Then and Now - North Carolina Fire Departments
Originally presented as a series of articles on FireNews.net in 2006 and 2007.
Early twentieth-century summaries of North Carolina fire departments as recorded
by the Sanborn Map Company for their fire insurance maps.
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1 - Down East
Beaufort, Belhaven,
Kinston, LaGrange, Morehead City, New Bern, Wallace, Wilmington |
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- Northern Mountains
Asheville, Broughton Hospital, Elkin, Lenoir, Marion, Morganton, Mount
Airy, North Wilkesboro, Old Fort |
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3
- Charlotte West
Belmont, Charlotte, Cherryville,
Davidson, Gastonia, Hickory, Lincolnton, Mount Holly, Newton |
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- The Triangle
Benson, Burlington, Chapel Hill,
Durham, Graham, Raleigh, Selma, Smithfield |
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- The Triad
Asheboro, Greensboro, High Point,
Kernersville, Lexington, Thomasville, Winston-Salem |
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- Fayetteville to Goldsboro
Clinton, Fairmont, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Lumberton, Maxton, Mount
Olive, Red Springs, Roseboro, Rowland |
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- Warrenton West
Henderson, Leaksville-Spray, Louisburg, Oxford, Reidsville, Roxboro, Warrenton |
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- West Central
Albemarle, Concord, East Spencer,
Monroe, Mooresville, Salisbury, Spencer, Statesville, Wadesboro |
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- Northeast Central
Enfield, Littleton, Nashville, Roanoke
Rapids, Rocky Mount, Rosemary, Weldon,
Wilson |
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- Western
Andrews, Brevard, Canton, Forest City,
Hendersonville, Kings Mountain, Murphy, Rutherfordton,
Shelby, Waynesville |
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- Southeast Central
Ayden, Edenton, Elizabeth City,
Farmville, Greenville, Hertford, Plymouth, Tarboro, Williamston |
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- Dunn to Pinehurst
Carthage, Dunn, Hamlet, Laurinburg, Pinehurst, Rockingham,
Sanford, Southern Pines |
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