Sturgills, North Carolina

Sturgills is an unincorporated community in the Helton Township of Ashe County, North Carolina near the border with the state of Virginia.

History

Sturgills was named for a former Sheriff B. Sturgills who was instrumental in the founding of the community's former post office (Powell 1968, p. 479).

References

Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1

Municipalities and communities of Ashe County, North Carolina, USA

County seat: Jefferson

Towns	Jefferson Lansing West Jefferson

Townships	Chestnut Hill Clifton Creston Elk Grassy Creek Helton Horse Creek Hurricane Jefferson Laurel North Fork Obids Old Fields Peak Creek Pine Swamp Piney Creek Pond Mountain Walnut Hill West Jefferson

Unincorporated communities	Beaver Creek Bina Chestnut Hill Clifton Comet Creston Crumpler Fig Grassy Creek Grayson Helton Parker Scottville Sturgills Todd Warrensville