Duncan is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located in the
Buckhorn Township of
, 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
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.
Duncan was formerly known as Casma at least into the 1930s. As the rail road activity expanded along the Duncan Depot Station, the community became known as Duncan.
Avents Creek and
Parkers Creek, both tributaries to the Cape Fear River, rise in ponds near Duncan.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Harnett County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
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