Ruffin, North Carolina

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Ruffin is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It is northeast of Reidsville, North Carolina and southwest of Danville, Virginia just off US 29 (Future Interstate 785). It has a population of 2,116[citation needed]. Neighboring communities and municipalities include Reidsville, Eden, Pelham, Casville, and Wentworth. Ruffin hosts its Whistlestop Jubilee every fall. It has the Ruffin Methodist Church, Ruffin Stacey Baptist Church and a few others in the community. The community is named after the 1850's political activist Edmund Ruffin. [1].

Coordinates: 36°26′49″N, 79°32′38″W

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