Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States
| Loafers Glory, North Carolina | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 36°00′47″N 82°11′14″W / 36.01306°N 82.18722°W / 36.01306; -82.18722 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Mitchell County |
| Elevation | 2,313 ft (705 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 28705 |
| Area code | 828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1021254 |
Loafers Glory is an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the intersection of NC 226 and NC 226A, along the banks of the North Toe River; 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Bakersville.
It was named for the idle, or loafing, men who were a fixture at the town's general store.
References
- ^ "Loafers Glory, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
- Federal Writers Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. WPA. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-403-02182-6.
- Bowden, Barry (August 28, 1986). "State Filled With Strange Town Names". The Dispatch. p. 25. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 76.
| Municipalities and communities of Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States | ||
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| County seat: Bakersville | ||
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| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Ghost town | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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