“GATESVILLE, N.C. — Gates County historian Linda Hofler pointed to a tiny place on the map where the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia turns just a little.
“About a half-mile is all.
“Well, there is a story behind that entire line, including the southward jog, that mostly involves collecting taxes and avoiding swamps….”
— From “Along North Carolina-Virginia border, a tiny turn in the map and a history of lies and controversy” by Jeff Hampton in the Virginian-Pilot