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Encyclopedia > Flat River (North Carolina)

The Flat River is a river in Southern Person County, North Carolina and a portion of Durham County, North Carolina. Person County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Durham County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ...


The River flows in S. Person County to combine with the Little and Eno Rivers to flow into the Neuse River. The river is the namesake for the township called Flat River, which has the highest census total of the 9 communities in Person County because it is mostly a combination of Hurdle Mills and Timberlake (the communities where the river goes through). The Eno River at Hillsborough, North Carolina The Eno River, named for the Eno Indians who once lived along its banks, is the initial tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. The Eno rises in Orange County. ... A bridge over the Neuse River. ...


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North Carolina - MSN Encarta (1722 words)
It is bounded by Virginia on the north, Tennessee on the west, and South Carolina and Georgia on the south.
North Carolina’s name is derived from the Latin word Carolinus, meaning “of Charles.” The state was named in honor of King Charles I and King Charles II of England by their friends and supporters who were establishing colonies in the southern part of the Virginia colony.
The Cape Fear River, one of the principal rivers in the state, begins in the Piedmont and flows southeastward as a stream laden with yellow muds and silts until it converges with a large backwater tributary known as the Northeast Cape Fear River.
North Carolina. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (2574 words)
Running along the entire coast of North Carolina, serving as a buffer against the Atlantic, is a long chain of barrier islands (the Outer Banks), with constantly shifting sand dunes, from which project three famous capes—Hatteras, Lookout, and Fear.
Within the year North Carolina repealed the act ceding the land; however, the cession was reenacted in 1789, and that territory became (1796) the state of Tennessee.
The nationwide agrarian revolt reached North Carolina in the Granger movement (1875), the Farmers’ Alliance (1887), and the Populist party, which united with the Republicans to carry the state elections in 1894 and 1896.
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