Originally established as
North Carolina Highway 260 in 1935, it was renumbered in 1940 to match the older
Virginia State Route 93. In 1977, NC 93 was rerouted in
Piney Creek to its current routing; abandoning Pugh Road and extending
NC 113 further north to its current northern terminus. NC 93 existed two times before it current routing: • In 1929, it was established as a new road from
Pittsboro to
Graham; then in 1933 it was extended further to
US 70/
NC 10. In 1940, it was renumbered as
NC 87, with its 1933 extension forming part of
NC 54. • In 1940, NC 93 was established briefly as a connector between
Tramway to Jonesboro (community later absorbed by
Sanford). It was renumbered to
NC 78 in late 1940 when NCDOT decided it was more important to match Virginia instead. ==Major intersections==