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Rocky Point is located at exit 408 off of Interstate 40. Rocky Point is just a two-stop-light town (three, counting the one off I-40). The community is growing fairly rapidly. Land taxes are low, and the community is served by the Rocky Point Fire Department, Pender EMS and Fire, and the Pender
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County Sheriff's Office. The community, although very rural, is situated just 15–20 miles from the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocky Point, North Carolina
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The name of Rocky Point is not fully known but it is because of the local
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district with the chairperson of the board of education being Ken Smith.
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Census-designated places in Pender County, North Carolina
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Rocky Point, NC
34°26′07″N 77°53′16″W / 34.43528°N 77.88778°W / 34.43528; -77.88778
census-designated place
unincorporated community
Pender County
North Carolina
Wilmington
Metropolitan Statistical Area
North Carolina Highway 210
North Carolina Highway 133
U.S. Route 117
Atlantic Ocean
Paul's Place Famous Hot Dogs

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