Duncan, North Carolina
Duncan is an unincorporated community located in the Buckhorn Township of Harnett County, North Carolina (Powell 1968, p. 151). It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.
Duncan was used as major source of inspiration for the fictional town of Missing Mile, North Carolina in Poppy Z. Brite's novel Drawing Blood.
Avents Creek and Parkers Creek, both tributaries to the Cape Fear River, rise in ponds near Duncan.
References
- Powell, William S. (1968). The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-1247-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Brite, Poppy Z. "Missing Mile, North Carolina". Retrieved 2008-04-09.
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