Overhills is an unincorporated community located in the Johnsonville Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States, near the Cumberland County town of Spring Lake. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.
The community was originally a 17,500-acre (7,100 ha) estate owned by the Percy Rockefeller family but later acquired by the federal government and is now mostly located inside nearby Fort Bragg (Powell 1968, p. 87). A Donald Ross-designed golf course was added to the estate in two separate projects and is also now located inside Fort Bragg.
References
- Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1
External links
- Fort Bragg's Overhills website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-407, "Overhills, Overhills, Harnett County, NC", 30 data pages, along with photos and measured drawings of about 45 individual structures
- Historic American Engineering Record documentation:
- HAER No. NC-49-A, "Overhills, Great Circus, East of Nursery Road, Overhills, Harnett County, NC", 4 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. NC-49-B, "Overhills, Silo, East of Nursery Road, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC", 4 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. NC-49-C, "Overhills, Dam & Gates, East of railroad right of way & North of Thurman Road, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC", 4 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. NC-49-D, "Overhills, Railroad Bridge, On railroad right of way & West of Overhills Lake, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC", 2 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. NC-49-E, "Overhills, Paddle Court, West of Thurman Road & East of Overhills Golf Course, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC", 1 photo, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. NC-3, "Overhills, Fort Bragg Military Reservation, Approximately 15 miles NW of Fayetteville, Overhills, Harnett County, NC", 52 photos, 13 measured drawings, 75 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
