Pee Dee, Montgomery County, North Carolina

Pee Dee, North Carolina, is an unincorporated community in southwestern Montgomery County, North Carolina, located on North Carolina Highway 73.[1][2] U.S. Representative and State Senator Edmund Deberry lived in Pee Dee, which was a township at that time, until his death in 1859.[3]

The community was named for the Pee Dee people, who built the nearby Town Creek Indian Mound.

References

  1. "Pee Dee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Montgomery County, North Carolina (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation.
  3. "DEBERRY, Edmund". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 17, 2011.

Coordinates: 34°56′07″N 79°53′22″W / 34.9351537°N 79.8895028°W / 34.9351537; -79.8895028


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