Raleigh

Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, is near the Neuse River, 186 miles (by rail 271) SSW. of Richmond. The town is regularly built on an elevated site, with a central Union Square, from which four principal streets radiate, each 99 feet wide. In the square stands the capitol, a large domed building of granite, which cost over $500,000. The city contains also state institutions for the blind, deaf and dumb, and insane, a gaol, and has iron-foundries, machine and car shops, and manufactories of clothing, carriages, and farming implements. Pop. (1880) 9265; (1890) 12,798.