North Carolina

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North Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its diverse geography from Atlantic beaches to the Appalachian Mountains, major cities like Charlotte and Raleigh, and a strong presence in finance, research, and higher education.


Statements (85)
Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state
admittedToUnionOn 1789-11-21
borders Atlantic Ocean
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
capital Raleigh
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
containsCity Asheville
Cary
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Durham
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
containsIslandGroup Outer Banks
containsMetropolitanArea Charlotte metropolitan area
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area
containsMilitaryBase Fort Liberty
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
containsNationalPark Great Smoky Mountains National Park
containsNationalSeashore Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
containsRegion Research Triangle
country United States of America
demonym North Carolinian
hasHistoricSite Wright Brothers National Memorial
hasMajorCrop hogs
poultry
sweet potatoes
tobacco
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
banking
biotechnology
finance
furniture manufacturing
information technology
pharmaceuticals
textiles
tobacco
hasNASCARTrack Charlotte Motor Speedway
hasProfessionalSportsTeam Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte Hornets
hasRegion Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Piedmont
hasUniversity Duke University
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Wake Forest University
highestElevationMeters 2037
highestPoint Mount Mitchell
ISOCode US-NC
joinedConfederateStatesOfAmerica 1861
largestCity Charlotte
legislature North Carolina General Assembly
locatedIn Southeastern United States
lowerHouse North Carolina House of Representatives
motto Esse quam videri
nickname Old North State
Tar Heel State
orderOfAdmission 12
postalAbbreviation NC
stateBeverage Milk
stateBird Northern cardinal
stateDance Clogging
Shag
stateFish Channel bass
stateFlower Flowering dogwood
stateInsect European honey bee
stateMammal Eastern gray squirrel
stateReptile Eastern box turtle
stateSong The Old North State
stateTree Pine
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
upperHouse North Carolina Senate
wasOneOfOriginalThirteenColonies true

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 600)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ackland Art Museum
Alamance County urban area
Alamance County, North Carolina
American Tobacco Historic District
Antler Hill Village
Apex Community Center
Apex Community Park
B. Everett Jordan Lake
Bass Lake
Bass Lake Park
Biltmore Dairy Barn
Biltmore Village
Biltmore Winery
Blackwood Division
Bladen County, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway
Bostock Library
Brown’s Schoolhouse
Brunswick Town
Buckquarter Creek Trail
Camp Geiger
Camp Johnson
Cape Fear River
Caswell County, North Carolina
Catawba College
Catawba River
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charlotte campus
Charlotte metropolitan area
Chatham County, North Carolina
Cox Mountain Trail
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Diocese of East Carolina
Diocese of North Carolina
Diocese of Western North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
Downtown Apex Historic District
Downtown Durham Historic District
Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
Duke Forest
Duke Gardens
Duke University School of Law
Durham, North Carolina
Eno Division
Eno Quarry Trail
Fanny’s Ford Trail
Fews Ford primitive campground
Fort Bragg
Fort Liberty
Fuquay-Varina
Gastonia, North Carolina
GoTriangle
Granville County, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greene County, North Carolina
Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice
Henderson, North Carolina ("North Carolina, United States")
High Point University
Hillsboro Division
Holly Springs
Holly Springs Community Library
International Civil Rights Center & Museum
Johnston County
Kelly Road Park
Korstian Division
Laurel Bluffs Trail
Lee County, North Carolina
Little River (Durham County, North Carolina)
Macon, North Carolina
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
Mayberry
Mint Museum Randolph
Monroe, North Carolina
Moore County, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell
Museum of Life and Science
NASCAR Hall of Fame
NCCU School of Law Library
National Religious Training School and Chautauqua
Normal College
North Carolina Coastal Plain
North Carolina College at Durham
North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites
North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
North Carolina gold mines
North Carolina leaders
Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina
Onslow Beach
Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County, North Carolina
Perkins Library
Person County, North Carolina
Piedmont Crescent
Piedmont Triad
Piedmont region of North Carolina
Pope Army Airfield
Pump Station Trail
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Raleigh City Council
Raleigh–Durham Airport Authority
Raleigh–Durham International Airport
Raleigh–Durham area
Research Triangle
Research Triangle Park
Shaw University
Sugg Farm at Bass Lake Park
Szostak Design
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley
Terminal 1 (Raleigh–Durham International Airport)
The Triangle
Trinity College
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
U.S. Route 501
UNC Health Rex Holly Springs Hospital
Union Institute
United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Wake County Public School System
Wake County, North Carolina
Wake Forest
Wake Forest Historic District
Wake Forest Police Department
Wake Forest University
West Point on the Eno city park
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
locatedIn
528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne)
95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)
Alamance County urban area
Albemarle, North Carolina
American Tobacco Campus
Andy Taylor
Apex Community Library
Apex Police Department
Apex, North Carolina
Appalachian State University Hickory campus
Asheville, North Carolina
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
Biltmore Estate
Bladen County, North Carolina
Blue Devils
Blue Ridge Parkway
Brown’s Schoolhouse
Buckquarter Creek Trail
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Burlington, North Carolina
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina Performing Arts
Carrboro, North Carolina
Cary
Caswell County, North Carolina
Catawba College
Chapel Hill Historic District
Chapel Hill Transit
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Knights
Charlotte Mint
Charlotte campus
Charlotte, North Carolina
Chatham County, North Carolina
City of Medicine
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Concord, North Carolina
