North Carolina

Small towns/areas with interesting names:. Injured Reserve. The three largest Protestant denominations in North Carolina are: Baptist (47% of the total state population), Methodist (13%), Presbyterian (4%). Bench. The religious affiliations of the citizens of North Carolina are:. Starters. Females made up approximately 51% of the population. However, the franchise also sees great hope in rising star LeBron James, whom many have compared to basketball-great Michael Jordan.

6.7% of North Carolina's population were reported as under 5, 24.4% under 18, and 12.0% were 65 or older. The team will have a pick in the top 14 of the NBA Draft; also, they must look for a new coach. The 5 largest ancestry groups in North Carolina are African American (21.6%), American (13.9%), English (9.5%), German (9.5%), Irish (7.4%). The 2005 offseason brings both hope and despair for the Cavs. The racial makeup of the state is:. The Cavs failed to make the playoffs that year, tied with the resurgent New Jersey Nets for the eighth (and final) playoff spot (the Nets owned the tiebreaker over the Cavs). Census Bureau, as of 2003, North Carolina's population was estimated at 8,407,248 people. After a promising start when the team seemed to be locked firmly into the Eastern Conference's 5th playoff spot, the Cavs began a downward spiral that eventually led to the firing of coach Paul Silas and general manager Jim Paxson.

According to the U.S. Despite the loss of Carlos Boozer, James teamed with Drew Gooden and Zydrunas Ilgauskas to form the core of the Cavs team. Some of the film/telelvision credits filmed there include: Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Cape Fear, Maximum Overdrive, and The Crow. James blossomed into a superstar, increasing his points average, shooting percentage, assists average, and rebounds average. Movie Studios are located in Shelby, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, and the most popular, EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington. Hope was even greater for the 2004-2005 season. North Carolina is also the largest film making state outside of California. The 2003-2004 season offered great hope for the future, as James rose to become a dominating player, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Charlotte, the largest city in the state, is also the nation's largest banking presence outside of New York City. The Cavs selected high school phenom Lebron James. Its industrial outputs are tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, and tourism. After another disappointing season in 2002-2003, the Cavs landed the number one draft pick in the NBA Lottery. North Carolina's agricultural outputs are poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, and soybeans. Those seasons saw the Cavs drop to the bottom of the league, becomming a perennial lottery draft team. Its 2003 Per Capita Personal Income was $28,071, 38^th in the nation. However, after the Cavs' glory days came several losing seasons.

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the state's 2003 total gross state product was $314 billion. The pinnacle of the Cavs' dominance came in the 1991-1992 season, when they compiled a 57-25 record and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, losing to the Chicago Bulls 4-2. These regions are roughly divided by their elevation, with the Coastal Plain extending to areas below 400 feet above sea level; the Piedmont encompassing those areas between 400 and 1,500 feet; and the Mountain region referring to areas from 1,500 feet to the highest Appalachian peaks at more than 6,000 feet. These players formed the core of the team that led the Cavs to eight playoff seasons in the next nine years, including three 50-wins plus seasons. Major geographic features include the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west, the Piedmont region of the central portion of the state, the Coastal Plain, and Cape Fear, Cape Hatteras, and the Outer Banks off the eastern coast. In 1986, under the Gund brothers as owners, the team acquired, either through trades or the draft, Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Ron Harper, and Larry Nance. The area embraced within its boundaries is fifty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-six square miles (135,000 kmē). However, brothers George Gund and Gordon Gund purchased the franchise in the mid 1980s and decided to keep the team in Cleveland.

Its mean breadth from north to south is about one hundred miles (160 km); its extreme breadth is one hundred and eighty-eight miles (303 km). The extreme length of the State from east to west is five hundred miles (800 km). In the 1980s, new owner Ted Stepien quickly hired and fired a succession of coaches and even threatened to move the franchise to Toronto. Its western boundary is the crest of the Smoky Mountains, which, with the Blue Ridge, forms a part of the great Appalachian system, extending almost from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico; its eastern is the Atlantic Ocean. The Cavs won the series against the Washington Bullets, 4-3. Because of the many heroics and last-second shots, the series became known as the "Miracle of Richfield." However, hampered by injuries, the Cavs proceeded to lose to the Boston Celtics in round two of the NBA playoffs. The State of North Carolina is included between the parallels 34° and 36°30' north latitude, and between the meridians 75°30' and 84°30' west longitude. He received the league's Coach of the Year award as the Cavs made their first-ever playoff appearance. See also List of North Carolina counties; List of cities in North Carolina; List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina. In the 1975-1976 season, with Carr, Bingo Smith, Jim Chones, and Dick Snyder, Fitch led the Cavs, as the team is commonly nicknamed, to a stunning 49-33 record, which was the best record in the Central Division.

Main article: Geography of North Carolina. However, the team began to build around the 1971 draft pick, Austin Carr. Source: [North Carolina Court System official site (http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Default.asp)]. Under the direction of coach Bill Fitch, they compiled a league-worst 15-67 record. In civil cases, the magistrate is authorized to try small claims involving up to $4,000 including landlord eviction cases. The Cavaliers first began play in the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team. Magistrates accept guilty pleas for minor misdemeanors, accept guilty pleas for traffic violations and accept waivers of trial for worthless-check cases among other things. The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

The District Court also hears juvenile cases involving children under the age of 16 who are delinquent and children under the age of 18 who are undisciplined, dependent, neglected or abused. Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.). The trial of a criminal case in District Court is always without a jury. Wayne Embry (Current team president and first African-American to serve in that role in the NBA; inducted as a contributor.). Civil cases such as divorce, custody, child support and cases involving less than $10,000 are heard in District Court, along with criminal cases involving misdemeanors and infractions. F/C - #47 Scott Williams (North Carolina). In the civil cases, juries are often waived. G - #2 Dajuan Wagner (Memphis).

