Genlee, North Carolina

Genlee is an unincorporated community in southern Durham County, North Carolina along the Durham and Wake County line. The community is centered around the intersection of North Carolina Highway 55 and South Alston Avenue, near the old Durham and Southern Railway.

The community was originally named Togo, after a Japanese city, in 1904 when the first railroad depot was established. The name of the community was changed to Genlee to honor Confederate General Robert E. Lee following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941 Harvard citation|Powell|1968|p=188.

Maps of Genlee and surrounding area

References

Citation
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first = William S.
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year = 1968
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title = The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places
place = Chapel Hill
publisher = University of North Carolina Press
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isbn = 0-8078-1247-1
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