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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Radical, North Carolina
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–143.
- ↑ Hubbard, Jule (26 June 2020). Placed names like story titles, Wilkes Journal-Patriot ("These little post offices often were given the first or last names of their first postmasters, a wife or a daughter, but some appear to reflect a sense of humor or stories. For example, there was Radical, which had a post office from 1902 -1948. Radical Road still exists and is between Cane Creek Road and Dehart Church Road in the McGrady area. Major F. Myers was the first postmaster.")
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Coordinates: 36°17′38″N81°08′45″W / 36.29389°N 81.14583°W