A jury of 12 hears the criminal cases. SF - #33 Luke Jackson (Oregon). All felony criminal cases, civil cases involving more than $10,000 and misdemeanor and infraction appeals from District Court are tried in Superior Court. SF - #44 Jiri Welsch (Czech Republic). The Trial division includes the Superior Court and the District Court. PF - #17 Anderson Varejao (Brazil). Together, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals constitute the Appellate division of the court system. SG - #3 Sasha Pavlovič (Montenegro).

the North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only intermediate appellate court in the state; it consists of fifteen judges who rule in rotating panels of three. F/C - #32 Robert Traylor (Michigan). The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state's highest appellate court; it numbers seven justices. SG - #12 Lucious Harris (Long Beach State). The prior term's power sharing Co-Speaker arrangement is no longer in effect, as the House Democrats won a decided victory and majority of the seats in the 2004 election. C - #52 DeSagana Diop (Senegal). Black. Mary's HS, Akron, Ohio).

For the 2003-2004 session, the current President Pro Tempore is Democrat Marc Basnight; The House Speaker is Democrat James B. Vincent-St. The North Carolina General Assembly consists of two houses, a 50-member Senate and a 120-member House of Representatives. SF - #23 LeBron James (St. See List of North Carolina Governors. PF - #90 Drew Gooden (Kansas). The state's current governor is Democrat Mike Easley. C - #11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Lithuania).

The governor, lieutenant governor, and eight elected department heads form the North Carolina Council of State; Ten other department heads appointed by the Governor form the North Carolina Cabinet. SG - #14 Ira Newble (Miami, OH). senators are Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, both Republicans. PG - #0 Jeff McInnis (North Carolina). Its two U.S. 43 Brad Daugherty. The capital of North Carolina is Raleigh and its governor is Mike Easley, a Democrat. 42 Nate Thurmond.

North Carolina has had three constitutions:. 34 Austin Carr. Recently, technology has become a driving force in the state, especially with the creation of the Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham in the 1950's. 25 Mark Price. Tobacco, one of North Carolina's earliest sources of revenue, remains vital to the local economy. 22 Larry Nance. The state's industrial output--mainly textiles, chemicals, electrical equipment, paper and paper products--ranked eighth in the nation in the early 1990s. 7 Bingo Smith.

Over the past century, North Carolina has grown to become a leader in agriculture and industry. Hot Rod Williams. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, but the final surrender in North Carolina came at Waynesville in Western North Carolina in May, when remnants of Thomas' Cherokee Legion laid down their arms. Campy Russell. Johnston surrendered one of the largest Confederate armies near Durham in late April 1865, weeks after Gen. Shawn Kemp. Gen. Free.

Sherman's advance into the Carolinas in the spring of 1865. World B. Joseph Johnston to slow Union Gen. Jim Chones. The largest battle that occurred in North Carolina was at Bentonville, a futile attempt by Confederate Gen. Terrell Brandon. Although few major engagements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in virtually all the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. Carlos Boozer.

Approximately 40,000 of those troops never returned home, dead of battlefield wounds, disease and privation. Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.). Governor Ellis, leader of the state at the war's beginning in 1861, famously declared in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops to suppress the "rebellion" that "you can get no troops from North Carolina." However, under his leadership and that of his successor, Governor Zebulon Baird Vance of Asheville, elected in 1862, the Tar Heel State did provide 125,000 troops to the Confederacy, more than any other Confederate state. Nate Thurmond. Somewhat divided on whether to support the North or the South in the Civil War, North Carolina was the last state to secede from the Union in 1861. There were also about 30,000 free blacks residing in the state.

In 1860 North Carolina was a slave state with a population of slightly less than 1 million, approximately one-third of whom were enslaved. In mid-century the state's rural and commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden plank road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from Fayetteville in the east to Bethania (northwest of Winston-Salem). In 1840, it completed the state capitol building in Raleigh, still standing today. Between the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, North Carolina worked to establish its state and local governments.

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in the Union. It reverted to a royal colony seventeen years later. In April 1776, the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown. In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. By the late seventeenth century, several permanent settlements had taken hold in the Carolina territory, which encompassed present-day South Carolina and Tennessee as well.

The demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island, remains one of the great mysteries of American history. Dare County is named for her. Virginia Dare, the first English child to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom the state capital is named, chartered two colonies on the North Carolina coast in the late 1580s, both ending in failure.

Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the Cherokee, North Carolina was the first American territory the English attempted to colonize. The USS North Carolina was named in honor of this state. It is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. North Carolina is a southern state in the United States. North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.

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Rockfish, North Carolina (in Hoke County). Frying Pan Landing, North Carolina (in Tyrrell County). Rich Square, North Carolina (in Northampton County). Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (in Dare County).

Soul City, North Carolina (in Warren County). Lizard Lick, North Carolina (in Wake County, near Raleigh). Climax, North Carolina (in Guilford County, near Greensboro). Non-Religious 5%.

Other Religions 1%. Other Christian 2%. Roman Catholic 6%. Protestant 83%.

1.3% mixed race. 1.2% American Indian. 1.4% Asian. 4.7% Hispanic.

21.6% Black. 70.2% White Non-Hispanic. 1971: This is a minor consolidation of the 1868 constitution and subsequent amendments. It was a major reorganization and modification of the original into fourteen articles.

1868: This was framed in accordance with the Reconstruction Acts after North Carolina was readmitted into the Union. The Declaration of Rights was ratified the preceding day. 1776: This one was ratified December 18, 1776, as the first constitution of the independent state.