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Charlotte (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 50 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in S central N Carolina near Catawba River; site of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (1775); occupied by British Lord Cornwallis 1780; site of Confederate naval yard in Civil War & of last Confederate cabinet meeting in 1865. |
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| Charlotte (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III |
| Hornet's Nest (C,V)
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............ | nickname (now city's emblem) given by Cornwallis for city's fierce opposition to British occupation |
| Charlottesburg (C,V)
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| Charlottesburgh (C,V)
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Charlotte (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled ca. 1748 & incorporated in 1768, is now state's largest city |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for chemicals, metals, oil refining & farm implements |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for cotton yarn & cotton goods, electrical equipment & food products |
| trade center (C) |
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is a major wholesale distribution point for SE USA, especially for cotton, tobacco & peanuts |
| educational center (C) |
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for Johnson C Smith University (1867), for branch of University of N Carolina & for Queens College (first chartered in 1771) |
| mining center (H) |
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was center for US gold production until California Gold Rush (1849) & was location of a US mint during 19th cen. |
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