Barbecue, North Carolina

Barbecue, North Carolina

Barbecue is an unincorporated community located in the Barbecue Township of Harnett County, North Carolina.

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Trivia

Barbecue Township was so named because the steam rising from a warm waters of a local creek in the winter reminded early settles of steam rising from a traditional North Carolina pork barbecue.

An Historian at [http://www.barbecuech1758.org/index.htm Barbecue Presbyterian Church] , Ms. Cameron, says that a settler to the area named “Red” McNeill saw steam rising from a nearby creek. It reminded him of the meat-cooking pits he had seen in the Caribbean, and he named the creek Barbecue Creek. The name became official in the early 1750s, as settlers began moving into the area.

See also

*Barbecue Township


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