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commonly associated with the term Inner Banks. Counties shaded yellow are occasionally included in Inner Banks definitions.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Columbia,NC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Columbia%2CNC.JPG/280px-Columbia%2CNC.JPG" decoding="async" width="280" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Columbia%2CNC.JPG/420px-Columbia%2CNC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Columbia%2CNC.JPG/560px-Columbia%2CNC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Historic <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_North_Carolina" title="Columbia, North Carolina">Columbia, NC</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Inner Banks</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Neologism" title="Neologism">neologism</a> made up by developers and tourism promoters to describe the inland coastal region of eastern <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. Without historical precedent, the term "Inner Banks" is an early 21st-century construct that is part of an attempt to rebrand the mostly agrarian <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Plain" title="Atlantic Plain">Coastal Plains</a> east of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 95 in North Carolina">I-95</a> as a more attractive region for visitors and retirees. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current Inner Banks region was historically grouped with the <a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a> as the Carolinas and Georgia's <b>Piney Woods</b>. Around the time of the <a href="/wiki/US_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="US Civil War">Civil War</a>, people from the area were known as "Goobers".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional name and demonym fell from use over time as the area was deforested. </p><p>The present term suggests relation to the historical area known as the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a>, a string of <a href="/wiki/Barrier_island" title="Barrier island">barrier islands</a> off the coast of North Carolina that have long been a popular tourist attraction. The demand for waterfront property in eastern North Carolina as a site for second homes for the relatively wealthy has resulted in a tremendous disparity of prices in such locales. Frequently otherwise equivalent lots on opposite sides of a road will have broadly divergent tax and appraisal values. For example, on Rock Creek Road in Jones County, riverfront lots on the <a href="/wiki/Trent_River_(North_Carolina)" title="Trent River (North Carolina)">Trent River</a> had a tax value of $201,286 per acre; lots immediately across the road had a tax value of $33,634 per acre, according to the Jones County GIS maps.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The developers and tourism promoters have broadly defined the Inner Banks as an area on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a> of North Carolina that is 22,227 square miles (57,568 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-TT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The so-called Inner Banks comprises over 3,000 miles of inland coastline and is home to over 2.5 million residents. Marketing people include the <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Coast" title="Crystal Coast">Crystal Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeastern North Carolina">Albemarle</a> regions of the state in the Inner Banks. Having a moderate climate, the area is becoming a popular destination for retirees and small business entrepreneurs.<sup id="cite_ref-N&O_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N&O-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Inner Banks" is sometimes abbreviated with the acronym <b>IBX</b>, another attempt at trendiness.<sup id="cite_ref-TT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The general definition states that the Inner Banks is a region between <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 95 in North Carolina">Interstate 95</a> to the west, the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a> to the east, and extend from the <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> border to the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> border. Consisting of 41 counties, the region is three times the size of the state of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. Many areas farther from the <a href="/wiki/Sound_(water)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound (water)">sounds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tidal_river" title="Tidal river">tidal rivers</a> have not embraced the Inner Banks brand and are seldom included in the definition. Traditionally dependent on agriculture and the textile industry, eastern <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> has worked to redefine the region's strengths to transition into the new <a href="/wiki/Economic_globalization" title="Economic globalization">global economy</a>. </p><p>Six small towns in the Inner Banks have joined in what they call the Creative Communities Initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are working to foster an environment attractive to <a href="/wiki/Knowledge_worker" title="Knowledge worker">knowledge workers</a>, artists, and other people working in the creative economy. These six towns are: <a href="/wiki/Ayden,_North_Carolina" title="Ayden, North Carolina">Ayden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edenton,_North_Carolina" title="Edenton, North Carolina">Edenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertford,_North_Carolina" title="Hertford, North Carolina">Hertford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_North_Carolina" title="Murfreesboro, North Carolina">Murfreesboro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_North_Carolina" title="Plymouth, North Carolina">Plymouth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_North_Carolina" title="Tarboro, North Carolina">Tarboro</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Albemarle_Region">Albemarle Region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Albemarle Region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Northeastern North Carolina</b> (or the <b>Albemarle Region</b>) consists of 16 counties<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (February 2022)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> in extreme northeast North Carolina that surround <a href="/wiki/Albemarle_Sound" title="Albemarle Sound">Albemarle Sound</a> and its tributaries, such as the <a href="/wiki/Chowan_River" title="Chowan River">Chowan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_River" title="Roanoke River">Roanoke</a> rivers. It has numerous attractions in terms of its undeveloped beaches, rivers, and small towns. Historic sites within the Albemarle Region are identified along the <a href="/wiki/Historic_Albemarle_Tour" title="Historic Albemarle Tour">Historic Albemarle Tour</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This waterway-rich region was inhabited for thousands of years by various cultures of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous peoples</a>. By the historic period of European contact, the coastal area was occupied primarily by <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_languages" title="Algonquian languages">Algonquian</a>-speaking tribes. The other two major language families of historic tribes in the state were <a href="/wiki/Siouan_languages" title="Siouan languages">Siouan languages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iroquoian_languages" title="Iroquoian languages">Iroquoian languages</a>. </p><p>After European contact, the area which is now northeastern North Carolina and southeastern <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> was