Erect, North Carolina

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name = Erect, North Carolina
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Erect in North Carolina
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = North Carolina
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Randolph

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population_as_of = 2000
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = Gnis|1011101|Erect, North Carolina. Retrieved on 2008-06-17.]
elevation_m = 160
elevation_ft = 525
latd = 35 |latm = 42 |lats = 55 |latNS = N
longd = 79 |longm = 48 |longs = 47 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = Zip code
postal_code = 27341
area_code = 336
blank_name = GNIS feature ID
blank_info = 1011101
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Erect, North Carolina is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, and part of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region.Citation |last=Ridpath |first=John |year=1897 |title=The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography, Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge |publisher=Encyclopedia Publishing Company, Harvard University |pages=3172 |isbn=] Erect is located on NC 42, seven miles east of the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, and two miles west of Coleridge. Erect was founded in the 18th century by German and English settlers, along with the nearby communities of Steeds, Sophia, Whynot, Hemp, and Lonely. Many of these settlers were known for their pottery-making skills.Citation |last=Brown |first=Charlotte |year=2006 |title=The Remarkable Potters of Seagrove: The Folk Pottery of a Legendary |publisher=Sterling Publishing |pages=13 |isbn=1579906346 ]

The 15-square mile (30 km²) region surrounding the town of Seagrove, twelve miles to the southeast, is known as the "Pottery Capital of North Carolina."cite web| last=Scheid | first=Jenny | title="Seagrove, N.C.: Pottery Yarns" | work=| publisher="Las Vegas Review-Journal" | date=2005-09-04 | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Sep-04-Sun-2005/living/2674394.html | accessdate=2008-06-17] Erect is located in the vicinity of the "North Carolina Pottery Highway", a collection of approximately 100 potteries and galleries along NC 705 in Randolph and Moore counties.cite web| last=Cissna | first=Bill | title="Follow 'Pottery Highway' into Carolina haven steeped in clay" | work=| publisher="The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" | date=2005-05-15 | url=http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/southeast/nc_stories/0505/15trseagrove.html | accessdate=2008-06-17] cite web| last= | first= | title="Seagrove, NC- The Little Town That Could" | work=| publisher="Carolina Arts" | date= | url=http://www.carolinaarts.com/1103seagrovenc.html | accessdate=2008-06-17]

Goss Lake, Goss Lake Dam, and the Lambert Mill Dam are located in the Erect quad.cite web| last= | first= | title="Feature Detail Report - Goss Lake" | work=| publisher=Geographic Names Information System | date= | url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=136:3:15667588590308061979::NO::P3_FID:1017252 | accessdate=2008-06-17] cite web| last= | first= | title="Feature Detail Report - Goss Lake Dam" | work=| publisher=Geographic Names Information System | date= | url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:6600521206990576196::NO::P3_FID:1017253 | accessdate=2008-06-17] cite web| last= | first= | title="Feature Detail Report - Lambert Mill Dam" | work=| publisher=Geographic Names Information System | date= | url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=136:3:15667588590308061979::NO::P3_FID:1017222 | accessdate=2008-06-17]

ee also

* List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina

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