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Morganton is a city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. “Reader's Digest” included Morganton in its list of top ten places to raise a family, and the town was recently profiled in "The 50 Best Small Southern Towns." The population was 17,310 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Burke County.

Twenty minutes outside of Morganton is the manmade Lake James, which is surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. The lake offers an abundance of summertime recreation that includes: fishing, boating, canoeing, and camping. There are also multiple ski areas located approximately an hour from Morganton; these ski areas include, but are not limited to, Ski Beech, Sugar Mountain, and Hawks Nest. Morganton is located on Interstate-40 and has a central location to the cities of Hickory (approximately 25 minutes), Asheville (approximately 45 minutes), Charlotte (approximately 1 hour) and Winston-Salem (approximately 90 minutes).

The oldest known European inland (non-coastal) settlement in the United States has been identified near Morganton. The foundation of this fort, built by Spanish explorers in the 1540s, is now being excavated, according to an article in Smithsonian Magazine.

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