Battleboro, North Carolina

Battleboro is a former town and community in the city of Rocky Mount in Edgecombe and Nash counties of North Carolina, United States.

[1] Around that time the community had a strong economy and hosted an oil mill, sawmill, gristmill, ice plant, music shop, and barbershop.

The boycott garnered national media attention and forced the town's largest grocery store to close.

[4] Over the next few years many residents of the Battleboro began urging that the town be annexed by the larger city of Rocky Mount, mostly to receive cheaper government services.

[6] In June 2014, the italian company Nutkao announced plans to open a facility in the area, with around forty employees.