Boogertown, North Carolina - USA

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Boogertown is an unincorporated community in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.[1]

Boogertown, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Gaston
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	704
GNIS feature ID	1019253

Moonshiners who warned that the bogeyman lurked in the forest in order to deter visitors caused the name Boogertown to be selected.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boogertown, North Carolina
Lacey, Theresa Jensen (1 October 2002). Amazing North Carolina. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4185-3840-8.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Gastonia
Cities	Belmont Bessemer City Cherryville Gastonia Kings Mountain‡ Lowell Mount Holly
Towns	Cramerton Dallas Dellview High Shoals McAdenville Ranlo Spencer Mountain Stanley
Townships	Cherryville Crowders Mountain Dallas Gastonia Riverbend South Point
CDPs	Alexis Springdale
Other communities	Ashebrook Park Boogertown Brown Town Crowders Hardins Lucia Mountain Island South Gastonia Tryon
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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