Where In North Carolina Is That And How Did IT Get ITs Name?

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    Asey Hole

    • (Nash County) Famous shouting match between two families
    • (Onslow County) Deep section of White Oak River; Asa Moore fell in there
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Test your knowledge of how some of North Carolina's lesser known places got their names! Based on some of Michael Hill's favorite entries in the 2nd edition of the North Carolina Gazetteer.

Where In North Carolina Is That And How Did IT Get ITs Name? - Quiz

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      Virgilina

    • (Granville County) Border town on the NC/VA border

    • (New Hanover County) Site of a paper plant

    Correct Answer
    A. (Granville County) Border town on the NC/VA border
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Black Ankle

    • (Montgomery County) Bogs in the gold mines dirtied the ankles of workers

    • (Gaston County) Named for a local tobacco shop

    Correct Answer
    A. (Montgomery County) Bogs in the gold mines dirtied the ankles of workers
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Handy

    • (Pitt County) Handy Candy store site

    • (Davidson County) New post office was considered handier than the old one

    Correct Answer
    A. (Davidson County) New post office was considered handier than the old one
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Pig Basket Creek

    • (Nash County) Settler dropped a basket of newborn pigs into the stream

    • (Craven County) Big Brisk Creek misheard

    Correct Answer
    A. (Nash County) Settler dropped a basket of newborn pigs into the stream
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Whynot

    • (Bertie County) Shortened from Whynikonot

    • (Randolph County) Naming contest, "Why not name it Whynot?"

    Correct Answer
    A. (Randolph County) Naming contest, "Why not name it Whynot?"
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Cat Square

    • (Lincoln County) Unwanted cats and kittens were left there

    • (Camden County) Town's ninth name

    Correct Answer
    A. (Lincoln County) Unwanted cats and kittens were left there
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Shakerag

    • (Randolph County) Former farm turned furniture mill

    • (Lee County) Two men fought there until their clothes were in tatters

    Correct Answer
    A. (Lee County) Two men fought there until their clothes were in tatters
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Enola

    • (Burke County) Alone spelled backwards

    • (Harnett County) Enola Wells' birthplace

    Correct Answer
    A. (Burke County) Alone spelled backwards
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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    Lawyer's Spring

    • (Buncombe County) Favorite vacation spot for attorneys in the early 1900s

    • (Anson County) Party of attorneys spent the night there and froze to death

    Correct Answer
    A. (Anson County) Party of attorneys spent the night there and froze to death
    Explanation
    Select the correct county and name origin for the North Carolina place provided.

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