Official Name: | Faro |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wayne |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 121 |
Coordinates: | 35.5117°N -77.8439°W |
Area Code: | 919 & 984 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1010605 |
Faro is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
In Faro - north of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base - two hydrogen bombs dropped during the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash[1] as the aircraft broke up in flight.[2] The crash site is southwest of Faro on Big Daddy's Road.[3]