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    Burke County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 87,570. Its county seat is Morganton. Burke...
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    Morganton is a city in and county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 17,474 at the 2020 census. Morganton is approximately...
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    Burke (circa 1747 – December 2, 1783) was an Irish physician, lawyer, and statesman who lived in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina...
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  • Thumbnail for Valdese, North Carolina
    Valdese (/ˈvældis/ VAL-dees) is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,689 at the 2020 census. It is part of the...
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  • Burke County is the name of three counties in the United States: Burke County, Georgia Burke County, North Carolina Burke County, North Dakota This disambiguation...
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    miles (4,114.46 km) from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. In North Carolina, I-40 travels 420.21 miles (676.26 km) across the entirety...
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  • Burke County Courthouse is located at 201 South Green Street, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina and operates as the courthouse for Burke County...
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    Drexel is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,858 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton...
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    Pisgah National Forest near Morganton, in western North Carolina, on the border of Burke and Caldwell Counties. Since at least the early 20th century, mysterious...
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  • Thumbnail for North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
    The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) is a two-year, public residential high school with two physical campuses located in Durham...
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  • Thumbnail for Salem, North Carolina
    Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the...
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  • Morganton, North Carolina covering Burke County, North Carolina. The preceding newspapers include The Morganton Herald (1889–1901) and The Burke County News...
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  • Thumbnail for Rhodhiss, North Carolina
    Rhodhiss is a town in Caldwell and Burke counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,070 at the 2010 census, up from 366 in 2000...
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  • (formerly Brittain Store) is an unincorporated community in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1168 feet (356 m)...
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    South Mountains State Park (category Mountains of Burke County, North Carolina)
    State Park is a North Carolina state park in Burke County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Connellys Springs, North Carolina, it covers 20...
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    Buncombe County (/ˈbʌŋkəm/ BUNK-um) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census...
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  • Thumbnail for Connelly Springs, North Carolina
    Connelly Springs is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,669 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton...
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  • Thumbnail for List of municipalities in North Carolina
    spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km2) of land. North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 552 municipalities consisting of cities...
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  • Thumbnail for Hildebran, North Carolina
    Hildebran is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,023 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton...
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    Joseph McDowell Jr. (category People from Burke County, North Carolina)
    family's estate, "Quaker Meadows", in Rowan County, North Carolina (in the area that became Burke County in 1777). He was a delegate to the Hillsborough...
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    consisting of four counties, Catawba, Burke, Caldwell, Alexander. It is located in the Catawba Valley region of western North Carolina. Local residents...
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  • Thumbnail for Catawba County, North Carolina
    Catawba County (/kəˈtɔːbə/ kuh-TAW-buh) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat...
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  • and parts of: Burke County, North Carolina McDowell County, North Carolina Greenville County, South Carolina Newberry County, South Carolina The Catawba...
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  • Thumbnail for Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,810, making it the most populous "Lincoln...
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  • Thumbnail for List of counties in North Carolina
    state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country...
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  • Thumbnail for Linville Falls, North Carolina
    unincorporated community at the junction of Avery, Burke, and McDowell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The community is named after Linville Falls...
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    North Carolina Department of Transportation. November 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2016. Burke County, North Carolina (PDF) (Map). North Carolina Department...
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  • Thumbnail for Caldwell County, North Carolina
    of Burke County and Wilkes County. It was named for Joseph Caldwell, presiding professor and the first president of the University of North Carolina at...
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  • Thumbnail for Long View, North Carolina
    Long View is a town in Burke and Catawba counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 4,871 at the 2010 census. It is part of the...
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  • Smokey Creek Township is a small township in Burke County, North Carolina, close to the Caldwell County line. As of the 2022 census, the population was...
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