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Revere, North Carolina

Coordinates: 35°54′09″N 82°42′12″W / 35.90250°N 82.70333°W / 35.90250; -82.70333
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Revere
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

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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

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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

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  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.