Goldsboro, North Carolina
REVILO PARK
At one point Goldsboro was booming because of its street railway system. The Oliver Construction Company built a line to a new real estate division on the norther edge of town.
To honor the man who headed the project, the project developers named it "Revilo" which was Oliver's name backwards and added the word Park. It is still referred to as Revilo Park. It was supported by many of the leading men of the city and many lots were sold, though it never developed into as big of a project as thought.
GREENLEAF
Greenleaf was to have been Sandy Plains but it was found that there already was another Sandy Plains in the state and that if they wanted a post office they would have to find another name.
That was fifty years ago, before rural mail service became as good as it is today.
Congressman Green had been active in getting them a post office and they decided to name their section in his honor. The post office was abolished in the early 1900s, but the community kept its name.
How About Cooterville? --Cooter
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