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Fayetteville (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 03 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 078 52 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -78.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in S central N Carolina at head of navigation of Cape Fear River; site of convention that ratified US Constitution in N Carolina in 1789; occupied by Cornwallis in 1781 & by General Sherman in 1865; fire destroyed more than 600 buildings in 1831. |
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| Fayetteville (preferred,C,V)
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| Cambelltown (H,V)
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............ | founded 1739 |
| Cross Creek (H,V)
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............ | founded 1746 |
| Campbellton (C,V)
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| Lower Campbellton (C,V)
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| Upper Campbellton (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally 2 separate villages founded by Scottish colonists in 1739 & 1746, united in 1783 & named for Marquis de Lafayette |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for chemicals, textiles, wood products & furniture, formerly for lumber & turpentine |
| military center (C) |
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for nearby Fort Bragg & Pope Air Force Base, which are important to economy |
| educational center (C) |
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for Fayetteville State University (1867), Methodist College & Fayetteville Technical Institute |
| capital (H) |
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of state from 1789-1793 |
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