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Butnercommunity in SW Granville County. State hospital, training school, and factories are there. Camp Butner, which see, activated 1942, closed 1946, named for Maj. Gen. Henry Wolfe Butner (1875-1937), was there. Produces textiles, hosiery. See also Hampton; Knap of Reeds.
Camp Butnerformer army post in Durham, Granville, and Person Counties. Est. 1942; closed 1946. Infantry training center, convalescent hospital, and reassignment center. Housed Axis prisoners of war. Named for Maj. Gen. Henry Wolfe Butner (1875-1937), native of Surry County. See also Butner.
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