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The community is located at the crossroads of Lizard Lick Road and NC 97. Lizard Lick has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [2] [3] The community is approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of the state capital of Raleigh, along NC 97. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Wendell and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Zebulon.
Wendell enjoys a moderate subtropical climate, with moderate temperatures in the spring, fall, and winter.Summers are typically hot with high humidity.Winter highs generally range in the low 50s°F (10 to 13 2°C) with lows in the low-to-mid 30s°F (-2 to 2 °C), although an occasional 60 °F (15 °C) or warmer winter day is not uncommon.
The Wendell Commercial Historic District is a national historic district encompassing the historic central business district of Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. The district is notable for its intact collection of one- and two-story brick masonry commercial buildings executed in the vernacular style typical of eastern ...
There are a lot of stories told of how Lizard Lick got its name. During the mid to late 1800's the Federal Government opened a liquor store near this tiny crossroads. The still was built near a lake at the crossroads. It was built to combat the growing bootleggers in the area. These bootleggers were producing a lot of bad whiskey.
U.S. Route 64 Business (US 64 Bus) was established in 1960 when mainline US 64 was placed on new bypass route north of Wendell, through Lizard Lick; the 6-mile (9.7 km) business route travels through downtown Wendell along Wendell boulevard, connecting with NC 231 (Selma Road). [25]
Lizard Lick Towing is an American reality television show that originated as a spin-off of the series All Worked Up and ran for four seasons on truTV from February 7, 2011, to August 18, 2014. The show follows Ron and Amy Shirley, Bobby Brantley, and their team of repossession agents in Lizard Lick, North Carolina , the unincorporated area near ...
After passing through the unincorporated community of Lizard Lick, NC 97 merges with US 64 Business and forms the main east–west street through the town of Zebulon, Gannon Avenue. [1] West of Zebulon, just past the Wake–Nash County line, NC 97 has an interchange with US 264. Through Nash County, NC 97 is mostly a rural road oriented east ...
The Wendell Boulevard Historic District is a national historic district located at Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. The residential district encompasses 74 contributing buildings built between about 1890 and 1958. It includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture ...