This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UiB.2ACI/1366.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: A correspondent tells me I'm wrong about Morganton, NC being 30 miles from TN. But she seems to be considering road miles; I was estimating distance as the bird flies to the nearest point which appears to be near Roan Mountain. Reconsidering my estimate, it probably should be 40 miles. In any case it is not near the current state line.