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Flat Shoals

Ghost town · Surry County, North Carolina

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

Flat Shoals is a ghost town in Surry County, North Carolina. It is one of 7 former communities in Surry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Flat Shoals as a historical populated place on the Mount Airy South 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 36.4062° N, 80.5615° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Airy South
Elevation926 ft
Nearest living townPilot Mountain, NC
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1731569
Coordinates36.40625, -80.56145

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What's there now

Flat Shoals is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pilot Mountain, NC (population 1,584), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 926 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 Flat Shoals?

Flat Shoals is in Surry County, North Carolina, at 36.4062, -80.5615.

How many ghost towns are in Surry County?

Surry County, North Carolina has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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