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==History== Vass originated as a stop on the Seaboard Railway as a station called Bynum. It was primarily a place with a siding to load lumber, turpentine and resin from the local area. In 1877, the town's name was changed from Bynum to Winder, in honor of Major John C. Winder, general manager of the Seaboard Railroad. In 1892 its name was again changed to Vass, honoring Major William Worrell Vass, who was at that time paymaster for the Seaboard Railroad. Vass remained as only a stopping place for the local train until 1907, when it was incorporated with Mr. Alex Gunter as mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://library.digitalnc.org/cdm/ref/collection/dirmoore/id/130|title=Directory of Moore County: Carthage, Pinehurst, Hemp, Southern Pines, Vass, Cameron and Aberdeen :: City Directories - Moore County, N.C. |website=library.digitalnc.org |access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> During the 1910s the town took on new life, and through the efforts of men such as Mr. Angus Cameron the town began to grow into a thriving community.<ref name="mchs">The Pilot - November 9, 1928</ref> Cameron, who arrived in the settlement in the 1870s from his home in [[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett County]], and remained until his death in 1928, is acknowledged as the community's leading benefactor.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} He was on the first road commission, and was able to accomplish much in the way of better roads; he served on the Board of County Commissioners and years later as mayor of Vass. He was on the local school board for around half a century and built the first school building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 21, 1946 |title=The pilot. (Vass, N.C.) 1920-current, June 21, 1946, Image 12 |url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073968/1946-06-21/ed-1/seq-12/ |language=en |issue=1946/06/21 |newspaper=[[The Pilot (North Carolina newspaper)|The Pilot]] |location=Southern Pines, NC |access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> Cameron erected the first brick buildings in Vass; he organized the Vass Cotton Mill Company and put up the mill building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1928 |title=The pilot. (Vass, N.C.) 1920-current, November 09, 1928, Image 1 |url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073968/1928-11-09/ed-1/seq-1/ |language=en |issue=1928/11/09 |newspaper=The Pilot |location=Southern Pines, NC |access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> The [[Leslie-Taylor House]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> Several other structures are eligible for the National Historic Register including: the Borst House, the Angus Cameron House, the John Cameron House, the Walter Graham House, the Vass Commercial Historic District, the Vass Cotton Mill, the Village Historic and the Walter Leslie House.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XL41AQAAMAAJ&q=%22angus+cameron%22;+vass+nc&pg=PA11099 |title = US-1 Improvements, SR-1853 at Lakeview to SR-1180 South of Sanford, Lee and Moore Counties: Environmental Impact Statement|year = 1995}}</ref>
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