North Carolina 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 is home to the largest research park in the United States (Research Triangle Park). The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second largest banking
North and South Carolina Railway than a mile of the carrier’s route lying within North Carolina. The North and South Carolina Railroad also operated a 10-mile stretch of track between Gibson and Hamlet, North Carolina, owned by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. In 1914, the South Carolina Western Railway, the South Carolina Western Extension Railway and the Charleston Northern Railway were merged into the North and South Carolina Railway to form the Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway. That same year, the North and South Carolina Railroad merged with the Georgetown and Western Railway. North and South Carolina Railway The North and South Carolina Railway was