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The city is located at the intersection of two major interstate highways (I-85 and I-40) in the Piedmont ("foot of the mountains") region of central North Carolina. In 1808, Greensborough (as was the spelling prior to 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed the nearby town of Guilford Court House as the county seat. This act moved the county courts closer to the geographical center of the county, a location more easily reached by a greater numberthe majority of the county`s citizens. According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 109.2 sq miles (283.0 km²), of which, 104.7 sq miles (271.2 km²) of it is land and 4.5 sq miles (11.8 km²) of it (4.16%) is water. Greensboro is situated among the gently rolling hills of North Carolina`s Piedmont and is situated midway between the state`s Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains to the west and the Atlantic beach and Outer Banks to the east. The view of the city from its highest building—the Lincoln Financial tower—reveals that the town is populated with large numbers of green trees, lending perhaps another dimension of significance to its name. The city is at the nexus of several major freeways, with Interstates 40, 85, and the planned I-73 passing through its borders. Greensboro is served by Piedmont Triad International Airport, which also serves nearby the cities of High Point and Winston-Salem as well as the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. Amtrak`s daily Crescent, Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect Greensboro with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.
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