Goldsboro, NC

Goldsboro anchors eastern North Carolina about an hour from Raleigh via US Highway 70. Interstate 795 connects north to I-95 for long-distance travel, while US 117 runs south toward Wilmington and the coast. The city sits in tobacco and pine country with Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on its northern edge. Downtown's Waynesborough Historical Village features relocated 19th-century buildings, including a preserved one-room schoolhouse.