Ellenboro North Carolina Map
Explore Ellenboro, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Ellenboro, North Carolina
How to Use This Ellenboro, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ellenboro, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ellenboro.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Ellenboro |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Rutherford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.329013 |
| Longitude | -81.758711 |
| Population | 723 |
| Density | 220.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28040 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| County Seat | Rutherfordton |
| School District | Rutherford County Schools |
About Ellenboro, North Carolina
Ellenboro is a locality in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 723. The population density is 220.7 people per km². Ellenboro is located at 35.3290°N, 81.7587°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ellenboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28040.Ellenboro maintains a quiet posture amidst the red clay and tangled greenery of the Piedmont, where the land yields to the persistent, low-slung currents of Hills Creek. It lies 12.8 miles west-northwest of Shelby, NC (from Shelby, NC: bearing 281°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east of Forest City. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to amplify the rustle of kudzu vines and the sudden, sharp calls of birds hidden in the thickets. To the far west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains serves as a permanent, serrated boundary against the sky, grounding the horizon in a cool, deep indigo. While the local terrain lacks the drama of high peaks, it possesses a subtle, rhythmic topography, with sunlight casting long, amber shadows across the fields as the afternoon wanes.
Textile mills and agricultural labor once formed the primary pulse of Ellenboro, though the current rhythm is dictated more by the modest commerce of a lingering rural economy. Residents often congregate at Rutherford County - Chase Community Park, a space that offers a necessary expanse of open grass and structured recreation for those who live in the surrounding woods and clearings. Those seeking a different stillness often travel toward Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting cloud cover of the inland expanse. Life here is defined by this slow, deliberate pace, a persistent continuity that values the weight of the soil and the familiar, unadorned character of a landscape that has long since settled into its own quiet, unassuming identity.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Rutherford County - Chase Community Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 208° SW
- Caboose (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 298° NW
- Summey Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 280° W
- Broad River Greenway (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 151° SE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 136° SE
- Cowpens Monument (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 194° S
- Washington Light Infantry (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 193° S
- South Mountains Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 010° N
- South Mountains State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 017° N
- Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 160° S
- Jolly Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 160° S
- Cherokee County Veterans Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 161° S
- Truck (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 161° S
- Blacksburg (Public Artwork) — 19.9 mi, 136° SE
- Bobs Creek State Natural Area (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 332° NW
- Jacob Fork Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.2 mi, 020° N
- Little Theater (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 081° E
- Veterans Monument (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 186° S
- Canopy Ridge Farm (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 285° W
- Former site of Deepcore and The Abyss Movie Set (Historic Ruins) — 24.5 mi, 145° SE
- Kings Mountain (Registered Battlefield) — 24.8 mi, 121° SE
- Polk County History Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 258° W
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 26.1 mi, 341° N · 511k acres
- Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church (Historic Ruins) — 27.5 mi, 153° SE
- Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 200° S
- Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 27.7 mi, 200° S
- Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.0 mi, 348° N · 12k acres
- Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.1 mi, 004° N · 7,017 acres
- Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 42.8 mi, 159° S · 375k acres
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 73.3 mi, 288° W · 521k acres
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About This Ellenboro Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ellenboro, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.329013, -81.758711. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Ellenboro includes the ZIP code (28040), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Rutherford County (Rutherfordton), and school district assignment (Rutherford County Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
