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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frying Pan, North Carolina
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. WPA. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-60354-032-2.
Municipalities and communities of Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States | ||
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35°48′10″N 76°06′13″W / 35.80278°N 76.10361°W
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