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Established in 1855, Hartnett County was first settled by Scottish highlanders in 1729. Opening its first public schools in 1857 and receiving the railroad in 1860, residents and businesses in Harnett continued to flourish into the Civil War era. Averaging approximately one soldier per household during the rebellion, Harnett bounced back during the turn of the century, welcoming in a small iron boom as well as the textile industry.
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The first land grants for the region currently known as Lenoir County date as far back as 1716. Once inhabited by the Neusick Native Americans, Lenoir is in general, a flat region encompassing 390 square miles. Established in 1791 out of tumult stemming over the American Revolution, Lenoir was resuscitated by the internal improvements of 1815, the arrival of the railroad in 1858, as well as the roads program of 1919. Sustained via tobacco and commercial operations, population and prosperity levels have continued to increase through the centuries.
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Established in 1784 from a plot of land sectioned from Duplin County, Sampson County became the state's largest county. Encompassing 963 square miles, Sampson is ranked fourth in the state regarding farm income. Known for corn, cotton, and tobacco production, Sampson generates over $36 million dollars annually from agricultural yields. Initially inhabited by the Lumbee Native Americans, the region was settled by Europeans during the mid-18th century.
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Spanning 537 square miles and containing an average elevation of 1,000 feet, Surrey County was established in 1771, from a section of land taken from Rowan County. Sustained through agricultural, lumber, and minor industrial efforts, Surrey residents enjoy a mild Piedmont climate and a 190 day growing season.
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Once referred to as Lapland, Madison County is predominately an agricultural region in the western part of the state. Covering 456 square miles, 75 percent of which is farmland, Madison residents earn the majority of their income from livestock and dairy industries. Renowned as the most divided county during the Civil War, Madison was inhabited by numerous deserters and outlaws who sought refuge in the rugged topography.
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Encompassing 308 square miles and located in the Piedmont region of the state, Lincoln County is predominately an industrial community. Long sustained via enterprises such as paper mills, tanneries, coach assembly, cotton factories, iron harvesting and production, Lincoln was also the leading pine planting county in 1959.
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In response to a claim that there were no Cherokees in Cherokee County, the author provides the location and numbers of all registered Cherokees in North Carolina counties. New definitions of what an Indian may be are examined, as well the challenges faced when registering peoples of Indian inter-marriage as one tribe or the other. Often the government does not recognize the origins of certain groups of people, and therefore may overlook the Cherokees hidden in the mix.
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North Carolina's newest county, Avery, has had a history of isolation as a frontier landscape. The first permanent settler to Avery County, Samuel Bright, came in 1774, followed by a slow and steady stream of intrepid men, who built their homes on the hillsides. The area grew with this migration but the Civil War isolated the area again as access to news, ideas, and education were limited. The area was slow to recover, but the discovery of mica in 1870 became an important factor in what is now Avery. Income has also come from the county's substantial woodlands and the good roads have brought in jobs and tourism. Despite the impact of highways, tourism, mining, education, and nearby jobs, the area remains rural and agricultural in nature, but whose geographical isolation is now considered beautiful, rather than ugly.
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Beaufort County is well endowed with flatlands, forests, and inland waterways. The first permanent settlers were French Protestants in 1690, and since then the county has had a long history of settlers, near-rebellions, and Indian troubles. Beaufort County experienced a notorious pirate era, big business boom before the Revolution, The Civil War, and a stint as the State's capital. Industrial development has progressed over time with improvements in waterways and machinery.
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Did North Carolina, in proportion of its population, put the most men into the Confederate armies? Estimates cause some confusion, but North Carolina was probably second to Tennessee in the number of men in the Confederacy, and possibly first in proportion to its population.
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Located on Bogue Banks and founded in 1918, the village of Salter Path was originally owned by Mrs. Alice Hoffman. Sharing the island with a group of squatters entitled to live there by, \"the right of adverse possession,\" Hoffman and the 325 squatters are part of a diverse history of the island that includes whaling and fishing.
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Founded in 1771 and originally part of Orange County, Chatham, located in the Piedmont region of the state, contains a mixed history that encompasses divided loyalties, minerals, and a prehistoric shoreline.
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Comprising nine lines and carrying approximately 327,586 passengers annually, the North Carolina ferry system uses a combination of old and new vessels to transport people and cars across state waters.
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Containing the largest network of inland waters in the United States, North Carolina additionally claims 320 miles of Atlantic shoreline. Including sounds, lagoons, estuaries, rivers, canals, slues, coves, and inlets, North Carolina waters are constantly altered by erosion, sedimentation, storms, and dredging.
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Comprising 60,000 acres and inhabited by 10,000 individuals, Swain County is the state's most visited region. Containing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Cherokee Reservation, Nantahala Gorge, Blue Ridge Parkway, Nantahala National Forest, and Fontana Lake, Swain County is a mountainous region. First explored in 1795 and mapped in 1858, Swain is a diverse locality containing natural wonders as well as agriculture, manufacturing, and measured progress.
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