NC Gazetteer

Anson County

… was formed in 1750 from Bladen County. In the S central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Union, Stanly, and Richmond Counties. It was named for George Anson, Lord Anson (1697-1762), a British admiral who, for a number of years, was assigned to protect the commerce of the Carolina coast from pirates. Area: 536 sq. mi. County seat: Wadesboro, with an elevation of 423 ft. Townships are Ansonville, Burnsville, Gulledge, Lanesboro, Lilesville, Morven, Wadesboro, and White Store. Produces lumber, bricks, soybeans, oats, corn, milo, cotton, broilers, turkeys, hosiery, textiles, and wooden boxes. Sand, gravel, and crushed stone are also produced, and there are deposits of granite, sandstone, and shale for brick.

branches

Black Jack Branch
Cabbage Branch
Cabin Branch
Grindstone Branch
Jacks Branch

businesses or business districts

Ballast Pit

communities

Bennett
Boggan
Boylin
Burnsville
Cairo
Carr's Mount
Cason Old Field
Cedar Hill
Deep Creek
Diamond Hill
Eggtown
Florian
Fountain Hill
Goodman
Hudson Spring
Hyatt
Knotts Store
Lanesboro
Long Pine
Paris
Pee Dee
Pinkston
Poplar Hill
Russellville
Wharf
White Store

creeks

Bales Creek
Bell Creek
Brush Fork Creek
Cedar Creek
Cribs Creek
Deadfall Creek
Deep Creek
Flat Fork Creek
Island Creek
Jones Creek
Lanes Creek
Lick Creek
Little Brown Creek
Little Creek
Little Creek
Little Permetter Creek
Long Creek
McCoy Creek
North Fork Jones Creek
Permetter Creek
Petty Gulf Creek
Pinch Gut Creek
Pine Log Creek
Richardson Creek
Shaw Creek
South Fork Jones Creek
Whortleberry Creek
Williams Mill Creek

forks

Goulds Fork

freshwater areas

Thoroughfare

groups of islands

Grassy Islands

historical markers

Boggan-Hammond House historical marker
Carolina Female College, 1850-67 historical marker
Hugh Hammond Bennett 1881-1960 historical marker
John J. Mcrae 1815-1868 historical marker
Leonidas L. Polk 1837-1892 historical marker
North Carolina-South Carolina historical marker
Ralf Freeman historical marker
Rocky River Church historical marker
Samuel Spencer historical marker
Sherman's March historical marker
Sneedsborough historical marker
The Brown Creek Soil Conservation District--first In America historical marker
Thomas Samuel Ashe historical marker

islands

Youngs Island

lakes

Blewett Falls Lake
Lake Franklin
Moore's Lake
Navy Yard Lake
Seago's Lake

mountains

Clarks Mountain
Gordons Mountain
Ingrams Mountain

ponds

Gaddy's Goose Pond
Railroad Pond
Wadesboro City Pond

populated places

Old Sneedsborough

regions

Piedmont Dialect Region
Waxhaws, The

rivers

Pee Dee River

schools

Anson Co. Early College High
Anson High School
Cedar Hill School
Deep Creek School
Horne School
Hough School
Ingram School
Morven School
Pee Dee School

springs

Lawyers Springs

towns

Ansonville
Blakeleyville
Fountainshead
Gordontown
Lilesville
McFarlan
Morven
Peachland
Polkton
South Wadesboro
Wadesboro

townships

Ansonville Township
Burnsville Township
Gulledge Township
Lanesboro Township
Lilesville Township
Morven Township
Wadesboro Township
White Store Township

transportation-related places

Davis Ford

waterfalls

Buchanan Falls