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Morganton, North Carolina, United States
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Morganton,_North_Carolina,_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode
828
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:county
gptkb:Burke_County
gptkbp:elevation
1,155 ft (352 m)
gptkbp:founded
1784
gptkbp:governmentType
council-manager
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Morganton, North Carolina, United States
gptkbp:incorporated
1847
gptkbp:latitude
35.7451
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver
gptkb:Catawba_River
gptkbp:longitude
-81.6848
gptkbp:mayor
gptkb:Ronnie_Thompson
gptkbp:metropolitanArea
gptkb:Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:General_Daniel_Morgan
gptkbp:notableEvent
Overmountain Men mustered at Quaker Meadows (1780)
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:William_Lenoir
gptkb:Jim_Acker
gptkb:William_Waightstill_Avery
gptkb:Sam_Jethroe
gptkbp:notableSite
gptkb:Historic_Burke_County_Courthouse
gptkb:North_Carolina_School_for_the_Deaf
gptkb:Quaker_Meadows
gptkb:Western_Carolina_Center
gptkb:Old_Burke_County_Courthouse
gptkbp:officialWebsite
https://www.morgantonnc.gov/
gptkbp:population
approximately 17,500 (2020 census)
gptkbp:schoolDistrict
gptkb:Burke_County_Public_Schools
gptkbp:state
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:timezone
gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:zipCode
28655
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Thomas_Lanier_Clingman
gptkb:Sam_Ervin
gptkb:Johnny_Bristol
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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