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Mountain Home

Ghost town · McDowell County, North Carolina

Dysartsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)
Dysartsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mountain Home as a historical populated place on the Dysartsville 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 35.5751° N, 81.8457° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDysartsville
Elevation1,102 ft
Nearest living townGlenwood, NC
Distance to it8.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1001478
Coordinates35.57513, -81.84566

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What's there now

Mountain Home is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Glenwood, NC (population 181), about 8.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,102 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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