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Graybeal

Ghost town · Ashe County, North Carolina

Baldwin Gap quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Baldwin Gap quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Graybeal is a ghost town in Ashe County, North Carolina. It is the only former community in Ashe County recorded on the federal names register, out of 280 across North Carolina.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Graybeal as a historical populated place on the Baldwin Gap 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 36.4690° N, 81.6482° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBaldwin Gap
Elevation2,883 ft
Nearest living townLansing, NC
Distance to it8 miles
GNIS feature ID1004526
Coordinates36.46901, -81.64817

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What's there now

Graybeal is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lansing, NC (population 222), about 8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,883 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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