Turlington, North Carolina

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Turlington is an unincorporated community in eastern Harnett County, North Carolina between the towns of Coats and Erwin, North Carolina. Other names for the community have previously included Slocumb Crossroads or Turlington Crossroads (Powell 1968, p. 503). An unsuccessful movement was undertaken in 1893 to have the county seat removed from Lillington to Turlington Crossroads (Hairr 2002, p. 86).

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Turlington, North Carolina is at coordinates 35°21′49″N 78°39′50″W / 35.3634954, -78.6639043 (Turlington, North Carolina)Coordinates: 35°21′49″N 78°39′50″W / 35.3634954, -78.6639043 (Turlington, 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
Hairr, John, Harnett County: A History (The Making of America Series), Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-2379-8

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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

City	Dunn

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