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Drowning Creek

Ghost town · Burke County, North Carolina

Longview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000)
Longview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Drowning Creek is a ghost town in Burke County, North Carolina. It is one of 8 former communities in Burke County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Drowning Creek as a historical populated place on the Longview 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 35.7301° N, 81.4784° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLongview
Elevation1,110 ft
Nearest living townIcard, NC
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1001460
Coordinates35.73013, -81.47842

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What's there now

Drowning Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Icard, NC (population 2,291), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,110 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 Drowning Creek?

Drowning Creek is in Burke County, North Carolina, at 35.7301, -81.4784.

How many ghost towns are in Burke County?

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

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