Pinnacle, North Carolina
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Pinnacle is a community located in southwestern Stokes County, approximately five miles SSE of the town of Pilot Mountain, near Pilot Mountain State Park.
[edit] History
The town was originally known as Culler, named for Emanuel W. Culler who owned the land on which a railroad station was built. The present name was adopted in 1894. Pinnacle was incorporated in 1901 but the charter was repealed in 1903.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968.
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