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The Four Half and Half Towns

Record #:
13688
Abstract:
Edgecombe and Nash Counties geographically compete for four towns: Rocky Mount, Battleboro, Whitakers, and Sharpsburg; Sharpsburg and Rocky Mount are claimed by additional counties. This article discusses the history of these shared borders as well as the governmental implications of communal county lines.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 24, Nov 1952, p10-11, 31, il