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North Carolina is a
state located in the
Southern United States. According to the
2020 United States census, North Carolina is the
9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the
28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km2) of land.
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[2] North Carolina is divided into 100
counties and contains 552
municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages.
[3] The three different terms have no legal distinction.
Most populous municipalities
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Charlotte, most populous city in North Carolina
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Raleigh, capital city of North Carolina
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Below is a list of the 50 most populous municipalities in North Carolina according to the
2020 census and 2022
census estimate.
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Name
|
Population (2022)
|
Population (2020)
|
Change
|
Type
|
County
|
Charlotte†
|
897,720
|
874,579
|
+2.65%
|
City
|
Mecklenburg
|
Raleigh‡
|
476,587
|
467,665
|
+1.91%
|
City
|
Wake (seat),
Durham
|
Greensboro†
|
301,115
|
299,035
|
+0.70%
|
City
|
Guilford
|
Durham†
|
291,928
|
283,506
|
+2.97%
|
City
|
Durham (seat),
Wake,
Orange
|
Winston-Salem†
|
251,350
|
249,545
|
+0.72%
|
City
|
Forsyth
|
Fayetteville†
|
208,873
|
208,501
|
+0.18%
|
City
|
Cumberland
|
Cary
|
180,388
|
174,721
|
+3.24%
|
Town
|
Wake,
Chatham
|
Wilmington†
|
120,324
|
115,451
|
+4.22%
|
City
|
New Hanover
|
High Point
|
115,067
|
114,059
|
+0.88%
|
City
|
Guilford,
Randolph,
Davidson,
Forsyth
|
Concord†
|
109,896
|
105,240
|
+4.42%
|
City
|
Cabarrus
|
Asheville†
|
93,776
|
94,589
|
−0.86%
|
City
|
Buncombe
|
Greenville†
|
89,233
|
87,521
|
+1.96%
|
City
|
Pitt
|
Gastonia†
|
82,653
|
80,411
|
+2.79%
|
City
|
Gaston
|
Apex
|
71,065
|
58,780
|
+20.90%
|
Town
|
Wake
|
Jacksonville†
|
70,420
|
72,723
|
−3.17%
|
City
|
Onslow
|
Huntersville
|
63,035
|
61,376
|
+2.70%
|
Town
|
Mecklenburg
|
Chapel Hill
|
62,098
|
61,960
|
+0.22%
|
Town
|
Orange,
Durham
|
Burlington
|
59,287
|
55,481
|
+6.86%
|
City
|
Alamance
|
Kannapolis
|
55,448
|
53,114
|
+4.39%
|
City
|
Cabarrus,
Rowan
|
Rocky Mount
|
54,013
|
54,341
|
−0.60%
|
City
|
Edgecombe,
Nash
|
Mooresville
|
52,656
|
50,193
|
+4.91%
|
Town
|
Iredell
|
Wake Forest
|
51,113
|
47,601
|
+7.38%
|
Town
|
Wake,
Franklin
|
Wilson†
|
47,606
|
47,851
|
−0.51%
|
City
|
Wilson
|
Holly Springs
|
45,945
|
41,239
|
+11.41%
|
Town
|
Wake
|
Hickory
|
44,084
|
43,490
|
+1.37%
|
City
|
Catawba,
Burke,
Caldwell
|
Indian Trail
|
41,724
|
39,997
|
+4.32%
|
Town
|
Union
|
Fuquay-Varina
|
40,810
|
34,152
|
+19.50%
|
Town
|
Wake
|
Monroe†
|
36,018
|
34,562
|
+4.21%
|
City
|
Union
|
Salisbury†
|
35,808
|
35,540
|
+0.75%
|
City
|
Rowan
|
Garner
|
33,669
|
31,159
|
+8.06%
|
Town
|
Wake
|
Goldsboro†
|
33,215
|
33,657
|
−1.31%
|
City
|
Wayne
|
Cornelius
|
32,294
|
31,412
|
+2.81%
|
Town
|
Mecklenburg
|
New Bern†
|
31,539
|
31,291
|
+0.79%
|
City
|
Craven
|
Morrisville
|
31,493
|
29,630
|
+6.29%
|
Town
|
Wake,
Durham
|
Sanford†
|
31,224
|
30,261
|
+3.18%
|
City
|
Lee
|
Matthews
|
30,124
|
29,435
|
+2.34%
|
Town
|
Mecklenburg
|
Statesville†
|
29,681
|
28,419
|
+4.44%
|
City
|
Iredell
|
Clayton
|
29,445
|
26,307
|
+11.93%
|
Town
|
Johnston,
Wake
|
Leland
|
28,591
|
22,908
|
+24.81%
|
Town
|
Brunswick
|
Kernersville
|
27,763
|
26,449
|
+4.97%
|
Town
|
Forsyth,
Guilford
|
Asheboro†
|
27,482
|
27,156
|
+1.20%
|
City
|
Randolph
|
Thomasville
|
27,399
|
27,183
|
+0.79%
|
City
|
Davidson,
Randolph
|
Mint Hill
|
27,143
|
26,450
|
+2.62%
|
Town
|
Mecklenburg,
Union
|
Waxhaw
|
22,533
|
20,534
|
+9.74%
|
Town
|
Union
|
Shelby†
|
21,855
|
21,918
|
−0.29%
|
City
|
Cleveland
|
Clemmons
|
21,823
|
21,163
|
+3.12%
|
Village
|
Forsyth
|
Carrboro
|
21,298
|
21,295
|
+0.01%
|
Town
|
Orange
|
Harrisburg
|
19,822
|
18,967
|
+4.51%
|
Town
|
Cabarrus
|
Boone†
|
19,756
|
19,092
|
+3.48%
|
Town
|
Watauga
|
Knightdale
|
19,703
|
19,435
|
+1.38%
|
Town
|
Wake
|
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Aberdeen – town,
Moore County
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Ahoskie – town,
Hertford County
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Alamance – village,
Alamance County
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Albemarle – city,
Stanly County
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Alliance – town,
Pamlico County
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Andrews – town,
Cherokee County
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Angier – town,
Harnett County
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Ansonville – town,
Anson County
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Apex – town,
Wake County
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Arapahoe – town,
Pamlico County
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Archdale – city,
Randolph County
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Archer Lodge – town,
Johnston County
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Arlington – town,
Yadkin County
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Asheboro-city,
Randolph County
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Asheville – city,
Buncombe County
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Askewville – town,
Bertie County
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Atkinson – town,
Pender County
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Atlantic Beach – town,
Carteret County
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Aulander – town,
Bertie County
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Aurora – town,
Beaufort County
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Autryville – town,
Sampson County
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Ayden – town,
Pitt County
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Badin – town,
Stanly County
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Bailey – town,
Nash County
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Bakersville – town,
Mitchell County
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Bald Head Island – village,
Brunswick County
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Banner Elk – town,
Avery County
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Bath – town,
Beaufort County
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Bayboro – town,
Pamlico County
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Bear Grass – town,
Martin County
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Beaufort – town,
Carteret County
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Beech Mountain – town,
Avery County
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Belhaven – town,
Beaufort County
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Belmont – city,
Gaston County
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Belville – town,
Brunswick County
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Belwood – town,
Cleveland County
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Benson – town,
Johnston County
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Bermuda Run – town
Davie County
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Bessemer City – city,
Gaston County
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Bethania – town,
Forsyth County
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Bethel – town,
Pitt County
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Beulaville – town,
Duplin County
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Biltmore Forest – town,
Buncombe County
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Biscoe – town,
