Welcome to North Carolina!
North Carolina
Capital: Raleigh
Nicknames: Tar Heel State and Old North State
State Motto: To Be Rather Than to Seem
State Flower: Flowering dogwood
State Tree: Pine
State Bird: Cardinal
State Mammal: Gray squirrel
State Song: "The North State"
Statehood: November 21, 1789. North Carolina was one of the 13 original colonies and the twelfth to ratify the Constitution.
Area: 52, 669 square miles: the 28th largest state
Neighbors: Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and the Atlantic Ocean
