Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in the Stewarts Creek Township

Stewarts Creek Township, Surry County, North Carolina

Stewarts Creek Township is one of fifteen townships in Surry County, North Carolina. The township had a population of 5,653 according to the 2000 census....

 of northern Surry County, North Carolina

Surry County, North Carolina

Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2010, the population was 73,673. Its county seat is Dobson.- History :The county was formed in 1771 from Rowan County...

 near the city of Mount Airy

Mount Airy, North Carolina

Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388.-History:Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation...

 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 . Area attractions include Pine Ridge Classic Golf Course. Noted 19th-century humorist Hardin E. Taliaferro

Hardin E. Taliaferro

Hardin Edwards Taliaferro was a 19th century Southern American humorist and Baptist preacher. Taliaferro was born near Pine Ridge in Surry County, North Carolina but moved to Tennessee before spending most of his life in Alabama.His most famous work of humor, Fisher's River Sketches and...

 was born near Pine Ridge in 1811.