one of the first in North America to be settled by English and related northern Europeans. <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Dare" title="Virginia Dare">Virginia Dare</a> was born on nearby <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Island" title="Roanoke Island">Roanoke Island</a> in 1587, in what is today part of North Carolina. She is recorded as the first <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">English</a> child born in North America. The Roanoke colony did not survive. </p><p>From the 17th century through the antebellum era, the cash crops were tobacco and cotton, both of which were labor-intensive in cultivation and processing. Major planters imported thousands of enslaved <a href="/wiki/African_people" class="mw-redirect" title="African people">Africans</a> for their work force through 1808, when the Atlantic trade was prohibited by Congress. They and their descendants were integral to the survival and success of the North Carolina colony and later state. Tobacco was especially labor-intensive and exhausted the soil. Some of the first tobacco planters shifted to mixed farming by the end of the 18th century to restore their soils. </p><p>Most of the region was relatively prosperous for white planters until the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. The productive farmland and shipping industries became a frequent target for <a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union</a> invasions. Several towns in the region were burned to the ground by Union troops during this time, including <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_North_Carolina" title="Plymouth, North Carolina">Plymouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winton,_North_Carolina" title="Winton, North Carolina">Winton</a>. <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> forces at Plymouth made the first use of an <a href="/wiki/Ironclad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironclad">ironclad</a> warship, the <i><a href="/wiki/CSS_Albemarle" title="CSS Albemarle">CSS Albemarle</a></i>. </p><p>After the war, the region was slow to change its economy. The area continued to rely on agriculture for its main economic base, which suffered a decline through the end of the 19th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Area">Area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counties">Counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edenton,NC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Edenton%2CNC.JPG/220px-Edenton%2CNC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Edenton%2CNC.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="303" /></a><figcaption>Historic <a href="/wiki/Edenton,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Edenton, NC">Edenton, NC</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pier_at_Hertford,_NC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Pier_at_Hertford%2C_NC.JPG/220px-Pier_at_Hertford%2C_NC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Pier_at_Hertford%2C_NC.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="243" /></a><figcaption>Historic <a href="/wiki/Hertford,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hertford, NC">Hertford, NC</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The following is a list of counties usually considered a part of the Inner Banks (listed alphabetically): </p><p><i>Generally:</i> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaufort County, NC">Beaufort County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Bertie County, NC">Bertie County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden County, NC">Camden County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Carteret County, NC">Carteret County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowan_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Chowan County, NC">Chowan County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Craven County, NC">Craven County</a></li> <li>mainland <a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Currituck County, NC">Currituck County</a></li> <li>mainland <a href="/wiki/Dare_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Dare County, NC">Dare County</a></li> <li>eastern <a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgecombe County, NC">Edgecombe County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Gates County, NC">Gates County</a></li> <li>eastern <a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax County, NC">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hertford County, NC">Hertford County</a></li> <li>mainland <a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyde County, NC">Hyde County</a></li> <li>eastern <a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Jones County, NC">Jones County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin County, NC">Martin County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton County, NC">Northampton County</a></li> <li>eastern <a href="/wiki/Onslow_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Onslow County, NC">Onslow County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamlico_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Pamlico County, NC">Pamlico County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasquotank_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasquotank County, NC">Pasquotank County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perquimans_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Perquimans County, NC">Perquimans County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitt County, NC">Pitt County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrrell County, NC">Tyrrell County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington County, NC">Washington County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayne County, NC">Wayne County</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities_and_towns">Cities and towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of some of the towns and communities in the Inner Banks (listed alphabetically): </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahoskie,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahoskie, NC">Ahoskie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayden,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayden, NC">Ayden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Arapahoe, NC">Arapahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurora, NC">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Bath, NC">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayboro,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayboro, NC">Bayboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaufort, NC">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belhaven,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Belhaven, NC">Belhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethel, NC">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden,_North_Carolina" title="Camden, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chocowinity,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Chocowinity, NC">Chocowinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia, NC">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corapeake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corapeake (page does not exist)">Corapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creswell,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Creswell, NC">Creswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Currituck, NC">Currituck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edenton,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Edenton, NC">Edenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth