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Wadesboro was originally called "Newtown", the town was renamed in 1783 in honor of Colonel Thomas Wade after his service with the Minutemen in the Revolutionary War.
Movies made in Wadesboro
Steven Spielberg filmed The Color Purple in Wadesboro, and a large white farmhouse (the Huntley house in Lilesville, NC - also known as the James Bennett Plantation - located a few miles off Highway 74) was used extensively as the main exterior location in that film. Most of the town scenes were done in Marshville, NC; the store is an actual store called Apple Jacks and dirt was layed out over pavement during filming. The film Evil Dead II was also filmed in Wadesboro, and the Huntley house became the production office for the film. Most of the Evil Dead II was shot in the woods near that farmhouse, or J.R. Faison Junior High School, which is where the interior cabin set was located.
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