| LC control no. | n 79104332 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Raleigh (N.C.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | North Carolina--Raleigh |
| Variant(s) | City of Raleigh (N.C.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | North Carolina |
| Special note | URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC Pilot. Please do not remove or edit the URIs. Old catalog heading: Raleigh, N.C. |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 35°46ʹ20ʺN 078°38ʹ19ʺW) GNIS, August 10, 2015 (Raleigh, populated place, capital of State of North Carolina; variant name: Wake Court House [no access points in OCLC]; Wake and Durham counties; also lists City of Raleigh, civil, Wake and Durham counties) Wikipedia, August 10, 2015 (Raleigh, North Carolina; City of Raleigh; capital of the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County; most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a very small portion extending into Durham County; divided into several major geographic areas: Downtown; Midtown Raleigh; East Raleigh; West Raleigh; North Raleigh; South Raleigh; Southeast Raleigh; 35°46ʹ50N 78°38ʹ20ʺW) North Carolina gazetteer, via NCpedia website, August 10, 2015 (Raleigh: city, county seat, and state capital, central Wake County on Neuse River. Made county seat in 1771 and known as Wake Court House [no access points in OCLC] until the site was selected as the state capital in 1792 and named for Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618), English statesman who sent the first English colonists to Roanoke Island. Inc. 1794. The legislature met at Wake Court House in 1781 and has met in Raleigh since 1794. Now includes former communities of Oberlin and Caraleigh, which see, and West Raleigh.) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-nc |
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