Whynot, North Carolina

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name = Whynot, North Carolina
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Whynot 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)
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elevation_footnotes = Gnis|1016647|Whynot, North Carolina. Retrieved on 2008-06-18.]
elevation_m = 184
elevation_ft = 604
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
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Whynot, North Carolina is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, and is included in 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=3287 |isbn=] Whynot is located on NC 705, also known as the "North Carolina Pottery Highway"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=2008-06-18] , one mile southeast of Seagrove and seven miles west of Jugtown Pottery, a historic pottery listed on the National Register of Historic Places.cite web| last= | first= | title="North Carolina - Moore County" | work=| publisher=nationalregisterofhistoricalplaces.com | date= | url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NC/Moore/state.html | accessdate=2008-06-18] The North Carolina Pottery Highway contains over 100 potteries and galleries in a 15-square mile (30 km²) region surrounding Seagrove.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=2008-06-18]

Whynot was first settled in the 1700s by German and English people, along with the nearby communities of Steeds, Sophia, Erect, Hemp, and Lonely.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 origin of the name came from residents debating a title for their community. A man asked "Why not name the town Whynot and let's go home?"Citation |last=Sharpe |first=Bill |year=1954 |title=A New Geography of North Carolina |publisher=Sharpe Publishing Company, University of Michigan |pages=1036 |isbn=] Citation |last=Kuralt |first=Charles |year=1985 |title=On the road with Charles Kuralt |publisher=Putnam |pages=181 |isbn=039913087X] cite web| last=Leslie | first=Bill | title="Wrath of Lizard Lick" | work=| publisher=WRAL | date=2008-02-19 | url=http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/travel/blogpost/2453906/ | accessdate=2008-06-18] The community was originally spelled with two separate words, "Why Not".cite web| last= | first= | title="North Carolina State Archives - Postal History Project" | work=| publisher=North Carolina Office of Archives and History | date= | url=http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/postal/default.htm | accessdate=2008-06-18] Area residents first began making pottery in the 1700s.cite web| last=Ruhlman | first=Michael | title="Shopper's World - Carolina Pottery, Shaped By Tradition" | work=| publisher=The New York Times | date=1985-12-15 | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E5D7173BF936A25751C1A963948260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=1 | accessdate=2008-06-18] The Why Not Academy and Business Institute, a combination public and private school, was located in the community from 1893 to 1916.cite web| last= | first= | title="Inventory of the Auman Family Papers, 1795-2004 - Collection Number 4401" | work=| publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | date= | url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/Auman_Family.html | accessdate=2008-06-18] Citation |last=Patterson |first=Homer |year=1916 |title=Patterson's American education |publisher=Educational Directories, New York Public Library |pages=579 |isbn=]

Whynot is home to the Whynot Pottery, owned by Mark and Meredith Heywood and began operating in 1982.cite web| last=Lancaster | first=H Martin | title="Making It New In Community Colleges" | work=| publisher=North Carolina Community College System | date=2004-11-04 | url=http://www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/External_Affairs/President/CreativeEconomy.htm | accessdate=2008-06-18]

Gallery

ee also

* List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina

References

Further reading

*"Why Not, North Carolina", by William T. Auman and Minnie S. Stuart, Why Not Memorial Association, 1986.

External links

* [http://www.whynotpottery.com/ Whynot Pottery]
* [http://www.discoverseagrove.com/ Seagrove Area Potters Association]