Frying Pan, North Carolina

Frying Pan is an unincorporated community in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States.[1]

The community was named for a nearby inlet of the Alligator River said to be shaped like a frying pan.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frying Pan, North Carolina
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. WPA. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-60354-032-2. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)


35°48′10″N 76°06′13″W / 35.80278°N 76.10361°W / 35.80278; -76.10361


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.