North Carolina Highway 145
State highway in Anson County, North Carolina, US
North Carolina Highway 145 (NC 145) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from the South Carolina state line to U.S. Route 74 (US 74) entirely in Anson County.
Route description
A two-lane rural highway, it traverses 13.6 miles (21.9 km), starting at the South Carolina state line, going through the town of Morven where it intersects US 52, and ending at US 74 just north of Pee Dee community.
History
Established in 1961, NC 145 was a renumbering of NC 85. The route has not changed since its inception.
North Carolina Highway 85
North Carolina Highway 85 (NC 85) was established in 1937 as a renumbering of NC 802. Around 1947, NC 85 was realigned onto new road, bypassing the Cairo community. In 1961, NC 85 was renumbered to NC 145 because of the Interstate 85 designation in the state.
North Carolina Highway 802
North Carolina Highway 802 (NC 802) was established as a new primary routing in either 1929 or 1930 as an auxiliary route of NC 80 (today's US 52) in Morven. It traveled from SC 95 (today's SC 145) at the state line, going northeast through Cairo and Pee Dee, to US 74/NC 20.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “North Carolina Highway 145” is state highway in Anson County, North Carolina, US. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through North, Carolina and Highway, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “state highway in Anson County, North Carolina, US” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2489102. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961, 1937, 1947 and 1929.
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This entry incorporates text from “North Carolina Highway 145” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.