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Cottage Home

Ghost town · Lincoln County, North Carolina

Gastonia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500)
Gastonia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cottage Home is a ghost town in Lincoln County, North Carolina. It is one of 8 former communities in Lincoln County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cottage Home as a historical populated place on the Lowesville 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 35.4160° N, 81.0312° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLowesville
Elevation660 ft
Nearest living townLowesville, NC
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1001770
Coordinates35.41597, -81.03119

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What's there now

Cottage Home is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lowesville, NC (population 3,737), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 660 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 Cottage Home?

Cottage Home is in Lincoln County, North Carolina, at 35.4160, -81.0312.

How many ghost towns are in Lincoln County?

Lincoln County, North Carolina has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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