by Darren Janz | Apr 5, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Caldwell County is located in the northern Foothills region of North Carolina, with the Piedmont Plateau to its east and the Blue Ridge to its west. Caldwell’s largest city and county seat is the centrally-located Lenoir, a principal city of the...
by Darren Janz | Apr 2, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Cabarrus County is a large, exurban county located directly to the northeast of Charlotte. With a population of 205,473 residents as of mid-2017, Cabarrus is one of the fastest-growing counties in North Carolina, expected to grow by a total of 22% between 2010 and...
by Darren Janz | Mar 26, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Located in the Foothills region of North Carolina, Burke County straddles the transition between the state’s Piedmont Plateau and the Appalachian Mountains. Burke’s county seat and largest municipality is the centrally-located city of Morganton, which serves as a...
by Darren Janz | Mar 15, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Buncombe County is far different from its Appalachian counterparts – Buncombe has more than twice the population of any other western North Carolina county and is the seventh largest statewide, with a population of...
by Darren Janz | Mar 12, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Brunswick County is the southernmost in North Carolina, with the mouth of the Cape Fear River to its east, the Atlantic Ocean directly to its south, and the coastal beginning of the South Carolina border to its west. Recent years have seen the county’s beaches become...
