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North Carolina Facts and Links to Historic Sites

U.S. Constitution: 12th State Admission to Statehood: November 21, 1789
NC Bird: Cardinal
NC Flower: Dogwood   Cornus florida
NC Tree: Pine   Pinus
Ancestry and Genealogy:
NC State TreeNorth Carolina State Database
NC Flag: North Carolina Flag North Carolina Map: Click to view NC map
NC Motto: Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem		 Origin of North Carolina state's name: Taken from "Carolus," the Latin word for Charles and named after
England's King Charles I
NC Nickname:
Old North State / Tar Heel State 		Permanent Residents:
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NC Song: The Old North State 

words by: William Gaston
music by: Mrs. E.E. Randolph


Presidential Birthplace of:
James Knox Polk, 1845-1849 (11th)
Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, NC

Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869 (17th)
Born: December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, NC

Three NC Signers of the
Declaration of Independence:

Three NC Signers of the
Constitution of the United States:

William Blount
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Hugh Williamson

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