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Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Index Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. [1]

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Alberta Gay

Alberta Cooper Gay (January 1, 1913 – May 9, 1987) was an American domestic worker, schoolteacher and the mother of American recording artist Marvin Gaye.

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All-America City Award

The All-America City Award, given by the National Civic League, is the oldest community recognition program in the nation.

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Allan Gurganus

Allan Gurganus is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose work, which includes Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and, is often influenced by and set in his native North Carolina.

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American Tobacco Company

The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter and Goodwin & Company.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Andrew B. Anderson Jr.

Andrew Broadus Anderson Jr. (April 14, 1926 - May 14, 2016) was an American Air Force lieutenant general whose last assignment was deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

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Area code 252

Area code 252 designates a telephone number plan area (NPA) in the North American Numbering Plan that consists of the northeastern corner of the State of North Carolina, and includes the municipalities of Kinston, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Henderson, Kitty Hawk, New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Morehead City and Wilson.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is a former U. S. Class I railroad from 1900 until 1967, when it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.

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Atlantic coastal plain

The Atlantic coastal plain is a physiographic region of low relief along the East Coast of the United States.

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Atlantic Seaboard fall line

The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States.

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Bellamy-Philips House

Bellamy-Philips House (also known as Oak Forest Plantation) is a historic plantation house and a later home located near Battleboro, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Bellemonte

Bellemonte, also known as Dr.

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Benvenue

Benvenue is a historic plantation house located near Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Brewing

Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.

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Buck Leonard

Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (September 8, 1907 – November 27, 1997) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League.

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Buck Williams

Charles Linwood "Buck" Williams (born March 8, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Capitol Broadcasting Company

The Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) is an American media company based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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CenturyLink

CenturyLink, Inc. is an American telecommunications company, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that provides communications and data services to residential, business, governmental, and wholesale customers in 37 states.

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Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce (or board of trade) is a form of business network, for example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus.

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Chuck Hinton

Charles Edward (Chuck) Hinton, Jr. (May 3, 1934 – January 27, 2013) was an American professional baseball player.

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Circulatory system

The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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City council

A city council, town council, town board, or board of aldermen is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality, or local government area.

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Combined statistical area

A combined statistical area (CSA) is composed of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) in the United States and Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage.

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Cotton mill

A cotton mill is a factory housing powered spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution when the early mills were important in the development of the factory system.

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Covenant (law)

A covenant in its most general sense and historical sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Cummins

Cummins Inc. is an American Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, and distributes engines, filtration, and power generation products.

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Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Earle Hyman

Earle Hyman (October 11, 1926 – November 17, 2017) was an American stage, television, and film actor.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Edgecombe County Public Schools

Edgecombe County Public Schools (previously called Edgecombe County Schools) is a PK–12 graded school district serving Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

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Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Edgecombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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F. C. Barnes

Reverend Fair Cloth ("F. C.", or "Faircloth") Barnes (June 22, 1929July 11, 2011) was an American gospel musician, and the founding pastor of Red Budd Holy Church, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Falls Road Historic District

Falls Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Fountain Correctional Center for Women

Fountain Correctional Center for Women was a women's prison in unincorporated Edgecombe County, North Carolina, near Rocky Mount.

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Fruit brandy

Fruit brandy or fruit spirit is a distilled beverage produced from mash, juice, wine or residues of culinary fruits.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Golden East Crossing

Golden East Crossing is a shopping mall in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Henry Gaston Bunn

Henry Gaston Bunn (June 12, 1838 – July 17, 1908) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who served as Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

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Hispanic

The term Hispanic (hispano or hispánico) broadly refers to the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain.

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Hurricane Floyd

Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful Cape Verde hurricane which struck the east coast of the United States.

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Interstate 87 (North Carolina)

Interstate 87 (I-87) is a partially completed Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Interstate 95

Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast and U.S. Highway 1, serving areas from Florida to Maine.

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Interstate 95 in North Carolina

Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major Interstate Highway, running along the East Coast of the United States from Florida to Maine.

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Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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Jeff Collins (North Carolina politician)

Jeffrey Lynn Collins (born December 19, 1955) is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

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Kay Kyser

James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Kinston Regional Jetport

Kinston Regional Jetport, also known as Stallings Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Kinston, a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA.

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Kinston, North Carolina

Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States.

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Latino

Latino is a term often used in the United States to refer to people with cultural ties to Latin America, in contrast to Hispanic which is a demonym that includes Spaniards and other speakers of the Spanish language.

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List of counties in North Carolina

The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Machaven

Machaven, also known as Hines House, is a historic home located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress and singer.

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Maureen Garrett

Maureen Garrett (born Maureen Mason Garrett in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is an American actress.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mike Easley

Michael Francis "Mike" Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009.

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Montreat College

Montreat College is a private Christian liberal arts college located in the town of Montreat, North Carolina.

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Nash Central High School

Nash Central High School is a Nash-Rocky Mount public high school located on the western edge of Rocky Mount, North Carolina and a member of the Eastern Plains 2-Athletic Conference.

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Nash Community College

Nash Community College is a community college in Nash County, North Carolina.

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Nash County, North Carolina

Nash County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools covers a area covering all of Nash and part of Edgecombe counties.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests.

