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Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1907, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The first post office in the area opened in 1816. The city's population was 57,685 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 56,325 in 2014. Rocky Mount has received the All-America City Award from the National Civic League two times, in 1969 and 1999.Rocky Mount is the principal city of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area, which includes Edgeco...
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  • 1. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    This is a list of notable alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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  • 3. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area Apex
    Jordan Lake Educational State Forest is a 900-acre North Carolina State Forest near Apex, North Carolina. It is located beside the over 46,768 acre Jordan Lake.
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  • 4. Carolina Tiger Rescue Pittsboro
    Previously known as the Carnivore Preservation Trust, the Carolina Tiger Rescue is a private 501 nonprofit wildlife sanctuary, as defined by The Captive Wildlife Safety Act , in Pittsboro, North Carolina. It is home to tigers, lions, cougars, leopards, binturongs, caracals, kinkajous, ocelots, servals and bobcats. Carolina Tiger Rescue rescues wildcats, provides lifelong sanctuary for wildcats, educates the public about the plight of wildcats in captivity and in the wild, conducts non-invasive research to further understand and aid wildcats, and advocates for action to maintain wildcats in sustainable native habitats, or when that is not a viable option, for the respectful, humane treatment of them in captivity.
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  • 6. Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve Cary
    Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve is a joint project between the North Carolina state park system and the Town of Cary in Wake County, North Carolina in the United States. Located in Cary, it covers approximately 140-acre in the Research Triangle region of the state. The state owns 97-acre of the preserve, known as Hemlock Bluffs State Natural Area. The Town of Cary owns approximately 42-acre of the preserve, and the town leases the state's land for management. The preserve protects a population of Eastern Hemlock trees and other vegetation more typically found further west, in the Appalachian Mountains. The tall, north-facing bluffs of Swift Creek provide conditions similar enough to the mountains to have allowed the plant communities to have survived here since the last ice age.The Stevens ...
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  • 8. Rocky Mount City Lake and Park Rocky Mount North Carolina
    Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1907, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The first post office in the area opened in 1816. The city's population was 57,685 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 56,325 in 2014. Rocky Mount has received the All-America City Award from the National Civic League two times, in 1969 and 1999.Rocky Mount is the principal city of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area, which includes Edgecombe and Nash counties. Rocky Mount is also a part of a Combined Statistical Area which encompasses the Rocky Mount and Wilson metropolitan a...
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  • 9. Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center Rocky Mount North Carolina
    Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1907, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The first post office in the area opened in 1816. The city's population was 57,685 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 56,325 in 2014. Rocky Mount has received the All-America City Award from the National Civic League two times, in 1969 and 1999.Rocky Mount is the principal city of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area, which includes Edgecombe and Nash counties. Rocky Mount is also a part of a Combined Statistical Area which encompasses the Rocky Mount and Wilson metropolitan a...
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  • 11. Martin Luther King Jr. Park Rocky Mount North Carolina
    Streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. can be found in many cities of the United States and in nearly every major metropolis. There are also a number of other countries that have honored Martin Luther King Jr., including Italy and Israel. The number of streets named after King is increasing every year, and about 70% of these streets are in Southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. King's home state of Georgia had the most, with 75 streets as of 2001; this had increased to 105 as of 2006.As of 2003, there were over 600 American cities that had named a street after King. By 2004, this number had grown to 650, according to NPR. In 2006, Derek Alderman, a cultural geographer at East Carolina University, reported the number had increased ...
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