Ramseytown, North Carolina
as Ramsey Town Baptist Church
Ramseytown, formerly known as Ramsaytown and Ramsey Town Baptist Church,[4][5] is an unincorporated community in far northern Yancey County, North Carolina, on the Cane River. Yancey County's Ramseytown Township derives its name from the settlement.
History
A U.S. Post Office bearing the name of Ramsaytown was established on November 5, 1852, with the first postmaster being Abraham Whitsen. It ceased operations on February 29, 1956.[4] The community was incorporated by the North Carolina General Assembly on February 11, 1874 as Ramsey Town Baptist Church, and the municipal limits were defined as a circle of one mile in radius, centered on the local baptist church. It was disincorporated on an unknown date. Alcoholic beverages consisting of 21% alcohol by volume or greater were illegal in the town, and the municipality's council was composed of five members.[5]
During World War I, five men from Ramseytown were drafted.[6]
The official name of the town, as recognized by the federal government, was changed from Ramsaytown to Ramseytown on January 1, 1931.[7]
On April 21, 1948, local railroad engineer Clarence Davenport (July 24, 1894–April 21, 1948) was killed in a boiler explosion near Ramseytown, described as one of the worst locomotive explosions in United States history at the time. The locomotive's fireman also perished in the blast.[8]
The community was home to the Ramsey Mine.[9]
Transportation and infrastructure
U.S. Route 19W runs through the community.[10] The community was formerly served by the Clinchfield Railroad.[8]
Ramseytown shares a fire department, the Egypt-Ramseytown Volunteer Fire Department, with the nearby unincorporated community of Egypt, North Carolina.[11] The department receives $21,037.50 in funding from the State of North Carolina as of 2023.[12]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US_19W_in_Ramseytown%2C_NC.jpg/220px-US_19W_in_Ramseytown%2C_NC.jpg)
Weather
Ramseytown was the site of an EF1 tornado during the Tornado outbreak sequence of August 4–8, 2023. Tornadoes are exceptionally rare in the area.[13]
References
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "National Weather Service". forecast.weather.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "OpenStreetMap". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ "OpenStreetMap". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ a b "Yancey County Post Offices 1833 to 1971 - Alphabetical Order". www.carolana.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ a b State of North Carolina (1874). Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina, Passed by the General Assembly at Its Session, 1873-'74. Compiled by Turner, Josiah, Jr. (1873-'74 ed.). Raleigh, North Carolina: J. Gales & Son, 1874. p. 382.
- ^ "Local Draft Board Records, Yancey County - North Carolina Digital Collections". digital.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ a b Gardner, Tim (2023-04-21). "Locomotive Explosion Killing Avery County Engineer Ed Davenport Recalled on the Tragedy's 75th Anniversary". High Country Press. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ https://www.mindat.org/loc-27605.html
- ^ "NCRoads.com: U.S. 19-W". www.vahighways.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "Egypt-Ramseytown - wncfirepics". www.wncfirepics.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ https://www.ncosfm.gov/2023-fire-grant-recipients/open
- ^ Newman, Anne (16 August 2023). "Tornado touched down in Yancey County, NWS confirms". WYFF4. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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