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Poyners Hill

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NORTH CAROLINA

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

Location Record

Name
Poyners Hill
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
North Carolina
County
Currituck County
USGS Map
Mossey Islands
Coordinates
36.2740504, -75.7960245
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GNIS Feature ID
1002436

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

former populated place

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1002436. 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 U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
  • 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.