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Frying Pan, North Carolina

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Coordinates: 35°48′10″N 76°06′13″W / 35.80278°N 76.10361°W / 35.80278; -76.10361
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Frying Pan is an unincorporated community in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States.[1]

The community was named for a nearby inlet of the Alligator River said to be shaped like a frying pan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frying Pan, North Carolina
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. WPA. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-60354-032-2.


35°48′10″N 76°06′13″W / 35.80278°N 76.10361°W / 35.80278; -76.10361


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