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Cosfort

Ghost town · Wilkes County, North Carolina

Boomer quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
Boomer quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cosfort is a ghost town in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It is one of 35 former communities in Wilkes County on the federal names register. No county in North Carolina has more among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cosfort as a historical populated place on the Boomer topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.0990° N, 81.3337° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBoomer
Elevation1,051 ft
Nearest living townMoravian Falls, NC
Distance to it8.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1001505
Coordinates36.09902, -81.33370

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What's there now

Cosfort is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Moravian Falls, NC (population 1,015), about 8.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,051 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Cosfort?

Cosfort is in Wilkes County, North Carolina, at 36.0990, -81.3337.

How many ghost towns are in Wilkes County?

Wilkes County, North Carolina has 35 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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