Pleasant Grove, Alamance County, North Carolina
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Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Alamance County
, North Carolina
, United States
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Pleasant Grove is located at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 49 and North Carolina Highway 62
in the northeastern part of Alamance County. It is the site of the tribal grounds of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
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Alamance County, North Carolina
Alamance County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It coincides with the Burlington, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, United States
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Pleasant Grove is located at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 49 and North Carolina Highway 62
North Carolina Highway 62
North Carolina Highway 62 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Primarily in the Piedmont Triad, it runs from NC 109 in Thomasville northeast to the Virginia state line in Milton.-Route description:...
in the northeastern part of Alamance County. It is the site of the tribal grounds of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation are descendants of the historic Saponi and other Siouan-speaking Indians who occupied the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. The community is located primarily in Pleasant Grove Township, Alamance County, North Carolina...
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Notable residents
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(2007–08)