Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in the Stewarts Creek Township of northern Surry County, North Carolina, United States, located near the city of Mount Airy on North Carolina Highway 89 (West Pine Street). The community is located between the Little Fisher River and Stewarts Creek and has an altitude of 1,347 feet (Powell 1968, p. 384). Area attractions include Pine Ridge Classic Golf Course. Noted 19th-century humorist Hardin E. Taliaferro was born near Pine Ridge in 1811.[1]
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| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Surry |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT |
References
editPowell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1
Notes
edit- ^ N.C. Highway Markers – Hardin Taliaferro Archived November 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
36°29′56″N 80°43′05″W / 36.499°N 80.718°W