Jackson Springs, North Carolina
Jackson Springs, North Carolina | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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  Jackson Springs, North Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 35°12′35″N 79°37′33″W / 35.20972°N 79.62583°WCoordinates: 35°12′35″N 79°37′33″W / 35.20972°N 79.62583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Moore |
| Elevation | 443 ft (135 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 910 |
| GNIS feature ID | 987498[1] |
"Jackson Springs Mineral Water CURES" ad in 1902
Jackson Springs is an unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina, United States.[1] In the early 1900s Jackson Springs was a bustling community, complete with a grand hotel, drugstore, train depot, bowling alley, and various other businesses. The town had become famous for its flowing springs of mineral water which many believed had therapeutic qualities. "Cures dyspepsia and other stomach troubles; diseases of the kidney, and rheumatism."[2] The springs helped give the town notoriety as a health resort.
Notable people[]
- North Carolina State Senator Harris Blake was born in Jackson Springs.[3]
- Sean Pollard center for the Baltimore Ravens
Notes[]
![The North Carolina year book [serial]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Jackson_Springs_Mineral_Water_CURES%22_ad_in_1902_-_from,_The_North_Carolina_Year_Book,_1902_(serial)_(IA_northcarolinayea1902)_(page_24_crop).jpg){kind=link}
- Sarah Ruth Currie Thompson, "Coming Home To Jackson Springs, North Carolina."
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Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Moore County, North Carolina
- Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
- Central North Carolina geography stubs