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New Home

Ghost town · Surry County, North Carolina

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

New Home 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 New Home as a historical populated place on the Roaring 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 36.4499° N, 80.9295° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRoaring Gap
Elevation1,617 ft
Nearest living townLowgap, NC
Distance to it6.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1731622
Coordinates36.44985, -80.92952

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What's there now

New Home is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lowgap, NC (population 226), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,617 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 New Home?

New Home is in Surry County, North Carolina, at 36.4499, -80.9295.

How many ghost towns are in Surry County?

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

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