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Purlear, North Carolina

Coordinates: 36°10′55″N 81°17′03″W / 36.18194°N 81.28417°W / 36.18194; -81.28417
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Purlear, North Carolina
Purlear, North Carolina is located in North Carolina
Purlear, North Carolina
Purlear, North Carolina
Purlear, North Carolina is located in the United States
Purlear, North Carolina
Purlear, North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°10′55″N 81°17′03″W / 36.18194°N 81.28417°W / 36.18194; -81.28417
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyWilkes
Elevation
1,342 ft (409 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28665
Area code336
GNIS feature ID992920[1]

Purlear is an unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. Purlear is 2.65 miles (4.26 km) west of Millers Creek. Purlear has a post office with ZIP code 28665.[2][3] Rendezvous Mountain State Park is located in Purlear.[4]

Notable persons

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  • Johnson Jay Hayes, U.S. federal judge
  • Travis A. LeFever, CEO at Mission Mobile Medical Group

References

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  1. ^ "Purlear". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest". North Carolina Forest Service. Retrieved March 23, 2013.