Little Richmond, North Carolina

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Little Richmond
Unincorporated community
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Little Richmond
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°17′41″N80°45′27″W / 36.29472°N 80.75750°W / 36.29472; -80.75750 Coordinates: 36°17′41″N80°45′27″W / 36.29472°N 80.75750°W / 36.29472; -80.75750
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Surry
Elevation 1,110 ft (340 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 28621 (Elkin)
Area code(s) 336
GNIS feature ID 988748

Little Richmond is an unincorporated community located in the Marsh Township of Surry County, North Carolina.

Marsh Township, Surry County, North Carolina township in Surry County, North Carolina

Marsh Township is one of fifteen townships in Surry County, North Carolina. The township had a population of 2,499 according to the 2000 census.

Surry County, North Carolina County in the United States

Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,673. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest city is Mount Airy.

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Geography

The community is centered on the intersection of North Carolina Highway 268 and Joe Layne Mill Road. Near this intersection are the Little Richmond Baptist Church, founded in 1872, and Little Richmond Cemetery. Other landmarks in the community include Little Richmond Primitive Baptist Church, New Hope Pentecostal Holiness Church and a C.C. Camp Volunteer Fire Department Substation. Former landmarks that once stood in this vicinity include the Little Richmond School and a former United States post office called Rusk.

North Carolina Highway 268 highway in North Carolina

North Carolina Highway 268 (NC 268) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects many communities as it traverses through the northwestern North Carolina mountains and foothills.

Generally, the community resides near the junction of Snow Creek and the Mitchell River and has an elevation of 1,110 feet (340 m) above sea level ( Powell 1968 , p. 291).

The Mitchell River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in northwestern North Carolina in the United States. Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Mitchells River," "Mitchels River," and "Mountain Creek."

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References

Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN   0-8078-1247-1  

William S. Powell American historian

William Stevens Powell was an American historian, writer, academic, teacher and native of the Tar Heel State of North Carolina. He authored over 600 articles and books about the history of North Carolina and was the editor of the six volume Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. He was professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having retired in 1986.

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