Mortimer
Mortimer, North Carolina is a ghost town in Wilson Creek Township, Caldwell County, in the northwestern part of the state. Once a mill town with a population of around 800, it was founded in 1904 when the Ritter Lumber Company bought the land where Mortimer was built to house its workers.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mortimer, North Carolina”
Mortimer
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Wilson Creek Township, Caldwell County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.99033° or 35° 59′ 25″ north
Longitude
-81.75956° or 81° 45′ 34″ west
Elevation
1,496 feet (456 metres)
Open location code
867WX6RR+45
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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