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Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,015. It is the county seat of Cumberland County , and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army ... more »
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Airports Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,015. It is the county seat of Cumberland County , and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army base located northwest of the city.
As of 2005 the city of Fayetteville has a population over 172,000 and ranks as the sixth largest municipality in North Carolina. Fayetteville is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.
Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base are located next to the city of Fayetteville. Several U.S. Army airborne units are stationed at Fort Bragg, most prominently the 18th Airborne Corps HQ, the 82d Airborne Division, and the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC).
Pope Air Force Base Missions at Pope AFB range from providing airlift and close air support to American armed forces, to humanitarian missions flown all over the world. Pope AFB particularly provides air transportation for the US Army 82nd Airborne Division, which is based at neighboring Fort Bragg,
The area of present-day Fayetteville was inhabited by various Siouan Native American peoples such as the Eno, Shakori, Waccamaw, Keyauwee, and Cape Fear Indians for more than 12,000 years.
After the violent upheavals of the Yamasee and Tuscarora Wars during the second decade of the eighteenth century, the administration of North Carolina colony encouraged colonial settlement along the upper Cape Fear River, the only navigable waterway entirely within North Carolina. Two inland settlements, Cross Creek, and the riverfront settlement of Campbellton were established by Scots from Campbellton, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. After the American Revolutionary War, the two towns were united and renamed in honor of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, a Revolutionary War hero. Many cities are named after Lafayette but, Fayetteville, NC was the first and, it is told, the only one he actually visited. The Frenchman arrived in Fayetteville by horse-drawn carriage in 1825.
Fayetteville was the capital of the state from 1789-1793.
In Fayetteville in 1789, North Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution and chartered the University of North Carolina, America's oldest state/public university.
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