Cox Mountain Trail
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Davidson College
Duke Chapel
Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
Duke Forest
Duke Gardens
Duke Raleigh Hospital
Duke Translational Medicine Institute
Duke University
Duke University School of Law
Durham Bulls
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Durham County Board of Commissioners
Durham County, North Carolina
Durham Division
Durham Public Schools
Durham Technical Community College
Eden, North Carolina
Edenton
Elon University
Eno Quarry Trail
Eno River
Eno River State Park
Fanny’s Ford Trail
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fearrington Village, North Carolina
Fews Ford primitive campground
Fuqua School of Business
Fuquay-Varina
Gastonia, North Carolina
Goldston, North Carolina
Granville County Board of Commissioners
Granville County, North Carolina
Great Dismal Swamp
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greene County, North Carolina
Greensboro sit-ins
Greensboro, North Carolina
Harnett County, North Carolina
Henderson, North Carolina
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Holly Ridge Elementary School
Holly Springs
Holly Springs Community Library
Holly Springs Salamanders
Interstate 485
Interstate 540
Interstate 73
James E. Shepard Memorial Library
Johnston County
Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Kelly Road Park
Kinston, North Carolina
Knightdale
Laurel Bluffs Trail
Lenoir, North Carolina
Lexington, North Carolina
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Lumbee
Macon, North Carolina
Mebane, North Carolina
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Mocksville, North Carolina
Moore County, North Carolina
Mooresville, North Carolina
state
Apex Fire Department ("State of North Carolina")
Appalachian State University Hickory campus
Chapel Hill Town Council
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham Athletic Park
Holly Springs Law Enforcement Center
Holly Springs Town Hall
Holly Springs Town Hall ("North Carolina, United States")
Marine Corps Air Station New River
North Carolina State Legislative Building
O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
9th Wonder
Bones McKinney
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Braxton Bragg
James Taylor ("North Carolina, United States")
Joe West ("North Carolina, United States")
Joseph Jackson Gibbs ("North Carolina, United States")
Kenneth C. Royall
Mark Meadows
Michael S. Regan
Richard Caswell
Thomas Ferebee
residence
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Trail
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Interstate 74
Interstate 77
Interstate 85
Piedmont (United States)
Piedmont Plateau
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 70
passesThrough
Government of North Carolina
Governor of North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina General Assembly ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina House of Representatives ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina Senate ("State of North Carolina")
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
jurisdiction
Ackland Art Museum
BellSouth
College of Health and Sciences
Duke Raleigh Hospital
Duke University Health System
UNC School of Medicine
UNC School of Public Health
University College (North Carolina Central University)
regionServed
Governor of North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina Constitution ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution
President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate ("State of North Carolina")
United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) ("State of North Carolina")
appliesToJurisdiction
Joint Special Operations Command
Marine Corps Installations East
PowerSecure
U.S. Army Forces Command
U.S. Army Reserve Command
University of North Carolina System
headquartersLocation
Georgia
Georgia
South Carolina
Southside Virginia
Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia
borderedBy
Paper Towns
Sophie's Choice
The Color Purple (1985 film)
The Secret Life of Bees
The Tale
filmingLocation
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte Eagles
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Durham Bulls
North Carolina Courage
homeState
Belk
Colonial Assembly of North Carolina
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
World Golf Hall of Fame
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
9th Wonder
Bob Young ("North Carolina, United States")
Marc Ewing
Steep Canyon Rangers
basedIn
Danville, Virginia
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Tennessee (eastern portion)
Western Virginia
borders
High Point, North Carolina
Mocksville, North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
Monroe, North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
Rolesville ("State of North Carolina")
countrySubdivision
Appalachia
Appalachian Plateau
Black Belt (U.S. region)
Gulf Coastal Plain
extendsInto
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era)
East Coast of the United States
Eastern United States
Southern United States
includesState
22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
Carolinas Campaign
North Carolina Sons of Liberty
North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution
location
North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina State Legislative Building ("State of North Carolina")
UNC Hospitals ("State of North Carolina")
UNC Medical Center ("State of North Carolina")
ownedBy
Goldston, North Carolina
Mocksville, North Carolina
Randolph County, North Carolina
Town of Stovall, North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
partOf
Cherokee National Forest
Tennessee
Virginia
bordersState
Durham County Social Services ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites ("State of North Carolina")
fundedBy
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
2nd Marine Logistics Group
6th Marines
garrisonLocation
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Holly Ridge Middle School
Mebane, North Carolina
isLocatedIn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Southern Department of the Continental Army
operatedIn
Interstate 40
Interstate 95
U.S. Route 29
passesThroughState
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge province
extendsThrough
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
All American Division
garrison
North Carolina State Capitol ("State of North Carolina")
Union Square (Raleigh) ("State of North Carolina")
governingBody
North Carolina General Assembly ("State of North Carolina")
North Carolina General Assembly
governs
Carolinas
Confederate States of America
hasPart
Holly Ridge Middle School
South Atlantic
hasState
Cary
Thomasville, North Carolina
incorporatedIn
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Lilly Library
locatedInState
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Southern Railway (U.S.)