City, NC">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eure" title="Eure">Eure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eureka,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Eureka, NC">Eureka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Farmville, NC">Farmville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Fremont, NC">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates,_North_Carolina" title="Gates, North Carolina">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatesville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Gatesville, NC">Gatesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenville, NC">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldsboro, NC">Goldsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grifton,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Grifton, NC">Grifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampstead, NC">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harkers_Island,_North_Carolina" title="Harkers Island, North Carolina">Harkers Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Havelock, NC">Havelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hertford, NC">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobbsville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hobbsville (page does not exist)">Hobbsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville, NC">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotts_Island,_North_Carolina" title="Knotts Island, North Carolina">Knotts Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Morehead City, NC">Morehead City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyock,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Moyock, NC">Moyock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Murfreesboro, NC">Murfreesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="New Bern, NC">New Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport, NC">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_City,_North_Carolina" title="Oak City, North Carolina">Oak City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental, NC">Oriental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantego,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Pantego, NC">Pantego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth, NC">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robersonville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Robersonville, NC">Robersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roducco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roducco (page does not exist)">Roducco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roper,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roper, NC">Roper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stantonsburg,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Stantonsburg, NC">Stantonsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_North_Carolina" title="Sunbury, North Carolina">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Swan Quarter, NC">Swan Quarter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansboro,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Swansboro, NC">Swansboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarboro, NC">Tarboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Trenton, NC">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanceboro,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanceboro, NC">Vanceboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, NC">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamston,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Williamston, NC">Williamston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Windsor, NC">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfall,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Winfall, NC">Winfall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Winterville, NC">Winterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Winton, NC">Winton</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks">Parks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roanoke_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge_(Plymouth,_North_Carolina_-_19_July_2006).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Roanoke_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge_%28Plymouth%2C_North_Carolina_-_19_July_2006%29.jpg/220px-Roanoke_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge_%28Plymouth%2C_North_Carolina_-_19_July_2006%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Roanoke_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge_%28Plymouth%2C_North_Carolina_-_19_July_2006%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="243" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge">Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge</a> from <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth, NC">Plymouth, NC</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dismal_Swamp_State_Park" title="Dismal Swamp State Park">Dismal Swamp State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Creek_State_Park" title="Goose Creek State Park">Goose Creek State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merchants_Millpond_State_Park" title="Merchants Millpond State Park">Merchants Millpond State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettigrew_State_Park" title="Pettigrew State Park">Pettigrew State Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wildlife_refuges">Wildlife refuges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Wildlife refuges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alligator_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge">Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge">Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge">Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattamuskeet_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge">Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocosin_Lakes_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge">Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge">Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swanquarter_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge">Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Banks&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chowan_University" title="Chowan University">Chowan University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_University" title="East Carolina University">East Carolina University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City_State_University" title="Elizabeth City State University">Elizabeth City State University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Christian_University" title="Mid-Atlantic Christian University">Mid-Atlantic Christian University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County_Community_College" title="Beaufort County Community College">Beaufort County Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_Community_College" title="Carteret Community College">Carteret Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_Community_College" title="Coastal Carolina Community College">Coastal Carolina Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Albemarle" class="mw-redirect" title="College of the Albemarle">College of the Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_Community_College" title="Craven Community College">Craven Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_Community_College" title="Edgecombe Community College">Edgecombe Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Community_College" title="Halifax Community College">Halifax Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Community_College" title="Martin Community College">Martin Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamlico_Community_College" title="Pamlico Community College">Pamlico Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt_Community_College" title="Pitt Community College">Pitt Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke-Chowan_Community_College" 