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Chalybeate Springs (/kəˈlɪbi.ət sprɪŋz/ kə-LIB-ee-ət SPRINGZ) (sometimes simply Chalybeate) is an unincorporated community located in the Hector's Creek Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

The community was first settled in 1760 and was named for the nearby springs containing iron salts, around which developed an early health resort (Powell 1968, p. 98). The community was formally laid out as a 100-acre (0.40 km) town in 1902 along the Raleigh and Cape Fear Railway (Hairr 2002, p. 104), which is now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Chalybeate Springs was the childhood home of Elizabeth Holt, who became a famous public advocate and ultimately moved to the Raleigh-Durham area. The Holts were a prosperous farming family in the Chalybeate Springs area.

References

1. Bill Leslie (November 3, 2011). "NC Pronunciation Guide". WRAL-TV. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chalybeate Springs, North Carolina

• Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1
• Hairr, John (2002), Harnett County: A History (The Making of America Series), Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-2379-8
• http://www.harnett.org/LIBRARY/Quilt/Quilt%20Squares/chalybeate%20springs.htm

35°30′31″N 78°48′50″W / 35.5084921°N 78.8139049°W / 35.5084921; -78.8139049

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County seat: Lillington
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Townships	Anderson Creek Averasboro Barbecue Black River Buckhorn Duke Grove Hectors Creek Johnsonville Lillington Neills Creek Stewarts Creek Upper Little River
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Unincorporated communities	Barbecue Barclaysville Cape Fear Chalybeate Springs Christian Light Cokesbury Duncan Flat Branch Flatwoods Fonville Hairtown Harnett Johnsonville Kipling Luart Olivia Overhills Pineview Rawls Ryes Seminole Shawtown Turlington
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