Ararat River

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The Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States. Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. The Ararat River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Patrick County, Virginia, and flows southwardly into Surry County, North Carolina, where it flows through the city of Mount Airy and joins the Yadkin River, about 5 mi (8 km) northwest of East Bend. The river is stocked with brown, brook, and rainbow trout.

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27047
North Carolina, United States
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Shoals, North Carolina

Shoals is an unincorporated community in the Shoals Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States.

Skin Cabin Creek

Skin Cabin Creek is a 3.34 mi (5.38 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Shoals Township, Surry County, North Carolina

Shoals Township is one of 15 townships in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,936 according to the 2020 census.Geographically, Shoals Township occupies 28.7 square miles (74 km2) in southern Surry County, with its southern border running along the Yadkin River. There are no incorporated municipalities within Shoals Township; however, there are several smaller, unincorporated communities located here, including the community of Shoals.

Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

Horne Creek Farm is a historical farm near Pinnacle, Surry County, North Carolina. The farm is a North Carolina State Historic Site that belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and it is operated to depict farm life in the northwest Piedmont area c. 1900. The historic site includes the late 19th century Hauser Farmhouse, which has been furnished to reflect the 1900-1910 era, along with other supporting structures. The farm raised animal breeds that were common in the early 20th century. The site also includes the Southern Heritage Apple Orchard, which preserves about 800 trees of about 400 heritage apple varieties. A visitor center includes exhibits, a gift shop and offices. The State Historic Site regularly hosts special events, which focus on farm life and techniques from the early 20th century, and include sheep shearing, corn shucking, ice cream socials, heritage crafts, music and pie baking. The farmhouse was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile log building with weatherboard sheathing and a wood-shingled gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing double-crib log barn (c. 1846), wellhouse/washhouse (c. 1880), log smokehouse (c. 1880), log tobacco barn (c. 1910), corncrib (c. 1930), a fruit house (c. 1900) and family cemetery (c. 1853). A reconstructed fruit and vegetable drying house was placed where the original once stood. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Pilot Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Pilot Creek is a 5.44 mi (8.75 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.

East Bend, North Carolina

East Bend is a town in northeastern Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 634 at the 2020 census. It is a Piedmont Triad community.

Davis Brothers Store

Davis Brothers Store is a historic general store located at East Bend, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was built in 1913, and is a two-story brick commercial building. The front facade features intact store fronts and entrances and a one-story shed-roofed canopy-like porch. Also on the property is a contributing center-passage frame storage barn dated to the 1930s.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Morse and Wade Building

Morse and Wade Building, also known as the Yadkin Valley Hotel, is a historic commercial building located at East Bend, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1890, and is a two-story, brick building on a brick foundation. It has Italianate style design elements including arched window and door openings. The building initially housed the Yadkin Valley Hotel in the east half and the Morse and Wade Store in the west half. From about 1903 to 1940, it housed a tobacco bag factory. It is the oldest known commercial building in East Bend.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Bull Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Bull Creek is a 8.59 mi (13.82 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.

Cedar Hill, North Carolina

Cedar Hill is an unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, located near the town of Pilot Mountain. Prominent landmarks include Cedar Hills Primitive Baptist Church.

East Bend Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina

East Bend Township is one of twelve townships in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 3,383 according to the 2000 census. Geographically, East Bend Township occupies 32.08 square miles (83.1 km2) in northeastern Yadkin County. East Bend Township's northern and eastern borders are formed by the Yadkin River. The only incorporated municipality within East Bend Township is the Town of East Bend.

Toms Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Toms Creek is a 16.10 mi (25.91 km) long 4th order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.