Chalybeate Springs ( ) (sometimes simply Chalybeate) is an

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located in the Hector's Creek Township of

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, 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

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. The community was first settled in 1760 and was named for the nearby springs containing

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salts, around which developed an early health resort . The community was formally laid out as a town in 1902 along the Raleigh and Cape Fear Railway , which is now part of the

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. 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.

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* * * http://www.harnett.org/LIBRARY/Quilt/Quilt%20Squares/chalybeate%20springs.htm Unincorporated communities in Harnett County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Populated places established in 1760 {{HarnettCountyNC-geo-stub