North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, North Carolina is the ninth most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 532 incorporated municipalities consisting of …

Kings Mountain is located at (35.244105, -81.342544 It lies 30 miles (48 km) west of Charlotte along Interstate 85. Gaffney, South Carolina, is 21 miles (34 km) to the southwest along I-85.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.6 square miles (32.6 km 2), of which 12.3 square miles (31.9 km 2) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km 2), or …

Cotton production peaked in 1948 with Cleveland County producing 83,549 bales, making it North Carolina's premier cotton county. In the 1930s, Shelby was known as “the leading shopping center between Charlotte and Asheville” People from surrounding counties came to Shelby to shop, since there were numerous types of local and chain stores. ...

The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II.It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air Forces, and given the service name Hadrian (after the Roman emperor) by the British.. The glider was designed by the Waco Aircraft Company.Flight testing began in May 1942. More than 13,900 CG-4As were eventually delivered.

Biological pest control is a method of controlling pests such as insects and mites by using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, parasitody or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role. Classical biological control involves the introduction of natural enemies of the pest that are bred in the laboratory and released into …

Lynching was the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial killings which began in the United States' pre–Civil War South in the 1830s and ended during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Although the victims of lynchings were members of various ethnicities, after roughly 4 million enslaved African Americans were emancipated, they became the primary targets of …

Kshama Sawant (/ k ʃ ʌ m ɑː s ɑː ˈ w ʌ n t /; born October 17, 1973) is an Indian-American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of Socialist Alternative, the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.. A former software engineer, Sawant became an economics instructor in Seattle after …

The following is a sports team nicknames for colleges (universities in non-U.S. English) in North America, primarily in the United States and Canada.. These are the general, collective nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under, grouped by a general theme before dividing into specific nicknames. For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see …

1826 North Carolina militia roster of 86 men, standard wage of 46 + 1 ... At the beginning of the American Civil War, neither the North or the South was nearly well enough prepared for war, and few people imagined the demands and hardships the war would bring. Just prior to the war the total peacetime army consisted of a paltry 16,000 men.

Interstate 520 (I-520) is a 23.34-mile-long (37.56 km) auxiliary route from Augusta, Georgia, to North Augusta, South Carolina. Approximately 15.62 miles (25.14 km) of the highway is in Georgia. It is also known as the Bobby Jones Expressway in Georgia and the Palmetto Parkway in South Carolina.