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08-06-2008, 01:23 PM
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why are there so many boro's in NC?
this state if filled with them. I will start a list. feel free to add.
greensboro
goldsboro
tarboro
pittsboro
don't want to name them all, but I will if no one responds to this thread. I have a map and some free time.  |
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08-06-2008, 01:51 PM
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Asheboro
Carrboro
Dillsboro
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08-06-2008, 02:23 PM
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every state has them
it probably has a lot to do with the people who named the town and where they came from.
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08-06-2008, 02:34 PM
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every state doesn't have them like NC does. I bet NC has over 50.
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Originally Posted by findinghope
every state has them
it probably has a lot to do with the people who named the town and where they came from.
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08-06-2008, 02:42 PM
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08-06-2008, 02:48 PM
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Can't believe I am responding to this, but here goes...
You will find the ending "boro", which is short for borough, in states which made up the original 13 colonies. This is because back in England since the middle ages the word "borough" was used to describe townships or areas granted some form or self government. This English concept and word were brought over here as the English formed settlements in "New" England. We Americans adopted this traditional word and used it in places like Pittsburgh - also another way of saying "boro".
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08-06-2008, 03:00 PM
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i have noticed that too with ville's
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08-06-2008, 04:13 PM
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That's Asheville with an 'e'
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaBears
i have noticed that too with ville's
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08-07-2008, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jmarquise
every state doesn't have them like NC does. I bet NC has over 50.
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Massachusetts has them also, I was raised in one of them. I don't know about North Carolina, but in New England they are defintely named after communities in the UK. |
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