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Chartered 1958; opened 1961. Formed by merger of colleges dating from 1858. Coeducational, four-year liberal arts college.

Chartered 1956 as four-year liberal arts college. Opened September 1960. University since 2006.

Founded 1875. Includes kindergarten through junior college. Campus is 250 yards west.

Early medical school, chartered 1867, conducted by Dr. Hector McLean. Closed c. 1877. Stood one-half mile south.

Est. 1867 as Howard School. State-supported since 1877. A part of The University of North Carolina since 1972.

Established 1887 as the State Normal School for Indians. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.

Operated by Methodist Church, 1911-1926. Site used by Presbyterian Jr. College, 1929-1960; Carolina Military Academy, 1962-1972. One block S.

One of earliest colleges for women in the South, 1841-78. Centre Presbyterian Church, formerly the college chapel, is 150 yards north.

Presbyterian. Founded in 1896. Closed 1961. Merged to create St. Andrews College. Was located 1 mi. east.

Est. 1881 for blacks by Lumber River Bapt. Assoc. Boarding school; trained teachers; named for A.H. Thompson. Succeeded here by public school in 1942.