Boogertown, North Carolina

Boogertown is an unincorporated community in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.^[1]

Boogertown, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°13′05″N 81°09′35″W[1]
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Gaston
Elevation [1]	784 ft (239 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	704
GNIS feature ID	1019253[1]

Moonshiners who warned that the bogeyman lurked in the forest in order to deter visitors caused the name Boogertown to be selected.^[2]