisburg Female Academy opened its doors in 1815, under the direction of Harriet Partridge, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women. From 1843–1856, Asher H. Ray and his wife Jane Curtis Ray were highly successful as principals of the female academy, which in the 1850s was called Louisburg Female Seminary. Among the courses offered by the seminary were history, botany, algebra, rhetoric, chemistry, geology, logic, French, Latin, Greek, guitar, and calisthenics. The respected reputation of the seminary contributed to a movement to es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White (U
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical architecture, white became the most common color of new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triangle North Executive Airport
Triangle North Executive Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. It is located five nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the central business district of Louisburg, North Carolina. It was known as the Franklin County Regional Airport until November 2008, when the Board of Commissioners of Franklin County approved the new name. As of February 2010, Federal Aviation Administration records give the airport's name as Franklin County Airport. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LHZ by the FAA and LFN by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KLHZ. Facilities and aircraft The airport covers an area of at an elevation of 369 feet (112 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,498 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending July 1, 2008, the airport had 62,800 aircr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nash County, North Carolina
Nash County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,970. Its county seat is Nashville. Nash County is now a part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, instead of the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Nash County was formed in 1777 from Edgecombe County. It was named for American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Nash, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown that year. In 1855, parts of Nash, Edgecombe, Johnston, and Wayne Counties were combined to form Wilson County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is covered by water. State and local protected areas * Flower Hill Nature Preserve (part) * Sandy Creek Public Game Land Major water bodies * Fishing Creek * Moccasin Creek * Pig Basket Creek * Sapony Creek * Stony Creek * Swift Creek * Tar River * Tar River Reservoir * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County is a county located in the northeastern Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the northern border with Virginia, made famous for a landfill and birthplace of the environmental justice movement. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,642. Its county seat is Warrenton. It was a center of tobacco and cotton plantations, education, and later textile mills. History The county was formed in 1779 from the northern half of Bute County. It was named for Joseph Warren of Massachusetts, a physician and general in the American Revolutionary War who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Developed as a tobacco and cotton farming area, its county seat of Warrenton became a center of commerce and was one of the wealthiest towns in the state from 1840 to 1860. Many planters built fine homes there. In the later nineteenth century, the county developed textile mills. In 1881, parts of Warren County, Franklin County and Granville County were combined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tar River
The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it underpasses the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Washington, North Carolina. North Carolina was originally a naval stores colony—that is, the blanket of long leaf pines that covered the coastal plain was used by the British Navy for ships' masts and the pine pitch was used to manufacture tar caulking for vessels. The river derives its name from its historic use as a major route for tar-laden barges as they headed to the sea. The city of Tarboro is on the banks of the river. Recent research conducted by East Carolina University, Greenville and Pitt County historians has uncovered documentation noting that before the Civil War, the North Carolina Legislature had appropriated funds to construct dams and locks on the Tar River in an attempt to facilitate almost year-round navigation for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Creek, North Carolina
Sandy Creek is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 260 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. Geography Sandy Creek is located in northern Brunswick County at (34.287202, -78.153266). U.S. Routes 74 and 76 (the Andrew Jackson Highway) run along the northern edge of the town and lead east to Wilmington and west to Whiteville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Sandy Creek has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 246 people, 91 households, and 64 families residing in the town. The population density was 411.2 people per square mile (158.3/km). There were 105 housing units at an average density of 175.5 per square mile (67.6/km). The racial makeup of the town was 91.87% White, 5.69% African American, 0.81% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.03% of the population. There were 91 households, out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little River (Neuse River Tributary)
The Little River is a tributary of the Neuse River, which originates in Moore's Pond, south of Youngsville in Franklin County. The river crosses through Wake, Johnston, and Wayne counties, joining the Neuse at Waynesborough State Park and Busco Beach just east of Goldsboro. Wake County and the City of Raleigh have been purchasing land in the watershed in order to create a reservoir in northeast Wake County. Cities & towns in the Little Creek watershed * Archer Lodge, NC * Goldsboro, North Carolina * Kenly, NC * Micro, NC * Princeton, NC * Rolesville, NC * Wake Forest, NC * Wendell, NC * Youngsville, NC * Zebulon, NC See also *List of rivers of North Carolina This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean * North Landing Rive ... References Rivers of North Carolina Tributaries o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Royale, North Carolina
Lake Royale is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2020 census. It is a gated resort community which surrounds a man-made lake with the same name. The main entrance to Lake Royale is off Sledge Road (SR 1611), east of Bunn. Geography Lake Royale is located in southeastern Franklin County. The residential community that comprises the CDP surrounds Lake Royale, a reservoir on Cypress Creek and a tributary of the Tar River. The southeastern border of the CDP follows the Franklin County/Nash County line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.69%, is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,392 people, 1,361 households, and 1,035 families residing in the CDP. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 2,506 people, 1,066 households, and 762 families residing in the CDP. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishing Creek (North Carolina)
Fishing Creek may refer to a location in the United States: Communities * Fishing Creek, Maryland, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dorchester County * Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania * Fishing Creek Township, Granville County, North Carolina, in North Carolina * Fishing Creek Township, Warren County, North Carolina, in North Carolina Waterbodies Delaware * Fishing Creek (Blackbird Creek tributary), a tributary of Blackbird Creek in New Castle County Maryland * Fishing Creek (Maryland), a tributary of Little Choptank River along the Chesapeake Bay Eastern Shore * Fishing Creek (Monocacy River), in the watershed of the Potomac River Missouri * Fishing Creek (Missouri), a tributary of the South Grand River New Jersey * Fishing Creek (Delaware Bay), a tributary of the Delaware River in New Jersey North Carolina * Fishing Creek (North Carolina), a tributary of the Tar River in North Carolina Pennsylvania * Fishing Creek (Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
