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Historical Markers in Purlear

 
Clickable Map of Wilkes County, North Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Wilkes County, NC (68) Alexander County, NC (11) Alleghany County, NC (13) Ashe County, NC (25) Caldwell County, NC (30) Iredell County, NC (84) Surry County, NC (68) Watauga County, NC (104) Yadkin County, NC (17)  WilkesCounty(68) Wilkes County (68)  AlexanderCounty(11) Alexander County (11)  AlleghanyCounty(13) Alleghany County (13)  AsheCounty(25) Ashe County (25)  CaldwellCounty(30) Caldwell County (30)  IredellCounty(84) Iredell County (84)  SurryCounty(68) Surry County (68)  WataugaCounty(104) Watauga County (104)  YadkinCounty(17) Yadkin County (17)
Wilkesboro is the county seat for Wilkes County
Purlear is in Wilkes County
Wilkes County (68)  ►
ADJACENT TO WILKES COUNTY
Alexander County (11)  ►
Alleghany County (13)  ►
Ashe County (25)  ►
Caldwell County (30)  ►
Iredell County (84)  ►
Surry County (68)  ►
Watauga County (104)  ►
Yadkin County (17)  ►
 
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1 ► North Carolina, Wilkes County, Purlear — E. B. Jeffress Park —
600 acres of mountain, field and forest comprise this memorial to the late E. B. Jeffress. A native North Carolinian, Mr. Jeffress rose to prominence as a newspaper publisher. While chairman of the State Highway Commission, he was instrumental in . . . — — Map (db m134211) HM
2 ► North Carolina, Wilkes County, Purlear — Tom Dula —
In 1868 in neighboring Wilkes County, N.C., the newspaper printed the following: “Thomas C. Dula suffered the extreme penalty of the law by hanging… convicted of murder…” During his last days in jail tradition says he composed his tragic and still . . . — — Map (db m134213) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026