Boogertown, North Carolina

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Boogertown is an unincorporated community in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.

Moonshiners who warned that the bogeyman lurked in the forest in order to deter visitors caused the name Boogertown to be selected.{{cite book|last=Lacey|first=Theresa Jensen|title=Amazing North Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aL0n5Y-m0jcC&pg=PT44|date=1 October 2002|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc|isbn=978-1-4185-3840-8|page=44}}