Record #:

8054

Author(s):

Aulis, Jack

Abstract:

Castoria is a crossroads in Green County, fifteen miles southeast of the city of Wilson, between Walstonburg and Snow Hill. It is on Highway 91, but not on the state highway map. Some say the place might have been named for Fletcher's Castoria, the popular laxative. Others say that the name was borrowed from a nearby pre-Civil War plantation house. Yet another story about the name contends it comes from Carr's Store, which housed a post office.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 53 Issue 2, July 1985, p21, 31

Subject(s):

Castoria--History