Montgomery County
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Black Creek – town,
Wilson County
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Black Mountain – town,
Buncombe County
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Bladenboro – town,
Bladen County
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Blowing Rock – town,
Watauga County
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Boardman – town,
Columbus County
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Bogue – town,
Carteret County
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Boiling Spring Lakes – city,
Brunswick County
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Boiling Springs – town,
Cleveland County
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Bolivia – town,
Brunswick County
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Bolton – town,
Columbus County
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Boone – town,
Watauga County
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Boonville – town,
Yadkin County
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Bostic – town,
Rutherford County
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Brevard – city,
Transylvania County
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Bridgeton – town,
Craven County
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Broadway – town,
Lee County
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Brookford – town,
Catawba County
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Brunswick – town,
Columbus County
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Bryson City – town,
Swain County
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Bunn – town,
Franklin County
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Burgaw – town,
Pender County
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Burlington – city,
Alamance County
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Burnsville – town,
Yancey County
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Butner – town,
Granville County
C
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Cajah's Mountain – town,
Caldwell County
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Calabash – town,
Brunswick County
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Calypso – town,
Duplin County
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Camden – town,
Camden County
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Cameron – town,
Moore County
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Candor – town,
Montgomery County
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Canton – town,
Haywood County
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Cape Carteret – town,
Carteret County
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Carolina Beach – town,
New Hanover County
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Carolina Shores – town,
Brunswick County
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Carrboro – town,
Orange County
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Carthage – town,
Moore County
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Cary – town,
Wake County &
Chatham County
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Casar – town,
Cleveland County
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Castalia – town,
Nash County
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Caswell Beach – town,
Brunswick County
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Catawba – town,
Catawba County
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Cedar Grove – village,
Orange County
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Cedar Point – town,
Carteret County
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Cedar Rock – village,
Caldwell County
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Cerro Gordo – town,
Columbus County
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Chadbourn – town,
Columbus County
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Chapel Hill – town,
Orange County
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Charlotte – city,
Mecklenburg County
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Cherryville – town,
Gaston County
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Chimney Rock – village,
Rutherford County
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China Grove – town,
Rowan County
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Chocowinity – town,
Beaufort County
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Claremont – city,
Catawba County
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Clarkton – town,
Bladen County
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Clayton – town,
Johnston County
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Clemmons – village,
Forsyth County
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Cleveland – town,
Rowan County
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Clinton – town,
Sampson County
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Clyde – town,
Haywood County
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Coats – town,
Harnett County
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Cofield – village,
Hertford County
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Colerain – town,
Bertie County
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Columbia – town ,
Tyrrell County
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Columbus – town,
Polk County
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Como – town,
Hertford County
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Concord – city,
Cabarrus County
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Conetoe – town,
Edgecombe County
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Connelly Springs – town,
Burke County
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Conover – city,
Catawba County
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Conway – town,
Northampton County
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Cooleemee – town,
Davie County
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Cornelius – town,
Mecklenburg County
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Cove City – town,
Craven County
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Cramerton – town,
Gaston County
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Creedmoor – town,
Granville County
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Creswell – town,
Washington County
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Crossnore – town,
Avery County
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Dallas – town,
Gaston County
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Danbury – city,
Stokes County
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Davidson – town,
Mecklenburg County
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Denton – town,
Davidson County
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Dillsboro – town,
Jackson County
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Dobbins Heights – town,
Richmond County
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Dobson – town,
Surry County
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Dortches – town,
Nash County
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Dover – town,
Craven County
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Drexel – town,
Burke County
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Dublin – town,
Bladen County
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Duck – town,
Dare County
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Dunn – town,
Harnett County
