The Tarheel State – Beaufort County Mystery Cache

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McCaching: Archiving due to recent accident.

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Hidden : 8/31/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The Tarheel State

 

The 100 Counties of North Carolina

 

Cache is not at the posted coordinates.  Answer the question to get the final coordinates

 

https://i.imgur.com/Rh4hfVG.png

 

Beaufort County was founded in 1705 as Pamptecough Precinct.  It was renamed Beaufort Precinct in 1712 and became Beaufort County in 1739.  The county seat is Washington, which is also the largest city.  The county was named for Henry Scudamore, 3rdDuke of Beaufort, who became one of the Lords Proprietor of Carolina around 1709.  Beaufort County is the fifth-largest county in North Carolina by total area.  

 

N 35° 42.912 W 80° 34.XXX

 

What is the largest city in Beaufort County?

 

  1. Roosevelt = 647
  2. Wilson = 432
  3. Washington = 795

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: #3 Pnpur: Zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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