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The Tarheel State – Yancey County Mystery Cache

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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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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

 

Yancey County was formed in 1833 from parts of Burke and Buncombe counties. It was named in honor of one of North Carolina’s most distinguished statesmen, Bartlett Yancey, who was a U.S. Congressman and speaker of the N.C. Senate.  The county seat is Burnsville, which is also its largest town.  

 

N 35° 45.111 W 80° 47.XXX

 

What is the county seat of Yancey County?

 

  1. Yadkinville = 485
  2. North Wilkesboro = 885
  3. Burnsville = 237

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: #3 Pnpur: TE

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)