by John Wynne | May 25, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Halifax County is located in northeastern North Carolina. The county seat is Halifax, but the largest city is Roanoke Rapids. The county had a 2010 population of 54,691, a decent size given its location in the sparsely populated northeastern part of the state. The...
by John Wynne | May 22, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Granville County is located north of Raleigh on the Virginia border. The population as of the 2010 census was 59,916. The county seat is Oxford. The county was named after the Earl of Granville, a descendant of one of the Lord’s Proprietors, who were originally...
by John Wynne | May 21, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
As the largest county in North Carolina, Wake County wields considerable political influence. The 2010 census recorded Wake’s population at 900,000 residents, but that number is probably closer to 950,000 today. The county seat is Raleigh, the capital of North...
by John Wynne | May 19, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Located on the South Carolina border in the Sandhills region of North Carolina, perhaps what is most notable about Scotland County is its level of impoverishment. Scotland has one of the highest unemployment rates in the entire state – 16.1% as of April 2013....
by John Wynne | May 13, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography |
Mecklenburg County is the most populous county in the state of North Carolina, although it is in danger of losing that status to faster-growing Wake County. The county seat is Charlotte, the largest city in the state. Nearly 1 million people reside within the county....
by John Wynne | May 12, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Yancey County is located in the Appalachian Mountains along the Tennessee border. It is sparsely population, with a 2010 population of 17,818 residents. It was named after Bartlett Yancey, former North Carolina Speaker of the House who sought to correct the vastly...