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National Civic League

The National Civic League is an American nonpartisan, non-profit organization founded in 1894 with a mission to advance civic engagement to create equitable, thriving communities.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Carolina Department of Correction

The North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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North Carolina Department of Public Safety

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is an umbrella agency that carries out many of the state's law enforcement, emergency response and homeland security functions.

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North Carolina General Assembly

The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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North Carolina Highway 43

North Carolina Highway 43 (NC 43) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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North Carolina Highway 48

North Carolina Highway 48 (NC 48) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that principally connects the cities of Rocky Mount and Roanoke Rapids.

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North Carolina Highway 97

North Carolina Highway 97 (NC 97) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina, connecting the cities of Zebulon and Rocky Mount with the vast rural coastal plains.

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North Carolina Wesleyan College

North Carolina Wesleyan College is a private four-year coeducational, liberal arts college, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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North State Journal

The North State Journal is a statewide newspaper in North Carolina.

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Northern Nash High School

Northern Nash High School is a high school located in Nash County, west of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina city limits.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. is an American pharmaceutical conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.

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Phil Ford (basketball)

Phil Jackson Ford Jr. (born February 9, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Piedmont (United States)

The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States.

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Pitt–Greenville Airport

Pitt–Greenville Airport is a public airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Greenville, North Carolina and East Carolina University.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit) is transport of passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip.

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QVC

QVC (an acronym for "Quality Value Convenience") is an American cable, satellite and broadcast television network, and flagship shopping channel specializing in televised home shopping that is owned by Qurate Retail Group.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States.

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Raleigh–Durham International Airport

Raleigh–Durham International Airport is the main airport serving Raleigh, Durham, and the surrounding Research Triangle region of North Carolina.

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Research Triangle

The Research Triangle, commonly referred to as simply The Triangle, is a region in the Piedmont of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by three major research universities North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Roanoke Rapids is a city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.

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Rocky Mount Academy

Rocky Mount Academy is a private school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Rocky Mount Central City Historic District

Rocky Mount Central City Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County and Nash County, North Carolina.

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Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant

Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant, also known as Pearsall Machine Works, Inc., is a historic power station located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Rocky Mount High School

Rocky Mount High School is a public high school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Rocky Mount metropolitan area

The Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Edgecombe and Nash – in eastern North Carolina, anchored by the city of Rocky Mount.

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Rocky Mount Mills

Rocky Mount Mills, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was one of the first cotton mills constructed in the state of North Carolina, dating back to 1816.

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Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District

Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Rocky Mount station

Helen P. Gay Rocky Mount Historic Train Station, often shortened to Rocky Mount, is an intermodal transit station in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States.

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Rocky Mount Telegram

The Rocky Mount Telegram is a daily newspaper based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport

Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport is a public airport located seven miles (11 km) southwest of the central business district of Rocky Mount, a city located in Nash and Edgecombe Counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Segregation academy

Segregation academies were private schools in the Southern United States founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children in desegregated public schools.

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Southern Nash High School

Southern Nash High School is a public high school in Bailey, North Carolina.

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Special routes of U.S. Route 301

A total of at least six special routes of U.S. Route 301 exist and at least eleven have been deleted.

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Special routes of U.S. Route 64

Several special routes of U.S. Route 64 exist.

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Stonewall (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)

Stonewall, also known as Lewis House and Little Falls Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Tar River

The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, of northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound.

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Tar River Transit

Tar River Transit is the primary provider of mass transportation in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Tarboro, North Carolina

Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.

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Terrence J

Terrence Jenkins (born April 21, 1982), better known as Terrence J, is an American actor and television personality and model best known as the host of BET's popular music video countdown show 106 & Park from 2006 until 2012.

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The Meadows (Battleboro, North Carolina)

The Meadows, also known as the Robert Carter Hilliard House, is a historic plantation house located near Battleboro, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them.

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Tobacco industry

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products.

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Triangle Group

Triangle Group (also known as Triangle Tyre) is a Chinese tire company that manufactures a range of tires for vehicles from passenger cars to construction equipment and tires fit for special purposes.

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Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc., also known by the public as Tyson Corporation, is an American multinational corporation based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry.

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U.S. Route 301

U.S. Route 301 (US 301) is a spur of U.S. Route 1 running through the South Atlantic States.

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U.S. Route 64

U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from the Outer Banks in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona.

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U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina

U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, running from the Tennessee state line to the Outer Banks.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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UNC Health Care

UNC Health Care is a not-for-profit medical system owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Numbered Highway System

The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States.

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Villa Place Historic District

Villa Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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West Haven Historic District

West Haven Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.

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Westray Battle Long

Colonel Martha Westray Battle Long (August 10, 1901 – January 31, 1972), more commonly known as Westray Battle Long, was the second director of the Women's Army Corps and an early recipient of the Legion of Merit.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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Wilmington and Weldon Railroad

Originally chartered in 1835 as the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad name began use in 1855.

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.

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Wilson, North Carolina

Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States.

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WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 48), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States and serving the Triangle region (Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill–Fayetteville).

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YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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Redirects here:

Battleboro, NC, Battleboro, North Carolina, History of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Rocky Mount, NC, UN/LOCODE:USRWI.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina

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