The Tarheel State – Halifax County Mystery Cache

The Tarheel State

The 100 Counties of North Carolina

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

Halifax County was formed in 1758 from Edgecombe County.  It is named for George Montague-Dunk, 2^ndEarl of Halifax.  The county seat is Halifax and Roanoke Rapids is the largest city. On April 2, 1776, the North Carolina Provincial Congress met in Halifax and passed a resolution known as the Halifax Resolves.  The first resolution of its kind, the document instructed North Carolina’s delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to vote for independence from Great Britain.  The date of the Halifax Resolves is commemorated on the state’s flag.

N 35° 43.377 W 80° 40.XXX

What year was Halifax County formed?

1. 1658 = 656
2. 1858 = 056
3. 1758 = 006