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The Tarheel State – Richmond County Mystery Cache

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McCaching: Archiving due to recent accident.

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Hidden : 9/28/2019
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

 

Richmond County was formed in 1779 from Anson County.  It was named for Charles Lennox, 3ed Duke of Richmond and Lennox who was a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.  In 1899 the southeastern part of the county was organized as Scotland County. The county seat is Rockingham, which is also the largest city.

 

N 35° 44.919 W 80° 45.XXX

 

What is the largest city in Richmond County?

 

  1. Rockingboro208
  2. Rockingburg = 408
  3. Rockingham = 006

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)