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Admission to Statehood: November 21, 1789
Ancestry and Genealogy: North Carolina State Database
Area:
53821 sq.mi, ranks 28th
- Land 48718 sq. mi., ranks 29th
- Water 5103 sq.mi., ranks 10th
- Coastline 301 mi., ranks 7th
- Shoreline 3,375 mi., ranks 6th

Area Codes: 252 - 336 - 704 - 828 - 910 - 919 - 980

Bird: Cardinal

Border States: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

Cam World: Live Web Cams

City Guides: North Carolina City Guides

Climate: North Carolina

Colleges, Universities: North Carolina

Constitution: 12th State

County Profile: Text List 100 Counties

Courts: Judicial System

Current Events: North Carolina News Headlines

Department of: Education Licensure

Driving: DMV

Economy:

Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans.
Industry: Tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, tourism.

Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index

Fast Facts: 50states List

Flag:

That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776." Get this Flag

Flower: Dogwood Cornus florida

Genealogical Resources: Genealogy.com Cyndi's List Historical Societies

Geographic Center: Chatham, 10 miles northwest of Sanford

Governor: Michael F. Easley (D)

Highest Point: Mt. Mitchell ; 6,684 feet, 16th

Highway Markers: North Carolina Resource Manual

History: Historical Civil War

Largest Cities:

Library: North Carolina

License Plates: North Carolina

Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd

Maps: Rand McNally DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List

Media: Radio TV

Motto: Esse quam videri

To be, rather than to seem

Museums: The Virtual Library

National Forest: North Carolina

Newspapers:

North Carolina Press Association [Raleigh]
The Asheville Citizen-Times [Asheville]
The Banner Online [Asheville]
The Bladen Journal [Elizabethtown]
The Brunswick Beacon [Shallotte]
Business Journal of Charlotte [Charlotte]
Business Journal of Triad [Triad]
Carteret News-Times [Morehead City]
Chapel Hill News [Chapel Hill]
The Charlotte Observer [Charlotte]
Charlotte Post [Charlotte]
Chatham Journal [Pittsboro]
Chronicle Online [Durham]
Clayton News-Star [Clayton]
Creative Loafing [Charlotte]
The Courier-Times [Roxboro]
Courier-Tribune [Asheboro]
The Daily Dispatch [Henderson]
Daily Herald [Roanoke Rapids]
The Daily News [Jacksonville]
The Daily News [Eden]
The Daily Reflector [Greenville]
The Daily Tar Heel [Chapel Hill]
The Depot [Piedmont Triad]
Dunn Daily Record [Dunn]
Enterprise Mountaineer [Enterprise]
Fayetteville Observer-Times [Fayetteville]
The Franklin Press [Franklin]
The Gaston Gazette [Gastonia]
Goldsboro News-Argus [Goldsboro]
Havelock News [Havelock]
Herald and Ruralite [Sylva]
The Herald-Sun [Durham]
The Hickory Daily Record [Hickory]
High Point Enterprise [High Point]
The Highlander [Highlands]
The Independent Tribune [Concord]
Island Gazette [Carolina Beach]
Jamestown News [Jamestown]
Jefferson Post [West Jefferson]
King Times [King]
The Laurinburg Exchange [Laurinburg]
The Leader [Charlotte]
The McDowell News [Marion]
Mitchell News-Journal [Spruce Pine]
Mount Airy News [Mount Airy]
Mount Olive Tribune [Mount Olive]
The Mountain Times [Boone]
Mountain Xpress [Asheville]
The News-Journal [Raeford]
The News & Observer [Raleigh]
The News Herald [Morganton]
The News Reporter [Whiteville]
Niner Online [Charlotte]
Observer News Enterprise [Newton]
Outer Banks Sentinel [Nags Head]
The Pilot [Southern Pines]
The Record [North Wilkesboro]
Rhino Times [Greensboro]
The Robesonian [Lumberton]
Salisbury Post [Salisbury]
The Sampson Independent [Clinton]
The Sanford Herald [Sanford]
Shelby Star [Shelby]
Smoky Mountain News [Waynesville]
Spectator [Raleigh]
The State Port Pilot [Southport]
Statesville Record & Landmark [Statesville]
The Sun Journal [New Bern]
The Taylorsville Times [Taylorsville]
Thomasville Times [Thomasville]
Tideland News [Swansboro]
Times-News [Hendersonville]
Topsail Voice [Hampstead]
Triangle Business Journal [Raleigh]
Up and Coming Magazine [Fayetteville]
The Wake Weekly [Wake Forest]
Watauga Democrat [Boone]
The Weekly Post [Locust]
Wilmington Morning Star [Wilmington]
The Wilson Daily Times [Wilson]
Winston-Salem Journal [Winston Salem]

Nickname: Old North State / Tar Heel State

Origin of state's name: Taken from "Carolus," the Latin word for Charles and named after England's King Charles I

Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com

Permanent Residents: Find A Grave

Population: Quick facts 8,049,313 ; 11th, 12/00

Presidental Birthplace:

James Knox Polk, 1845-1849 {11th}
Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869 {17th}
Born: December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina

Public Records: North Carolina

Real Estate: North Carolina

Representatives:

US House: 108th Congress
US Senate: 108th Congress
North Carolina House: Members
North Carolina Senate: Members

Road Side America: North Carolina

Soil: North Carolina - Cecil

Song: The Old North State 50states List Sheet Music

words by: William Gaston
music by: Mrs. E.E. Randolph

Sports: College

Duke Blue Devils - Durham
East Carolina Pirates - Greenville
NC/Charlotte 49ers - Charlotte
NC/Wilmington Seahawks - Wilmington
North Carolina Tarheels - Chapel Hill
North Carolina State Wolfpack - Raleigh
Wake Forest Demon Deacons - Winston-Salem
Western Carolina Catamounts - Cullowhee

High School

North Carolina High School Athletic Association

League

Asheville Altitude - Asheville
Asheville Aces (UHL) - Asheville
Asheville Tourists (A) - Asheville
Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) - Charlotte
Charlotte Knights (IL) - Charlotte
Durham Bulls (IL) - Durham
Fayetteville Force (CHL) - Fayetteville
Hickory Crawdads (A) - Hickory
Greensboro Bats (A) - Greensboro
Kinston Indians (A) - Kinston
Winston-Salem Warthogs (A) - Winston-Salem

Professional

Stadiums - Arenas

Charlotte Coliseum - Charlotte
LJVM Coliseum - Winston-Salem

State Parks: North Carolina

State Quarters: North Carolina

Symbols: NC state library

Topography: Image Coastal plains and tidewater in two-fifths of state, extending to the fall line of the rivers; piedmont plateau, another two-fifths, of gentle to rugged hills; southern Appalachian Mountains contain Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains.

Travel: North Carolina Travel

Tree: Longleaf Pine Pinus Plant a Historic Tree, Today!

Unclaimed Funds: North Carolina

Veteran Affairs: North Carolina VA

Vital Records: North Carolina Vital Records

Weather: Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International

MORE NORTH CAROLINA FACTS
Designation	Symbol / Emblem	Adopted
Blue Berry	Blueberry	2001
Beverage	Milk	1987
Bird	Cardinal	1943
Colors	Red and Blue	1945
Dog	Plott Hound	1989