Burke County
Burke County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is part of the state's western mountain region, containing sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains including the Linville Gorge and South Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston, Public domain.
- Type: county of North Carolina with 90,900 residents
- Description: county in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Burke”, “Burke County, NC”, “Burke County, North Carolina”, and “Tryons County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burke County Courthouse and Freedom High School.
Burke County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston, Public domain.
The current Burke County Courthouse is located at 201 South Green Street, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina and operates as the courthouse for Burke County.
Freedom High School
School
Freedom High School is located in Morganton, North Carolina. It is a part of the Burke County Public Schools district.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morganton and Petersburg.
Morganton
Town
Photo: Ron Reiring, CC BY 2.0.
Morganton is a city in and the county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Catawba River.
Petersburg
Hamlet
Petersburg is an unincorporated community in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1168 feet at coordinates: 35° 42' 23.47" N, 81° 40' 15.35" W. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Petersburg is situated 3½ miles southeast of Burke County.
Burke County
- Location: North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Burke County” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Burke County, Noord-Carolina”
- Afrikaans: “Burke County”
- Albanian: “Burke County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة بورك”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه بورك، كارولاينا الشماليه”
- Asturian: “condáu de Burke”
- Basque: “Burke konderria”
- Bavarian: “Burke County, North Carolina”
- Bavarian: “Burke County”
- Bishnupriya: “বার্ক কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
- Bishnupriya: “বার্ক কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Бърк”
- Catalan: “comtat de Burke”
- Cebuano: “Burke County”
- Chechen: “Берк (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
- Chechen: “Берк”
- Chinese: “Burke Kūn”
- Chinese: “伯克县”
- Chinese: “伯克縣”
- Chinese: “伯克郡”
- Danish: “Burke County”
- Dutch: “Burke County”
- Esperanto: “Burke County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Burke”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Burke”
- Finnish: “Burken piirikunta”
- French: “Burke County”
- French: “comté de Burke”
- French: “Comté de Burke”
- German: “Burke County”
- Gilaki: “برک ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
- Gilaki: “برک ٚ شأرستان”
- Hebrew: “מחוז בורק”
- Hungarian: “Burke megye”
- Irish: “Contae Burke, Carolina Thuaidh”
- Irish: “Contae Burke”
- Italian: “Burke County”
- Italian: “contea di Burke”
- Italian: “Contea di Burke”
- Japanese: “バーク郡”
- Korean: “버크군”
- Low German: “Burke County”
- Mazanderani: “برک شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Burke Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Burke Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burke County i Nord-Carolina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burke County”
- Norwegian: “Burke County”
- Nyanja: “Burke County”
- Pedi: “Burke County”
- Persian: “شهرستان برک، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “شهرستان برک”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Burke”
- Portuguese: “Burke County”
- Portuguese: “condado de Burke”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Burke”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Burke, Carolina de Nord”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Burke”
- Russian: “Берк”
- Sardinian: “contea de Burke”
- Serbian: “Округ Берк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Burke County, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Burke County”
- Slovenian: “Burke County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Burke”
- Southern Sotho: “Burke County”
- Spanish: “Burke County”
- Spanish: “condado de Burke”
- Spanish: “Condado de Burke”
- Swahili: “Burke County”
- Swati: “Burke County”
- Swedish: “Burke County, North Carolina”
- Swedish: “Burke County”
- Tatar: “Берк (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
- Tatar: “Берк”
- Tumbuka: “Burke County, North Carolina”
- Tumbuka: “Burke County”
- Turkish: “Burke County, Kuzey Karolina”
- Turkish: “Burke County, N.C.”
- Turkish: “Burke County, NC”
- Turkish: “Burke County”
- Turkish: “Burke ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
- Turkish: “Burke ilçesi, N.C.”
- Turkish: “Burke ilçesi, NC”
- Turkish: “Burke ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Берк”
- Urdu: “برک کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Venetian: “contea de Burke”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Burke, Bắc Carolina”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Burke, North Carolina”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Burke”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Burke, North Carolina”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Burke”
- Welsh: “Burke County, Gogledd Carolina”
- Welsh: “Burke County”
- Western Panjabi: “برک کاؤنٹی”
- Xhosa: “Burke County”
- Zulu: “Burke County”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include M L King Park and Mountain View Recreation Center.
North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Places to Discover
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