North Carolina Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City. Also stationed in North Carolina is the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport. General History Government and education Other North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill
North Carolina Highway 38 North Carolina Highway 38 North Carolina Highway 38 (NC 38) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from South Carolina state line to the town of Hamlet. A two-lane rural highway, it traverses , begins at the South Carolina state line where the road itself continues south as South Carolina Highway 38. Heading north, NC 38 connects with U.S. Route 74 (US 74) which is also a future segment of Interstate 74. Continuing north from the interchange, it heads into Hamlet, where it ends at US 74 Business. NC 38 is named in