Laura GrabowskiLIS 120 Module 4

CountiesNorth Carolina has counties.100

Alamance AlexanderAlleghany

AnsonAsheAvery

BeaufortBertieBladen

BrunswickBuncombe

BurkeCabarrusCaldwellCamdenCarteretCaswell

CatawbaChathamCherokeeChowan

ClayClevelandColumbus

CravenCumberland

Currituck

DareDavidson

DavieDuplin

DurhamEdgecombe

ForsythFranklinGastonGates

GrahamGranvilleGreeneGuilfordHalifaxHarnett

HaywoodHenderson

HertfordHokeHyde

IredellJackson

JohnstonJonesLee

Lenoir

LincolnMcDowell

MaconMadisonMartin

MecklenburgMitchell

Montgomery MooreNash

New HanoverNorthampton

OnslowOrangePamlico

PasquotankPender

Perquimans Person

PittPolk

RandolphRichmondRobeson

RockinghamRowan

Rutherford

SampsonScotland

StanlyStokesSurrySwain

TransylvaniaTyrrellUnionVanceWake

WarrenWashington

WataugaWayneWilkesWilsonYadkinYancey

Source: Local Government in North Carolina, Second Edition – Chapter 3, North Carolina Counties.

Capital and Location

The capital of North Carolina is and it’s located in County.

RaleighWake

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina

Symbols

North Carolina’s flower is:

North Carolina’s bird is:

North Carolina’s colors are:

North Carolina’s motto is:

North Carolina’s song is: The Old North State

The dogwood

The cardinal

Blue and Red

Esse Quam Videri

Resource: State Library of North Carolina Information Services Branch

Natural Resources

• Air• Coast/Fisheries• Farming• Forestry• Open Space• Water• Wetlands

Source: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource

Native American Tribes • Cherokee: The Cherokee Indians were located in

Western North Carolina, as well as the surrounding states. Their language has three different dialects and they were broken up into three clans.

• Hatteras: The Hatteras Indians lived on the coast of North Carolina. They can trace some of their ancestors to Caucasian descent. They only had approximately 80 inhabitants in their village.

• Waxhaw: The Waxhaw Indian’s lived in Union and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina. They had two tribes about ten miles apart from each other.

Resource: North Carolina Indian Tribes

Geographical Regions• Mountains-The Appalachian Mountains run through the

Western part of the state. They include the Great Smokey Mountains and the famous Blue Ridge Parkway. The mountains are full of forests, and some areas can get over 30 inches of snow in one year!

• Piedmont- The piedmont covers almost one half of the state. It’s full of big cities, and a lot of universities. There are also a lot of textile factories, tobacco farms, and a lot of historical sites.

• Coastal Plain- The coastal plains is home to many popular beaches. Aside from it’s tourist appeal, it also houses wetlands and many important animals that live there that contribute greatly to our ecosystem.

Source: visitnc.com: North Carolina’s Three Distinct Regions

Lighthouses

• North Carolina has seven famous lighthouses.

Resource: Carolina Lights: North Carolina Lighthouses

The Lost Colony

• The Lost Colony was a settlement established to put a permanent English Colony in present day North Carolina. Between the years of 1585 and 1587 the colony was established, but all of it’s inhabitants mysteriously disappeared. You will learn more about the Lost Colony from your classmates presentations.

Resource: thecoastalguide.com The Lost Colony

Bibliography• Data, Statistics, Reports and Maps. 2009. North Carolina Department of Environment and

Natural Resources. http://www.enr.state.nc.us/html/data.html• Facts and Figures: North Carolina’s Three Distinctive Regions. 2009.

http://www.visitnc.com/journeys/articles/facts-figures/2/north-carolina-s-three-distinctive-regions

• North Carolina Counties. 2009. Local Government in North Carolina, Second Edition - Chapter 3, North Carolina Counties. Copyright © 2003 by Gordon P. Whitaker and the

North Carolina City and County Management Association. • North Carolina Indian Tribes. 2009. Access Genealogy.

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/northcarolina/• North Carolina Lighthouses. Adam Walker Cleveland. 2009. Carolina Lights.

http://www.carolinalights.com/north-carolina-lighthouses• Raleigh, North Carolina. 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina• The Lost Colony. 2009. http://www.coastalguide.com/packet/lostcolony-croatan.shtml• The State Symbols. 2009. State Library of North Carolina Information Services Branch.

http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.htm#motto

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