White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina
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White Sulphur Springs is a small unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina
on the outskirts of the city of Mount Airy
near the Virginia
state line. The community sits on the Ararat River
and once served as a popular late-nineteenth century resort . The community's name comes from the White Sulphur Springs Hotel that once stood here.
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...
on the outskirts of 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...
near the Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
state line. The community sits on the Ararat River
Ararat River
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....
and once served as a popular late-nineteenth century resort . The community's name comes from the White Sulphur Springs Hotel that once stood here.