Laboratory, North Carolina

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Laboratory, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Laboratory
Coordinates: 35°26′03″N81°15′36″W / 35.43417°N 81.26000°W / 35.43417; -81.26000
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Lincoln
Elevation
869 ft (265 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 704
GNIS feature ID1021072 [1]

Laboratory is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. [1]

History

Laboratory was named for a pharmaceutical laboratory which operated there during the American Civil War. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laboratory, North Carolina
  2. ↑ Bowden, Barry (August 28, 1986). "State Filled With Strange Town Names". The Dispatch. p. 25. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
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