Cokesbury, North Carolina

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Cokesbury is an unincorporated community located in the Buckhorn Township of Harnett County, North Carolina. The community was named for Methodist bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. The Buckhorn Iron Furnace, a former landmark near here, operated during the American Civil War until 1873 (Powell 1968, p. 112).

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Cokesbury, North Carolina is at coordinates 35°31′29″N 78°54′32″W / 35.5246009, -78.9089059 (Cokesbury, North Carolina)Coordinates: 35°31′29″N 78°54′32″W / 35.5246009, -78.9089059 (Cokesbury, North Carolina)

[edit] References

Powell, William S., 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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County seat: Lillington

Townships	Anderson Creek \| Averasboro \| Barbecue \| Black River \| Buckhorn \| Duke \| Grove \| Hectors Creek \| Johnsonville \| Lillington \| Neills Creek \| Stewarts Creek \| Upper Little River

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Towns	Angier \| Coats \| Erwin \| Lillington

Communities and CDPs	Anderson Creek \| Barbecue \| Barclaysville \| Buies Creek \| Bunnlevel \| Cape Fear \| Chalybeate Springs \| Cokesbury \| Duncan \| Fonville \| Johnsonville \| Harnett \| Kipling \| Luart \| Mamers \| Olivia \| Overhills \| Pineview \| Ryes \| Seminole \| Shawtown \| Spout Springs \| Turlington