NC Gazetteer

Erwinsville

Also known as: Ervinsville, Burrtown
A populated place in Cleveland County
… also known as Ervinsville, a former town in SW Cleveland County (then Rutherford County). Inc. 1808; previously inc. as Burrtown in 1800. Located near the mouth of First Broad River and the South Carolina line E of Ellis Ferry. In 1800 the General Assembly authorized 50 acres there to be laid out and sold in lots. Post office est. 1813, active until 1882. Town site later abandoned.