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 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Acres and to the northeast by Little River. Via U.S. Route 17, it is northeast of Myrtle Beach and southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. Via South Carolina Highway 9 it is southeast of Interstate 95 near Dillon, South Carolina. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.39%, are water. The area is divided into four separate areas based on its former municipalities. These are Windy Hill, Crescent Beach, Ocean Drive, and Cherry Grove, a spit bordering North Carolina. Atlantic Beach, which is bordered on three