Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina

Location of Dobson Township in Surry County, N.C.

Dobson Township is one of fifteen townships in Surry County, North Carolina. The township had a population of 8,088 according to the 2000 census.

Geographically, Dobson Township occupies 69.1 square miles (179 km²) in central Surry County. The only incorporated municipality within Dobson Township is the Town of Dobson, the county seat of Surry County. Additionally, there are several smaller, unincorporated communities located here, including, New Hope, Salem Fork and Union Cross. The highest point in Dobson Township is Turner Mountain, elevation 1,275 feet (389 m), which is the site of several communications towers.

Municipalities and communities of Surry County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Dobson
City	Mount Airy
Towns	Dobson Elkin‡ Pilot Mountain
CDPs	Flat Rock Lowgap Toast White Plains
Unincorporated communities	Albion Ararat Ash Hill Bannertown Blackwater Blevins Store Boones Hill Bottom Burch Cedar Hill Combstown Copeland Crooked Oak Crutchfield Devotion Fairview Franklin Hills Grove Holly Springs Indian Grove Jenkinstown Ladonia Level Cross Little Richmond Long Hill Mount Herman Mountain Park Mulberry New Hope Oak Grove Pine Hill Pine Ridge Poplar Springs Red Brush Rockford Round Peak Salem Salem Fork Sheltontown Shoals Siloam Slate Mountain State Road Stony Knoll Thurmond Turkey Ford Union Cross Union Hill Westfield‡ White Sulphur Springs Woodville Zephyr
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°24′04″N 80°44′37″W / 36.4010146°N 80.7436141°W / 36.4010146; -80.7436141

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.