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Crutchfield, North Carolina

Coordinates: 36°16′16″N 80°43′23″W / 36.271°N 80.723°W / 36.271; -80.723
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Crutchfield is an unincorporated community along the Yadkin River in the Marsh Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States (Powell 1968, p. 129).

Overview

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The community, situated across the Yadkin River just north of Boonville, was a stop on the former Southern Railway, now used by the Yadkin Valley Railroad.

The community is named for Charlie Crutchfield, a worker who died during the construction of a railroad trestle bridge in the area. Crutchfield, who had no relatives, was buried on the Yadkin County side of the river.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Yadkin County Heritage," Frances Harding Casstevens, editor, page 15.
  • Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1

36°16′16″N 80°43′23″W / 36.271°N 80.723°W / 36.271; -80.723