Peacocks Crossroads, North Carolina

Coordinates: 35°19′13″N 78°27′18″W / 35.32028°N 78.45500°W / 35.32028; -78.45500 Peacocks Crossroads (formerly Meadow) is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 96 and North Carolina Highway 50. It lies at an elevation of 200 feet (61 m).

History

It was the home of John William Wood Sr. who owned and donated the land in Peacocks Crossroads on which Meadow School was built.

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peacocks Crossroads, North Carolina

Municipalities and communities of Johnston County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Smithfield

Towns	Archer Lodge Benson Clayton‡ Four Oaks Kenly‡ Micro Pine Level Princeton Selma Smithfield Wilson's Mills

Unincorporated communities	Cleveland Emit Flowers Grabtown Hocutts Crossroads Jordan McGee Crossroads Peacocks Crossroads Powhatan Stancils Chapel West Smithfield

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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