Kearney 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 ...

in northern Franklin County,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, United States. It is located north-northeast of Louisburg, at an elevation of 394 feet (120 m). The primary cross roads where the community is located are U.S. Highway 401, Fuller Road (SR 1401) and Tollie Weldon Road (SR 1401).North Carolina Department of Transportation: State Mapping Resources -- Franklin County
, Retrieved Jan. 15, 2015.

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Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-geo-stub