Shoals, North Carolina

Unincorporated community in North Carolina, US

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Shoals is an unincorporated community in the Shoals Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States.

## Geography

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The community is located on the Yadkin River near Grassy Creek and is named for the nearby Bean Shoals rapids in the Yadkin River.[1] The community has an elevation of 980 feet (300 m) above sea level. Area landmarks include Shoals Baptist Church, Shoals United Methodist Church and Shoals Elementary School.

## Attractions

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Sections of the Pilot Mountain State Park that reach the rapids of the Yadkin River are located in the Shoals community. Also located here is Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, an working farm that is operated by turn-of-the-century technology to showcase what life in northwestern North Carolina was like at the time.[2] The farm is operated by the state of North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.[2]

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b "Horne Creek Farm | NC Historic Sites". historicsites.nc.gov. Retrieved April 29, 2022.

## External links

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* Shoals Elementary School
* Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

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Municipalities and communities of Surry County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Dobson

City|

* Mount Airy

Map of North Carolina highlighting Surry County

Towns|

* Dobson
* Elkin‡
* Pilot Mountain

Townships|

* Bryan
* Dobson
* Eldora
* Elkin
* Franklin
* Long Hill
* Marsh
* Mount Airy
* Pilot
* Rockford
* Shoals
* Siloam
* South Westfield
* Stewarts Creek
* Westfield

CDPs|

* Flat Rock
* Lowgap
* Toast
* White Plains

Unincorporated
communities|

* Albion
* Ararat
* Ash Hill
* Bannertown
* Blackwater
* Blevins Store
* Boones Hill
* Bottom
* Burch
* Cedar Hill
* Combstown
* Copeland
* Crooked Oak
* Crutchfield
* Devotion
* Fairview
* Franklin
* Hills Grove
* Holly Springs
* Indian Grove
* Jenkinstown
* Ladonia
* Level Cross
* Little Richmond
* Long Hill
* Mount Herman
* Mountain Park
* Mulberry
* New Hope
* Oak Grove
* Pine Hill
* Pine Ridge
* Poplar Springs
* Red Brush
* Rockford
* Round Peak
* Salem
* Salem Fork
* Sheltontown
* Shoals
* Siloam
* Slate Mountain
* State Road
* Stony Knoll
* Thurmond
* Turkey Ford
* Union Cross
* Union Hill
* Westfield‡
* White Sulphur Springs
* Woodville
* Zephyr

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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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