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North Carolina">reserviors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_North_Carolina" title="List of rivers of North Carolina">rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks" title="List of North Carolina state parks">state parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_North_Carolina" title="Wildlife of North Carolina">wildlife</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina" title="History of North Carolina">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">colonial era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina#American_Revolution" title="History of North Carolina">American Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_War_of_1812" title="North Carolina in the War of 1812">War of 1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="North Carolina in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Mass media in North Carolina">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_North_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in North Carolina">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of radio stations in North Carolina">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of television stations in North Carolina">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_North_Carolina" title="List of people from North Carolina">North Carolinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_North_Carolina" title="Politics of North Carolina">Politics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_North_Carolina" title="Government of North Carolina">government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_North_Carolina" title="Law of North Carolina">law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_symbols" title="List of North Carolina state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Tourist attractions in North Carolina">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_North_Carolina" title="Abortion in North Carolina">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_North_Carolina" title="Culture of North Carolina">Culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Carolina" title="Music of North Carolina">music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_North_Carolina" title="Sports in North Carolina">sports</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_North_Carolina" title="Climate change in North Carolina">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_North_Carolina" title="Crime in North Carolina">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Carolina" title="Demographics of North Carolina">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_North_Carolina" title="Economy of North Carolina">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina#Education" title="North Carolina">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Carolina" title="Elections in North Carolina">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_North_Carolina" title="Gambling in North Carolina">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Carolina" title="Gun laws in North Carolina">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in North Carolina">LGBT rights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#North_Carolina" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#Foothills" title="Western North Carolina">Foothills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#High_Country" title="Western North Carolina">High Country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_North_Carolina" title="Central North Carolina">Piedmont</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Metrolina (Charlotte)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Piedmont Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Triangle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_North_Carolina" title="Eastern North Carolina">Eastern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(region)" title="Cape Fear (region)">Cape Fear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Coast" title="Crystal Coast">Crystal Coast</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Inner Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#Largest_cities" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston‑Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#A" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina" title="Asheboro, North Carolina">Asheboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrboro,_North_Carolina" title="Carrboro, North Carolina">Carrboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons,_North_Carolina" title="Clemmons, North Carolina">Clemmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuquay-Varina,_North_Carolina" title="Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina">Fuquay-Varina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_North_Carolina" title="Jacksonville, North Carolina">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kernersville,_North_Carolina" title="Kernersville, North Carolina">Kernersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinston,_North_Carolina" title="Kinston, North Carolina">Kinston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland,_North_Carolina" title="Leland, North Carolina">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_North_Carolina" title="Lexington, North Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrisville,_North_Carolina" title="Morrisville, North Carolina">Morrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina" title="New Bern, North Carolina">New Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford,_North_Carolina" title="Sanford, North Carolina">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina" title="Thomasville, North Carolina">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson, North Carolina">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Towns_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Towns in North Carolina">Major towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden,_North_Carolina" title="Eden, North Carolina">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_North_Carolina" title="Graham, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_North_Carolina" title="Hendersonville, North Carolina">Hendersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Mills,_North_Carolina" title="Hope Mills, North Carolina">Hope Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisville,_North_Carolina" title="Lewisville, North Carolina">Lewisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberton,_North_Carolina" title="Lumberton, North Carolina">Lumberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morganton,_North_Carolina" title="Morganton, North Carolina">Morganton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_North_Carolina" title="Morehead City, North Carolina">Morehead City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reidsville,_North_Carolina" title="Reidsville, North Carolina">Reidsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Rapids,_North_Carolina" title="Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina">Roanoke Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_North_Carolina" title="Smithfield, North Carolina">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pines,_North_Carolina" title="Southern Pines, North Carolina">Southern Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_North_Carolina" title="Tarboro, North Carolina">Tarboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina" title="Winterville, North Carolina">Winterville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alamance County, North Carolina">Alamance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alexander County, North Carolina">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alleghany County, North Carolina">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Ashe