Sturgills, North Carolina

Sturgills is an unincorporated community in the Helton Township of Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, near the border with the state of Virginia.

History

Sturgills was named for a former Sheriff B. Sturgills, who was instrumental in the founding of the community's former post office (Powell 1968, p. 479).

References

Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1

36°33′19″N 81°29′54″W / 36.5553994°N 81.4984418°W / 36.5553994; -81.4984418

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