The community, situated across the Yadkin River just north of
Boonville, was a stop on the former
Southern Railway, now used by the Yadkin Valley Railroad. The community is named for Charlie Crutchfield, a worker who died during the construction of a railroad
trestle bridge in the area. Crutchfield, who had no relatives, was buried on the Yadkin County side of the river. ==References==