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The Tarheel State – Hertford County Mystery Cache

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McCaching: Archiving due to recent accident.

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Hidden : 9/7/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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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

 

 

Hertford County was formed in 1759 from parts of Bertie County, Chowan County, and Northampton County. It was named for Francis Seymour-Conway, 1stEarl of Hertford.  In 1779 the northwestern part of Hertford County was combined with parts of Chowan County and Perquimans County to form Gates County.  The county seat is Winton and the largest town is Ahoskie.

 

N 35° 43.532 W 80° 40.XXX

 

What is the largest town in Hertford County?

 

  1. Winton = 824
  2. Henderson = 224
  3. Ahoskie = 577

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: #3 Pnpur: OBF

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)