Sligo, North Carolina

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Sligo is an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. [1] It is south of Moyock on Route 168. It was reportedly named after a minister, Edward Dromgoole, in 1783, and who missed his hometown of Sligo, Ireland. [2]

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References

  1. "Sligo, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  2. Federal Writers Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. North American Book Distributors, LLC. p.  292.

Coordinates: 36°27′07″N76°04′38″W / 36.45194°N 76.07722°W / 36.45194; -76.07722