Metcalfe Station

Historical marker location:

2240 Polkville Road, Shelby, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Polkville Road (State Highway 226) and Ramseur Church Road (State Highway 1811), on the right when traveling north on Polkville Road.)

The pirate Blackbeard (real name: Edward Teach) made his home base in the town of Bath, North Carolina, during the early 1700s.