NC League of Municipalities

With the help of local citizens and businesses, Fayetteville has been named “America’s Most Pro-Military Town” by TIME magazine.

Incorporated in 1907, Garland was originally known as Sloan’s Crossing.

Washington is proud to have been the first city in America to be named for General George Washington, the future first president of the United States.

In 1951, Winston-Salem became the first municipality in the state to hire African American firemen after the Jim Crow era.

The damming of the Catawba River in 1963 to create Lake Norman was as influential as the cotton industry to Cornelius’ development and growth.

Just three miles south of the geographic center of the state.

The only pontoon swing bridge in North Carolina, and perhaps on the east coast, will soon only be a memory. It is currently being replaced.

Staunch prohibitionist Carrie Nation visited Graham in the early 1900s. She came to with her eye set on denouncing three such establishments. Then-Mayor H.W. Scott informed the visitor that any such activity would be frowned upon.

Nags Head is home to the tallest natural sand dune on the East Coast. Jockey’s Ridge, a series of five dunes, is a natural wonder that’s continually changing in shape and height with the highest hill varying from 90 to 110 feet tall.

Dillsboro has been a tourist town since 1886 when visitors began to arrive by train and spend several weeks. It is often stated that the first summer visitors were the Misses Nellie and Hattie Norfleet of Edenton.