North Carolina Trivia & Tidbits - Page 15

Looking for North Carolina trivia? Try our list North Carolina little know facts, tidbits and trivia.

An S-shaped drawbridge built in 1923 in Hertford County is thought to be the only one of its kind.

first appeared: 9/23/2001

The Venus’s flytrap, a carnivorous plant, grows naturally only within a 75-mile radius of Hampstead in Pender County.

first appeared: 9/16/2001

The Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly (pop. 1,569) re-creates life on a tobacco farm during the Great Depression. The museum includes a restored turn-of-the-century farmstead, a 100-year-old smokehouse, a milk house, and two-seater outhouse.

first appeared: 9/9/2001

Constructed of concrete and steel, the 18-foot-tall Big Chair in Thomasville (pop. 19,778) was built in 1951 as a monument to the town’s furniture industry.

first appeared: 9/2/2001

At 480 feet, the 1945 Fontana Dam in Graham County (pop. 7,993) is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States.

first appeared: 8/26/2001

Stokes County (pop. 44,711) is the only county in the United States boasting its own mountain range. Completely contained in the county, the Sauratown Mountains rise to 1,700 feet above the rolling countryside.

first appeared: 8/19/2001

Chartered in 1925, Dellview is the smallest incorporated town in the state, with a population of about 16.

first appeared: 8/12/2001

Carolina Bays in Bladen County (pop. 32,278) is the name given to the mysterious shallow, oval-shaped craters that scientists theorize were created by a meteor shower or intense winds between 6,000 and 40,000 years ago.

first appeared: 8/5/2001

The 1730 Newbold-White House in Hertford (pop. 2,070) is considered the oldest brick house in North Carolina.

first appeared: 7/29/2001

Weaverville (pop. 2,107) was the home of Zebulon B. Vance. He was a lawyer, soldier, two-term governor, and U.S. senator. While he was governor, state courts continued to function during the Civil War, making his the only state that never suspended the writ of habeas corpus.

first appeared: 7/22/2001

The 1799 discovery of gold on the farm of John Reed in Cabarrus County sparked the country’s first gold rush. The 17-pound chunk was found by Reed’s son and was used as a doorstop until a jeweler discovered its nature.

first appeared: 7/15/2001

In 1973, the emerald became the official state precious stone. The largest emerald ever found in North Carolina was 1,438 carats and was found near Statesville.

first appeared: 7/8/2001

Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was born Dec. 29, 1808, in Raleigh. He had no formal education. Before entering politics, he worked as a tailor’s apprentice.

first appeared: 7/1/2001

Acclaimed author Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville in 1900. His classic novels Look Homeward, Angel and You Can’t Go Home Again depicted scenes from his home there.

first appeared: 6/24/2001

Penelope Barker was a principal figure in the Edenton Tea Party, which occurred on Oct. 25, 1774. Fifty-one women of Edenton (pop. 5,234) ceremoniously “put down their tea cups” in opposition to British rule.

first appeared: 6/17/2001

Granite is the state’s official rock. The largest open-face granite quarry in the world—measuring one-mile long and 1,800 feet wide—is located in Surry County.

first appeared: 6/10/2001

The state’s first Highway Commission was established during the term of Gov. William W. Kitchin, who served from 1909 to 1913. By the time he took office, the automobiles in the state numbered so many that he suggested the commission be formed.

first appeared: 6/3/2001

More than 10,000 acres of Bald Head Island, the southernmost of the state’s barrier islands, are protected from development. No cars are allowed on the island, which contains pristine beaches, marshland, and forests.

first appeared: 5/27/2001

Golf legend Arnold Palmer honed his talent as a student at Wake Forest University in Wake Forest (pop. 5,769) in the mid-1940s. He was top golfer on the college team and was among the leading collegiate players of the time.

first appeared: 5/20/2001

William Sydney Porter, a master of short stories better known by his pen name, “O. Henry,” was born in 1862 near Greensboro. One of his most famous works is The Gift of the Magi.

first appeared: 5/13/2001

jump to page: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17

newspaper partner login create account

Recent

Popular

Recipes

Below are the most recent American Profile articles:

Below are the most recent, highest rated American Profile articles:

Below are the most recent, highest rated American Profile recipes:

Relish

Spry

Below are the most recent articles from our Relish sister site. Click on the "Spry" tab above to see the most recent articles from our other sister site.

Below are the most recent articles from our Spry sister site. Click on the "Relish" tab above to see the most recent articles from our other sister site.