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Wood, North Carolina

human settlement in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ8032141 ↗
Source-derived summary

Wood (formerly, Wood's Store) is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Franklin County, North Carolina, United States, on North Carolina Highway 561 east of Centerville. Settled in 1893, Wood was incorporated as a town in 1917. The town charter was repealed on May 5, 1961. Wood lies at an elevation of 322 feet (98 m).

Archibald Taylor House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Wood, North Carolina” as human settlement in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wood, North and Carolina.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1893, 1917, 1961, 1975—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Wood, North and Carolina providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Wood, North Carolina”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 Apr 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8032141. Authority coordinates are 36.184, -78.057. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1893, 1917, 1961 and 1975.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Wood, North Carolina”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Wood, North Carolina primary sources, Wood, North Carolina archive and Wood research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Wood, North Carolina”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Wood, North Carolina” 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.