Sturgills, North Carolina
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Sturgills is an unincorporated community in the Helton Township
of Ashe County, North Carolina
near the border with the state of Virginia
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B. Sturgills who was instrumental in the founding of the community's former post office
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Helton Township, Ashe County, North Carolina
Helton Township is one of nineteen townships in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The township has a population of 710 according to the 2000 census....
of Ashe County, North Carolina
Ashe County, North Carolina
- History :Historical evidence shows that Ashe county was inhabited by Native Americans, which included the Cherokee, Creek, and Shawnee tribes. Pieces of broken pottery, arrowheads, and other Native American artifacts have been found, indicating their presence...
near the border with the state of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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History
Sturgills was named for a former SheriffSheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
B. Sturgills who was instrumental in the founding of the community's former post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
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