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Abotts Creek

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NORTH CAROLINA

A historical populated place in Davidson County, North Carolina, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Abotts Creek
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
North Carolina
County
Davidson County
USGS Map
Kernersville
Coordinates
36.0048592, -80.0844873
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GNIS Feature ID
1023368

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Formerly located in northeast Davidson County.

GNIS historical note

General Nathanial Greene camped here in 1781, just before the Battle of Guilford Court House. (NC-T11/p3)

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1023368. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Champion Map Corporation. Reidsville, North Carolina. Charlotte, North Carolina, 1990.
  • Text Payne, Roger L. Place Names of the Outer Banks. Washington, NC, Thomas A. Williams, 1985. pp198.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.