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Durham – city,
Durham County
E
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Earl – town,
Cleveland County
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East Arcadia – town,
Bladen County
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East Bend – town,
Yadkin County
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East Spencer – town,
Rowan County
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Eastover – town,
Cumberland County
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Eden – town,
Rockingham County
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Edenton – town,
Chowan County
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Efland – town,
Orange County
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Elizabeth City – city,
Pasquotank County
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Elizabethtown – town,
Bladen County
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Elk Park – town,
Avery County
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Elkin – town,
Surry County
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Ellenboro – town,
Rutherford County
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Ellerbe – town,
Richmond County
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Elm City – town,
Wilson County
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Elon – town,
Alamance County
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Emerald Isle – town,
Carteret County
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Enfield – town,
Halifax County
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Erwin – town,
Harnett County
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Eureka – town,
Wayne County
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Everetts – town,
Martin County
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Fair Bluff – town,
Columbus County
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Fairmont – town,
Robeson County
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Fairview – town,
Union County
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Faison – town,
Duplin County
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Faith – town,
Rowan County
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Falcon – town,
Cumberland County &
Sampson County
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Falkland – town,
Pitt County
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Fallston – hamlet,
Cleveland County
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Farmville – town,
Pitt County
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Fayetteville – city,
Cumberland County
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Flat Rock – village,
Henderson County
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Fletcher – town,
Henderson County
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Forest City – town,
Rutherford County
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Forest Hills – village,
Jackson County
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Fountain – town,
Pitt County
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Four Oaks – town,
Johnston County
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Foxfire – village,
Moore County
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Franklin – town,
Macon County
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Franklinton – town,
Franklin County
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Franklinville – town,
Randolph County
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Fremont – town,
Wayne County
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Fuquay-Varina – town,
Wake County
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Gamewell – town,
Caldwell County
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Garland – town,
Sampson County
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Garner – town,
Wake County
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Garysburg – town,
Northampton County
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Gaston – town,
Northampton County
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Gastonia – city,
Gaston County
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Gatesville – town,
Gates County
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Gibson – town,
Scotland County
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Gibsonville – town,
Alamance County &
Guilford County
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Glen Alpine – town,
Burke County
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Godwin – town,
Cumberland County
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Goldsboro – city,
Wayne County
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Graham – town,
Alamance County
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Grandfather – village,
Avery County
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Granite Falls – town,
Caldwell County
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Granite Quarry – town,
Rowan County
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Grantsboro – town,
Pamlico County
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Green Level – town,
Alamance County
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Greenevers – town,
Duplin County
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Greensboro – city,
Guilford County
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Greenville – city,
Pitt County
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Grifton – town,
Pitt County &
Lenoir County
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Grimesland – town,
Pitt County
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Grover – town,
Cleveland County
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Halifax – town,
Halifax County
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Hamilton – town,
Martin County
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Hamlet – city,
Richmond County
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Harmony – town,
Iredell County
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Harrells – town
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Harrellsville – town,
Hertford County
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Harrisburg – town,
Cabarrus County
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Hassell – town,
Martin County
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Havelock – city,
Craven County
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Haw River – town,
Alamance County
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Hayesville – town,
Clay County
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Hemby Bridge – town,
Union County
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Henderson – town,
Vance County
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Hendersonville – town,
Henderson County
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Hertford – town,
Perquimans County
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Hickory – city,
Catawba County
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High Point – city
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High Shoals – town,
Gaston County
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Highlands – town,
Macon County
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Hildebran – town,
Burke County
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Hillsborough – town,
Orange County
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Hobgood – town,
Halifax County
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Hoffman – town,
