| LC control no. | n 82079187 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Washington (N.C.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | North Carolina--Washington |
| Variant(s) | Washington, N.C. Bonner (N.C.) City of Washington (N.C.) Forks of Tar River (N.C.) |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 35°32ʹ48ʺN 077°03ʹ08ʺW) GNIS, Apr. 12, 2021 (Washington; ppl in Beaufort County, N.C.; variant names: Bonner, Forks of Tar River; 353248N 0770308W; City of Washington, civil, Beaufort County, N.C.) The North Carolina gazetteer, via NCpedia website, Apr. 12, 2021 (Washington; city and county seat, west Beaufort County on Pamlico River; established 1782; known originally as Forks of Tar River but called Washington as early as 1776; named by Col. James Bonner, founder of the town and friend of George Washington; known as "the original Washington" and commonly as "Little Washington" to distinguish it from the District of Columbia) <https://ncpedia.org/gazetteer/> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-nc |
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