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Bosts Mill

Ghost town · Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Mount Pleasant quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)
Mount Pleasant quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bosts Mill is a ghost town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It is one of 12 former communities in Cabarrus County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bosts Mill as a historical populated place on the Locust 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 35.3115° N, 80.4670° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLocust
Elevation487 ft
Nearest living townLocust, NC
Distance to it3.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1001140
Coordinates35.31153, -80.46701

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What's there now

Bosts Mill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Locust, NC (population 5,529), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 487 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 Bosts Mill?

Bosts Mill is in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, at 35.3115, -80.4670.

How many ghost towns are in Cabarrus County?

Cabarrus County, North Carolina has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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