Sligo, North Carolina

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 in 1783 after the Irish home county of a prominent Methodist minister and patriot, Rev. Edward Dromgoole.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Sligo, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 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.
  3. ^ https://old.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Dromgoole_Edward

36°27′07″N 76°04′38″W / 36.45194°N 76.07722°W / 36.45194; -76.07722


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