Richmond County
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Holden Beach – town,
Brunswick County
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Holly Ridge – town,
Onslow County
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Holly Springs – town,
Wake County
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Hookerton – town,
Greene County
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Hope Mills – town,
Cumberland County
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Hot Springs – town,
Madison County
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Hudson – town,
Caldwell County
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Huntersville – town,
Mecklenburg County
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K
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Kannapolis – city
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Kelford – town,
Bertie County
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Kenansville – town,
Duplin County
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Kenly – town
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Kernersville – town,
Forsyth County
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Kill Devil Hills – town,
Dare County
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King – town,
Stokes County
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Kings Mountain – city,
Cleveland County &
Gaston County
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Kingstown – town,
Cleveland County
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Kinston – city,
Lenoir County
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Kittrell – village,
Vance County
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Kitty Hawk – town,
Dare County
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Knightdale – town,
Wake County
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Kure Beach – town,
New Hanover County
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M
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Macclesfield
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Macon – town,
Warren County
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Madison
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Maggie Valley
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Magnolia
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Maiden – town,
Catawba County
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Manteo – town,
Dare County
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Marietta
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Marion – town,
McDowell County
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Marshville
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Mars Hill – town,
Madison County
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Marshall – town,
Madison County
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Marvin
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Matthews – town,
Mecklenburg County
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Maxton
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Mayodan – town,
Rockingham County
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Maysville
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McAdenville
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McDonald
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McFarlan
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Mebane
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Mesic
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Micro – town,
Johnston County
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Middleburg – town,
Vance County
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Middlesex
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Midland
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Midway
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Mills River
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Milton
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Mineral Springs
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Minnesott Beach
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Mint Hill
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Misenheimer
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Mocksville – town,
Davie County
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Momeyer
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Monroe – town,
Union County
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Montreat
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Mooresboro
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Mooresville – town,
Iredell County
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Morehead City – town,
Carteret County
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Morganton – city,
Burke County
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Morrisville
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Morven
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Mount Airy – town,
Surry County
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Mount Gilead
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Mount Holly
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Mount Olive
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Mount Pleasant
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Murfreesboro – town,
Hertford County
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Murphy – town,
Cherokee County
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R
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Raeford – town,
Hoke County
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Raleigh – city,
Wake County
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Ramseur
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Randleman
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Ranlo
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Raynham
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Red Cross
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Red Oak – town,
Nash County
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Red Springs – town,
Robeson County
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Reidsville – city,
Rockingham County
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Rennert
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Rhodhiss
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Rich Square
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Richfield
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Richlands
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River Bend
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Roanoke Rapids – city,
Halifax County
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Robbins
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Robbinsville
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Robersonville
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Rockingham – city,
Richmond County
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Rockwell
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Rocky Mount
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Rolesville – town,
Wake County
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Ronda
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Roper
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Rose Hill – city,
Duplin County
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Roseboro
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Rosman
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Rowland
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Roxboro – city,
