Editing Raeford, North Carolina (section)

==History==

John McRae and A.A. Williford operated a [[turpentine]] distillery and general store, respectively. Each took a syllable from his name and came up with the name Raeford for the [[post office]] they established.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} The McRae family, who lived at the "ford of the creek", was at one time made up primarily of old [[Scottish Highlands|Highland Scot]] families. Likewise, the Upper [[Cape Fear River|Cape Fear]] Valley of North Carolina was, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the largest settlement of [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]-speaking Highland Scots in North America.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} Today, many of these old families continue to live in the area, though their presence is noticeably diminished by the great numbers of newcomers to the area as a result of [[Fort Bragg]]. Since [[World War II]], many [[Lumbee|Lumbee Indian]] families have moved northward from [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson County]] and now constitute a significant element of the population that is otherwise European and African American.

The [[Hoke County Courthouse]] and [[Raeford Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>