Sturgills, North Carolina

Sturgills is an unincorporated community in the Helton Township of Ashe County, North Carolina 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).

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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



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