Flowers is an unincorporated community in Johnston County

Johnston County, North Carolina

-Major highways:* Interstate 40* Interstate 95* U.S. Highway 70* U.S. Highway 301* U.S. Highway 701-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 121,965 people, 46,595 households, and 33,688 families residing in the county. The population density was 154 people per square mile . There were...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, west of Jordan

Jordan, North Carolina

Jordan is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina, off NC 42, and NC 96, east of Flowers. It lies at an elevation of 266 feet ....

, and southeast of Archer Lodge

Archer Lodge, North Carolina

Archer Lodge is an incorporated town located in Johnston County, North Carolina. The center of the community is located at the intersection of Buffalo Road and Covered Bridge Road about ten miles south of Wendell and ten miles northeast of Clayton.-History:A Masonic Lodge named Archer No...

. It lies at an elevation of 289 feet (88 m).

While the borders of the community are not well defined, the intersection of Buffalo Road and North Carolina Highway 42 is generally considered the center of the community. Flowers Plantation, a mixed use community being developed on land that once belonged to moonshining kingpin Percy Flowers

Percy Flowers

Joshua Percy Flowers was a moonshining kingpin during the middle of the twentieth century. He operated a moonshining empire from his farm in Johnston County, North Carolina...

encompasses much of the community.