NC Gazetteer

Edinburg

A former community in Montgomery County
… former town in SW Montgomery County. Inc. 1807 at the store of, and on the land of, John Billingsly. A post office was there as early as 1828 and as recently as 1882. Site now abandoned. Also spelled Edinborough and Edenboro, 1827-94. Named for the city in Scotland by local residents of Scottish descent. Site of former Edinborough Academy.