North Carolina was the 12 th state in the USA ; it became a state on November 21, 1789 .

State Abbreviation - NC
State Capital - Raleigh
Largest City - Charlotte
Area - 53,821 square miles [North Carolina is the 28th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 8,049,313 (as of 2000) [North Carolina is the 11th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - North Carolinians
Major Industries - farming (tobacco, poultry), textiles, furniture

Presidential Birthplaces
James Knox Polk was born in Mecklenburg County on November 2, 1795 (he was the 11th US President, serving from 1845 to 1849).

Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh on December 29, 1808 (he was the 17th US President, serving from 1865 to 1869).

Major Rivers - Neuse River, Roanoke River, Yadkin River
Major Lakes - Lake Mattamuskeet, Lake Phelps, Lake Waccamaw
Highest Point - Mt. Mitchell - 6,684 feet (2,037 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

Origin of the Name North Carolina - North Carolina was named to honor King Charles I (Carolus is Latin for Charles).

State Nickname - Tar Heel State
State Motto - "Esse Quam Videri" (To Be Rather Than to Seem)
State Song - The Old North State

Dinosaur Fossils Found in North Carolina - Hypsibema, Lophorhothon, Zatomus

Moving Companies and Relocation Services in NC

Asheville , NC
Burlington , NC
Cary , NC
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Durham
Fayetteville
Gastonia

Goldsboro , NC
Greensboro , NC
Greenville , NC
Hendersonville
High Point
Kinston
Lexington
New Bern

Raleigh, NC
Reidsville, NC
Rocky Mount, NC
Rural Hall
Salisbury
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston Salem


North Carolina Moving Companies by County

Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth

Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange

Pamlico
Elizabeth City (Pasquotank)
Pender
Perquimans
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Columbia (Tyrrell)
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey



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