Place:Como, Hertford, North Carolina, United States

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NameComo
Alt namesBuckhornsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37006758
TypeTown
Coordinates36.5°N 77.015°W
Located inHertford, North Carolina, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Como is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 91 at the 2010 census.

History

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The town is notable for being the birthplace of Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun. The church he attended, Buckhorn Baptist Church, is still active today.

Another well-known resident was the hoodoo root doctor Jim Jordan, who died in the early 1960s. Jordan, who was African-American, was the subject of the biographical book The Fabled Dr. Jim Jordan written by F. Roy Johnson of nearby Murfreesboro.

Hare Plantation House, Riddick House, and Vernon Place are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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