Crisp, North Carolina

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Crisp is a community in Edgecombe County in eastern North Carolina. It is located at the intersection of U.S Route 258 an North Carolina Highway 124, about 11 miles south of Tarboro.

[edit] History

Various family records indicate that farmers settled in the area by the late 1700s. The community became known as "Crisp" in 1896, when it acquired a post office. Before that time, the community had been referred to as "Eagles' Store," "Eagles' Crossroads," and other variations after the store run by the Eagles family, now through five generations. In 1896, the Eagles had taken on a business partner, Sellus M. Crisp, and when the business, on behalf of the community, applied for a post office with the request that the community be named "Eagles," it was on Eagles & Crisp business stationary. The post office department, noting that several towns throughout the state had the word "Eagles" in the name, suggested that the town be called "Crisp." There was no disagreement and the Post Office had a station in Eagles' store until the early 1990s. Eagles Baptist Church was organized in 1891. At the time it was the second Missionary Baptist church in the county and it is still the largest church in the Crisp. Crisp Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, formerly Eagles Chapel, is the other church in the community. Historically, Eagles Baptist Church has served a white congergation and Crisp Chapel has served an African-American congregation.