Faro, North Carolina

Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States

Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States

Faro

Unincorporated community

Faro

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Coordinates: 35°30′42″N 77°50′38″W﻿ / ﻿35.51167°N 77.84389°W﻿ / 35.51167; -77.84389
Country|  United States
State| North Carolina
County| Wayne
Elevation

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| 37 m (121 ft)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)| 919 & 984
GNIS feature ID| 1010605[1]

Faro is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.[1]

## 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash

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In Faro—12 miles (19 km) north of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base—two hydrogen bombs dropped during the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash[2] as the aircraft broke up in flight.[3] The crash site is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Faro on Big Daddy's Road.[4]

* Thermonuclear bomb resting in a field in Faro

* Explosive ordnance disposal personnel work to recover the buried thermonuclear bomb that fell into a field in Faro

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c "Faro, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ "Atom bomb nearly exploded over North Carolina in 1961 secret documents reveal". Telegraph (UK). Retrieved September 22, 2013.
3. ^ Michael Mechanic (August 2013). "A Sneak Peek at Eric Schlosser's Terrifying New Book on Nuclear Weapons". Mother Jones. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
4. ^ "Faro, North Carolina". Ibiblio. Retrieved September 22, 2013.

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Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Goldsboro

City|

* Goldsboro

Towns|

* Eureka
* Fremont
* Mount Olive‡
* Pikeville
* Seven Springs

Village|

* Walnut Creek

CDPs|

* Brogden
* Dudley
* Elroy
* Mar-Mac
* New Hope

Other
communities|

* Faro
* Grantham
* Hopewell
* Nahunta
* Rosewood

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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