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Bakersvilletown and county seat, in central Mitchell County on Cane Creek. Alt. 2,457. Settled prior to 1857 and named for David Baker, who settled on a grant that he had at the site in 1797. During the latter part of the Civil War and until 1868 known as Davis, apparently in honor of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Inc. 1868.
Bakersville Townshipcentral Mitchell County.
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