Wilson

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Wilson is a city in eastern North Carolina known historically for its tobacco and textile industries and now for its cultural attractions and public gardens.

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instanceOf city
areaCode 252
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
countySeatOf Wilson County, North Carolina
governmentType council–manager government
hasAttraction Edna Boykin Cultural Center
Imagination Station Science & History Museum
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park
Wilson Botanical Gardens
hasCulturalEvent North Carolina Whirligig Festival
hasCulturalFacility Edna Boykin Cultural Center
hasHigherEducationInstitution Barton College
Wilson Community College
hasHistoricEconomicBase agriculture
manufacturing
hasMuseum Imagination Station Science & History Museum
hasPostalCodePrefix 27893
27896
hasPublicArtSite Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park
hasPublicGarden Wilson Botanical Gardens
hasRailService Amtrak
hasSportsTeam Wilson Tobs
historicallyKnownFor textile industry
tobacco industry
incorporatedIn 19th century
knownFor cultural attractions
public gardens
locatedEastOf Raleigh, North Carolina
linked to: Raleigh
locatedIn eastern North Carolina
locatedInRegion Piedmont and Coastal Plain transition zone
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Rocky Mount, North Carolina
namedAfter Louis Dicken Wilson
partOf Wilson County, North Carolina
region Inland Coastal Plain of North Carolina
sportsTeamType summer collegiate baseball team
state North Carolina
transportServedBy Interstate 95
U.S. Route 264
U.S. Route 301

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