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WAKE, a central county of North Carolina, drained by the Neuse and Little rivers; area,1,010 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 35,617, of whom16,184 were colored. The surface is hilly andthe soil fertile. Granite and plumbago arefound. It is intersected by the NorthCarolina, the Raleigh and Gaston, and the Raleighand Augusta railroads. The chief productionsin 1870 were 60,596 bushels of wheat, 379,363of Indian corn, 80,804 of oats, 12,204 ofpeas and beans, 10,365 of Irish and 99,976of sweet potatoes, 136,857 lbs. of butter,11,371 of wool, 96,874 of tobacco, 6,933 of rice,and 7,015 bales of cotton. There were 2,108horses, 1,596 mules and asses, 9,544 cattle,6,758 sheep, and 23,468 swine; 5 manufactoriesof carriages and wagons, 1 of cars, 5 ofiron castings, 2 of machinery, 1 of paper, 11flour mills, and 8 saw mills. Capital, Raleigh,also the capital of the state.
