Wayfarrow

Hariston

Ghost town · Stokes County, North Carolina

Belews Lake quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Belews Lake quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hariston is a ghost town in Stokes County, North Carolina. It is one of 8 former communities in Stokes County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hariston as a historical populated place on the Belews Lake 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 36.2607° N, 80.1098° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBelews Lake
Elevation811 ft
Nearest living townWalnut Cove, NC
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1952736
Coordinates36.26069, -80.10977

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Hariston is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Walnut Cove, NC (population 2,046), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 811 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Hariston?

Hariston is in Stokes County, North Carolina, at 36.2607, -80.1098.

How many ghost towns are in Stokes County?

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

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.