Purnell
Purnell is an unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, United States, located 4 mi northwest of Wake Forest. Purnell and Bud Smith Roads are at the center of the community.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Purnell Crossroads”, “Purnell, NC”, and “Purnell, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wake Forest and Grissom.
Wake Forest
Photo: Scott Thompson, CC BY 3.0.
Wake Forest is a town in Franklin and Wake Counties of North Carolina, immediately to the north of the state capital Raleigh. With a population just over 41,000 that primarily commutes to work in the Research Triangle Park, the town is the 9th fastest growing municipality in the state of North Carolina.
Grissom
Hamlet
Grissom is an unincorporated community in southern Granville County, North Carolina, United States. It is located at the intersection of roads 1710 and 1713, south of Wilton. Grissom is situated 5 miles northwest of Purnell.
Purnell
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Wake Forest Township, Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.0121° or 36° 0′ 44″ northLongitude
-78.55334° or 78° 33′ 12″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
87832C6W+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 158428949OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Purnell” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “珀內爾 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “珀內爾”
- French: “Purnell”
- Irish: “Purnell”
- Welsh: “Purnell, Gogledd Carolina”
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