Person County
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Roxobel
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Rural Hall
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Ruth
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Rutherford College
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Rutherfordton – town,
Rutherford County
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Salemburg
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Salisbury – town,
Rowan County
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Saluda
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Sandy Creek
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Sandyfield
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Sanford – city,
Lee County
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Saratoga
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Sawmills
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Scotland Neck – town,
Halifax County
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Seaboard
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Seagrove
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Sedalia
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Selma – town,
Johnston County
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Seven Devils
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Seven Springs
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Severn
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Shallotte – town,
Brunswick County
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Sharpsburg
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Shelby – city,
Cleveland County
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Siler City – town,
Chatham County
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Simpson
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Sims
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Smithfield
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Snow Hill – town,
Greene County
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Southern Pines
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Southern Shores – town,
Dare County
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Southport – town,
Brunswick County
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Sparta – town,
Alleghany County
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Speed
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Spencer
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Spencer Mountain – town,
Gaston County
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Spindale
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Spring Hope
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Spring Lake
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Spruce Pine – town,
Mitchell County
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St. Helena
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St. James
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St. Pauls – town,
Robeson County
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Staley
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Stallings
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Stanfield
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Stanley
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Stantonsburg
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Star
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Statesville – city,
Iredell County
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Stedman
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Stem
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Stokesdale
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Stoneville
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Stonewall
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Stovall
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Sugar Mountain
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Summerfield
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Sunset Beach
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Surf City
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Swansboro – town,
Onslow County
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Swepsonville
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Sylva – city,
Jackson County
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Waco
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Wade
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Wadesboro – town,
Anson County
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Wagram
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Wake Forest – town,
Wake County
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Walkertown
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Wallace
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Wallburg – town,
Davidson County
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Walnut Cove
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Walnut Creek
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Walstonburg
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Wanchese – village,
Dare County
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Warrenton – town,
Warren County
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Warsaw – town,
Duplin County
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Washington – city,
Beaufort County
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Washington Park
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Watha
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Waxhaw – town,
Union County
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Waynesville – city,
Haywood County
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Weaverville
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Webster
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Weddington
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Weldon – town,
Halifax County
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Wendell – town,
Wake County
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Wentworth
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Wesley Chapel
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West Jefferson – town,
Ashe County
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Whispering Pines
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Whitakers
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White Lake
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Whiteville – city,
Columbus County
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Whitsett
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Wilkesboro – town,
Wilkes County
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Williamston
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Wilmington – city,
New Hanover County
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Wilson – city,
Wilson County
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Wilson's Mills
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Windsor – town,
Bertie County
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Winfall
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Wingate
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Winston-Salem – city,
Forsyth County
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Winterville
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Winton
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Woodfin
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Woodland
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Wrightsville Beach – town,
New Hanover County
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