Mayo Lake
reservoir in Person County, North Carolina, United States of America
Mayo Lake is a reservoir located in northeastern Person County, North Carolina. Boating entrance, walking trails, swimming access, picnic and camp site areas (collectively known as Mayo Park) are accessed from Neals Store Road about 9 miles north of the city of Roxboro along NC 49. It is smaller than Hyco Lake (located on the northwestern side of Person County).
Also known as Mayo Reservoir, it was created by an earthen dam impoundment of Mayo Creek (not to be confused with the Mayo River), which was completed in 1983. Construction of the reservoir was undertaken from 1978 to 1983 by Carolina Power & Light (now Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of Duke Energy).
The lake's shoreline is maintained in a natural state.
The public source identifies “Mayo Lake” as reservoir in Person County, North Carolina, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mayo, Lake and reservoir.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6797532. Authority coordinates are 36.525, -78.867. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983 and 1978.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mayo Lake” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.