NC Gazetteer

Piedmont Dialect Region

A region in Cleveland County, Catawba County, Lincoln County, Chatham County, Randolph County, Alamance County, Richmond County, Union County, Durham County, Granville County, Person County, Orange County, Rowan County, Scotland County, Vance County, Mecklenburg County, Yadkin County, Harnett County, Burke County, Anson County, Gaston County, Davidson County, Moore County, Caldwell County, Hoke County, Wake County, Stokes County, Guilford County, Alexander County, Stanly County, Forsyth County, Lee County, Cabarrus County, Surry County, Montgomery County, Wilkes County, Iredell County, Caswell County, Davie County, Franklin County and Rockingham County
This is the geographic region where the Piedmont Dialect is spoken; the boundaries are fuzzy, with Hickory on the western border, Zebulon on the east border, Louisburg on the northern border, and the state border on the south border.