Mortimer, North Carolina
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Mortimer, North Carolina is a ghost town in Wilson Creek Township, Caldwell County, in the northwestern part of the state.
Once a mill town with a population of around 800, the town flooded in 1940 and was subsequently abandoned. Several remains are existent today, including machinery from the mill and the foundations of several buildings.{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/welcome-american-ghost-town-population-six/ |title=Welcome to an American ghost town - population six |last=Yeomans |first=Emma |date=2018-04-17 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-08-19}}
References
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External links
- [http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/history.htm History of Mortimer and Edgemont, N.C.] - Old Photographs and Images of Mortimer and Edgemont
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190206005654/http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/history.htm] February 16, 2009 copy of above link from Web Archive.org
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Category:Geography of Caldwell County, North Carolina
Category:Ghost towns in North Carolina
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