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Sturgills is a small place in the United States. It is not a city or a town with its own local government. Instead, it is called an unincorporated community. This means it is a group of homes and people living together without a formal local government. Sturgills is found in Ashe County, North Carolina. It is also very close to the border of the state of Virginia.

The Story of Sturgills

Sturgills got its name from a person named B. Sturgills. He used to be a Sheriff. A sheriff is like a chief police officer for a county. Sheriff Sturgills was very important in starting the community's first post office. A post office is where people send and receive letters and packages.

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