Revere, North Carolina

Revere
Unincorporated community
Revere is located in North Carolina
Revere
Revere
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°54′09″N 82°42′12″W / 35.90250°N 82.70333°W / 35.90250; -82.70333
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyMadison County
Elevation
2,182 ft (665 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28753
Area code828
GNIS feature ID1022227[1]

Revere is an unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. It is also known as Sodom and Sodom Laurel.[2][3]

Name origin

The community was originally named Sodom. During the Civil War, a Baptist preacher travelling through the area commented on a group of prostitutes and compared it to Sodom in the Bible.[4]

Presbyterian missionaries disliked this name, and officially changed the name to Revere. However, natives of the area continue to use the name Sodom.[5]

Music

Revere is particularly rich in ballad singers, and noted folklorist Cecil Sharp transcribed several "Old World" ballads sung to him in 1916, some by family members of singer Dillard Chandler.[6] In 2001, Rob Amberg published a book Sodom Laurel Album that chronicles the traditions and lifestyle in Revere. Residents and folk singers Dellie Norton, Doug Wallin, and Sheila Kay Adams are featured in the book.[7]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Revere, North Carolina
  2. ^ Amberg, Rob (2002). Sodom Laurel Album. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807827428. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Smith, Betty (1998). Jane Hicks Gentry: a singer among singers. University Press of Kentucky. p. 72. ISBN 0-8131-0936-1.
  4. ^ Adams, Sheila Kay (1995). Come Go Home With Me. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4536-1.
  5. ^ Jones, Loyal (2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-252-03369-8.
  6. ^ Sharp, Cecil (1917). English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. New York and London: Putnam.
  7. ^ "Sodom Laurel Album Explores North Carolina Mountain Community". Library of Congress. April 17, 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2009.


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