Burke County, North Carolina

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county of North Carolina

Burke County, North Carolina is a historic county in the western part of the state, known for its role in early frontier settlement and its scenic Appalachian foothills.

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Label	Occurrences
Burke County, North Carolina canonical	8

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county of North Carolina ⓘ
borders	Avery County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Caldwell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Catawba County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ McDowell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutherford County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Burkemont Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Connelly Springs, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Drexel, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Glen Alpine, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonas Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake James NERFINISHED ⓘ Linville Gorge Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ Morganton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodhiss, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Mountains State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Table Rock (North Carolina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Valdese, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Morganton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature	scenic Appalachian foothills ⓘ
FIPSCode	37-023 ⓘ
formedFrom	Rowan County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAsCounty	1777 ⓘ
GNISID	1023850 ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Fort Defiance (North Carolina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Burke County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Quaker Meadows NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotto	“Nature’s Playground” NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.burkenc.org/ ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Pisgah National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ South Mountains State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicRegion	North Carolina frontier ⓘ
knownFor	early frontier settlement history ⓘ
largestCity	Morganton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	western North Carolina ⓘ
locatedOn	Catawba River NERFINISHED ⓘ Linville River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Thomas Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Appalachian foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ Appalachian region NERFINISHED ⓘ Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buncombe County, North Carolina → foundedFrom → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

Colonel Isaac E. Avery → birthPlace → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Isaac E. Avery

Morganton, North Carolina, United States → county → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Morganton, North Carolina

Morganton, North Carolina, United States → locatedIn → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Morganton, North Carolina

Morganton, North Carolina, United States → isCountySeatOf → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Morganton, North Carolina

western North Carolina → contains → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Western North Carolina

Lincoln County → borderedBy → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, North Carolina

Cleveland County → borders → Burke County, North Carolina ⓘ

subject surface form: Cleveland County, North Carolina