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Whynot, North Carolina

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Jaquan Godette 1-12-12 Cobra-2 Uncommon Town Whynot North Carolina Whynot is in Randolph County, in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. The community was named as a result of residents' back-and-forth discussion of what to call the place: "Why not this?" and "Why not that?"

Whynot, North Carolina is located in Randolph County in the Greensboro-High Point Metro area. This area is recognized for their pottery and is located off of Highway 705, which is also known as the “North Carolina Pottery Highway.”German and English settlers established Whynot in the 18th century. It got its name after much debate of what to name the community; one man asked “Why not name it Why Not and then we can go home,” thus the story began of Whynot, which leads us to the discovery of a new soil type.USDA NRCS inventories soils throughout the U.S. including North Carolina. Whenever a new soil type is recognized it is named after a nearby place of origin. Soil scientists found a new soil type in Whynot and named their soil Wynott. Although it’s pronounced the same way, soil scientists dropped the “h” and added an extra “t” to give the soil name a more professional edge.Wynott series consists of moderately deep, well drained soils with slow water movement through the subsoil. These soils are formed in residuum from gabbro, diorite and other dark colored mafic rocks. These soils are typically found in higher elevations in the Piedmont. Slope ranges from two to 45 percent. Near the Wynott soil type location, the average annual precipitation is about 47 inches with an average temperature of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit.Since Wynott has been found in Whynot, NC, soil scientists also have mapped this particular soil type in Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama ||  ||  //Commemorating the 150 ////th //// Anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina // From the Uwharrie Mountains in the west to the Deep River valley on the east, Randolph has always been home to powerful opposing forces. It is a county where potters are more common than doctors; a county which built five of North Carolina's pioneer textile mills, yet remains one of the state's leading agricultural producers. A "dry" county that permits no sales of alcoholic beverages, yet fostered the racing spirit of NASCAR by running moonshine on its backroads. A county where one prominent landmark, Purgatory Mountain, can in 1860 be home to "outliers" hiding in caves from the Confederate draft, and in 1971 can become the new home of the now internationally acclaimed North Carolina Zoo; and that proudly gave birth to the nationally renowned Duke University in what was the former Trinity College. A county settled by pacifist Quakers where bitter guerilla warfare pitted neighbor against neighbor in both the American Revolution and the Civil War. A county whose residents refused in 1861 to secede from the United States yet sent six companies of troops into Confederate service. A county where more than 2,000 men and boys volunteered for Confederate service - and numerous others such as the county's only winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, crossed the lines to serve in Union forces. In this 150th anniversary year, few places in North Carolina represent the whole story of the Civil War in the way that Randolph County does, from anti-slavery activism and anti-war sentiment to economic and military support for the state and Confederate governments. Randolph County is a place with a history, politics and people of vision, depth and complexity. Come trace the roots of the divided loyalties that split America and seek to better understand a time when our forefathers were at war with themselves in what is known today as a destination offering unique experiences and heartwarming southern hospitality!
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