operatedInState
North Carolina Community College System ("State of North Carolina")
University of North Carolina System ("State of North Carolina")
operatesInJurisdiction
Bartlett S. Durham
Ezell Blair Jr.
placeOfActivity
Alamance County, North Carolina ("NC")
North Carolina ("NC")
postalAbbreviation
John Edwards
Sam Ervin
represented
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
servedState
Cape Fear (1962 film)
Gomer Pyle
setting
Greene County, North Carolina ("NC")
abbreviation
Red Shirts
activeIn
Hurricane Agnes (1972)
affectedArea
North Carolina House of Representatives ("State of North Carolina")
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction
Government of North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
appliesToTerritory
RHT
associatedWithCompanyHeadquartersState
Ohio River
basinIncludesState
Clingmans Dome
borderWith
Bally Sports South
broadcastArea
Governor of North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
chiefExecutiveOf
Carolinas
comprises
U.S. Route 70
connects
Silver Star (train)
connectsState
South Eastern Reporter
coversJurisdiction
United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) ("North Carolina (after independence)")
currencyOf
Tuscarora
currentPopulationRegion
US Airways Flight 1549
destinationState
Savannah River
drainageBasin
Interstate 40
easternTerminus
U.S. Route 29 in Virginia
entersFrom
Hernando de Soto
exploredRegion
2011 Virginia earthquake
feltIn
Catawba River
flowsThrough
Camel
foundedInState
American alligator
foundIn
University of North Carolina System ("State of North Carolina")
fundingSource
Anti-Federalists
geographicStronghold
North Carolina House of Representatives
governingBodyOf
Old Dominion
hasBorderWith
South Atlantic
hasCoastalState
Harnett County, North Carolina ("US-NC")
hasISOCode
Fourth federal judicial circuit
hasJurisdictionOver
Freedom Rides
hasLocation
United States South Atlantic states
hasMember
MET
hasMemberTeamsFrom
Von Maur
hasRetailOutletIn
Governor of North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
headOfGovernmentFor
Catawba
historicalTerritory
Charlotte Hornets
homeArenaState
Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh ("North Carolina (team location)")
homeStateInStory
John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign
homeStateOfCandidate
Black Codes
implementedIn
Sun Belt
includes
contiguous United States
includesAdministrativeTerritory
Mississippi River basin
includesPartOf
American South (colonial and early national periods)
includesTerritory
Raleigh
isCapitalOf
Mount Mitchell
isHighestPointOf
Goldston, North Carolina
isIn
Town of Stovall, North Carolina
isInNorthernPartOf
Raleigh–Durham International Airport
isMajorAirportFor
North Carolina ("US-NC")
ISOCode
Piedmont Triad
isUrbanRegionOf
Southern Republicans
keyState
Charlotte, North Carolina
largestCityIn
North Carolina General Assembly ("State of North Carolina")
legislativeBodyFor
Durham County Courthouse
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Regulator Movement ("state of North Carolina")
locatedInPresentDay
North Carolina State Capitol
locatedInRegion
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022
locationConcerned
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
locationOfFacts
American Tobacco Company
locationOfFormation
Hurricane Agnes (1972)
madeLandfallIn
North Carolina State Legislative Building ("State of North Carolina")
maintainedBy
Confederate States of America
memberState
Southeast
memberTeamLocationRegion
Southeastern Woodlands
modernStatesOverlap
Province of North Carolina
modernTerritory
Statesville, North Carolina ("State of North Carolina")
namedAfter
Dionaea muscipula
nativeTo
North Carolina ("Tar Heel State")
nickname
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008
notableState
UNC Medical Center ("State of North Carolina")
operatedBy
North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
operatesIn
Norfolk Southern Railway
operatesInState
Tuscarora
originalRegion
Shaw v. Reno
originatingState
North Carolina State Capitol ("State of North Carolina")
owner
Bible Belt
partlyIn
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
primaryState
Lumbee ("State of North Carolina")
recognizedBy
DPAC
region
Duke Regional Hospital ("State of North Carolina")
regulatoryJurisdiction
Carolina Cougars
representedArea
Carolina Panthers
representsState
Barney Fife
seriesSettingState
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
servesArea
UNC Medical Center
servesPopulation
UNC Hospitals
servesRegion
Amtrak Silver Service
servesState
Cox Internet
serviceArea
Bull Durham
setIn
Air (2023 film)
setInPlace
Laotian American
settlementState

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