Meat Camp is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is supposedly named after a primitive packing house used by hunters since before the Revolutionary War.[2] Meat Camp has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3][4] The community is located on Meat Camp Road (via NC 194), north of Boone.
Meat Camp | |
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  Meat Camp Location within the state of North Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 36°17′58″N 81°40′35″W / 36.29944°N 81.67639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Watauga County |
| Elevation | 3,402 ft (1,037 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 28607 |
| Area code | 828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1021403[1] |
History
editSituated along the Old Buffalo Trail and established before the Revolutionary War, Meat Camp was the location where hunters stored their dressed animal carcasses until they were ready to return to their homes in the lowlands. Between 1790-1800 a road was established through the area, connecting the Yadkin River Valley (near Wilkesboro) to Trade, Tennessee. In 1851, the Meat Camp Baptist Church was organized, establishing a permanent population in the area to this day.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Meat Camp, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ a b Sakowski, Carolyn (2011). Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads. John F. Blair. ISBN 978-0-89587-559-4.
- ^ Petras, Kathryn; Petras, Ross (December 18, 2007). Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity. Random House Publishing Group. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-307-41761-9.
- ^ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xi.