County, North Carolina">Ashe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Avery County, North Carolina">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, North Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bertie County, North Carolina">Bertie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bladen County, North Carolina">Bladen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Burke County, North Carolina">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caldwell County, North Carolina">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina" title="Carteret County, North Carolina">Carteret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caswell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caswell County, North Carolina">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catawba_County,_North_Carolina" title="Catawba County, North Carolina">Catawba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chatham County, North Carolina">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chowan County, North Carolina">Chowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_North_Carolina" title="Clay County, North Carolina">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Columbus County, North Carolina">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_County,_North_Carolina" title="Craven County, North Carolina">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cumberland County, North Carolina">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina" title="Currituck County, North Carolina">Currituck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina" title="Dare County, North Carolina">Dare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson County, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davie County, North Carolina">Davie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Duplin County, North Carolina">Duplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina">Edgecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina" title="Forsyth County, North Carolina">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gaston County, North Carolina">Gaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gates County, North Carolina">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Graham County, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_County,_North_Carolina" title="Granville County, North Carolina">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_North_Carolina" title="Greene County, North Carolina">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Guilford County, North Carolina">Guilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina" title="Halifax County, North Carolina">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina" title="Harnett County, North Carolina">Harnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hertford County, North Carolina">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hoke County, North Carolina">Hoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hyde County, North Carolina">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iredell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Iredell County, North Carolina">Iredell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Johnston County, North Carolina">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jones County, North Carolina">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lee County, North Carolina">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir County, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_North_Carolina" title="Macon County, North Carolina">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Martin County, North Carolina">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina" title="McDowell County, North Carolina">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mitchell County, North Carolina">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Montgomery County, North Carolina">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_North_Carolina" title="Moore County, North Carolina">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina">New Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_North_Carolina" title="Northampton County, North Carolina">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onslow_County,_North_Carolina" title="Onslow County, North Carolina">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamlico_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pamlico County, North Carolina">Pamlico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasquotank_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pasquotank County, North Carolina">Pasquotank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pender_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pender County, North Carolina">Pender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perquimans_County,_North_Carolina" title="Perquimans County, North Carolina">Perquimans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Person_County,_North_Carolina" title="Person County, North Carolina">Person</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pitt County, North Carolina">Pitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_North_Carolina" title="Polk County, North Carolina">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_North_Carolina" title="Randolph County, North Carolina">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_County,_North_Carolina" title="Richmond County, North Carolina">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robeson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Robeson County, North Carolina">Robeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rockingham County, North Carolina">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rowan County, North Carolina">Rowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rutherford County, North Carolina">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Sampson County, North Carolina">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Scotland County, North Carolina">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanly_County,_North_Carolina" title="Stanly County, North Carolina">Stanly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stokes_County,_North_Carolina" title="Stokes County, North Carolina">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry_County,_North_Carolina" title="Surry County, North Carolina">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swain_County,_North_Carolina" title="Swain County, North Carolina">Swain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina" title="Transylvania County, North Carolina">Transylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Tyrrell County, North Carolina">Tyrrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Union County, North Carolina">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Vance County, North Carolina">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina">Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_North_Carolina" title="Warren County, North Carolina">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_North_Carolina" title="Washington County, North Carolina">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_County,_North_Carolina" title="Watauga County, North Carolina">Watauga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wayne County, North Carolina">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wilkes County, North Carolina">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson County, North Carolina">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yadkin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Yadkin County, North Carolina">Yadkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yancey_County,_North_Carolina" title="Yancey County, North Carolina">Yancey</a></li></ul> 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