Spruce Pine Mining District

Historical marker location:

79 Parkway Maintenance Road, Spruce Pine, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 226 and Blue Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 226.)

Marker installed: 2004

The state's largest city, Charlotte, was named after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.