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475:. Retrieved
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169:Rocky Mount
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629:Categories
477:2020-01-28
402:References
383:Smithfield
173:Greenville
142:Wilmington
134:Greensboro
51:U.S. state
43:area codes
563:919 / 984
358:Goldsboro
259:Granville
201:calls to
162:BellSouth
126:Charlotte
91:Goldsboro
594:Virginia
486:cite web
440:WRAL.com
419:Archived
390:See also
338:Carrboro
270:Johnston
253:Franklin
226:Alamance
218:Counties
177:New Bern
75:Carrboro
618:804/686
614:757/948
610:703/571
606:540/826
528:919/984
524:910/472
516:704/980
512:336/743
378:Sanford
343:Clayton
313:Raleigh
264:Harnett
236:Chatham
152:around
112:History
87:Sanford
59:Raleigh
45:in the
368:Mebane
353:Garner
318:Durham
281:Person
275:Orange
248:Durham
242:Duplin
154:Mebane
95:Mebane
83:Oxford
69:, and
63:Durham
581:South
537:North
471:(PDF)
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292:Wayne
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203:9-1-1
568:East
550:West
492:link
447:2015
333:Apex
323:Cary
287:Wake
175:and
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