Midway North Carolina Map

About Midway, North Carolina

Midway is a locality in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. Midway is located at 36.2735°N, 79.7889°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27127.

Midway lies in a landscape that gently rolls, a place where the Virginian Piedmont begins to yield to the Carolinian coastal plain. It lies 13.9 miles north of Greensboro, NC (from Greensboro, NC: bearing 1°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-west of Reidsville. The air here, especially in late afternoon, carries a sweet, earthy scent, a blend of sun-baked fields and the distant, cool promise of the Dan River. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled blankets, punctuated by stands of mature oak and pine, their shadows lengthening across the terrain as the sun dips. The roads, often lined with weathered fence posts and the occasional mailbox standing sentinel, curve with the contours of the land, leading the eye toward the horizon where the sky often bleeds into soft hues of peach and lavender. The history of Midway is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained a way of life, with tobacco and cotton once the dominant crops that shaped the local economy. Today, while agriculture remains a bedrock, the area has diversified, with small businesses and a growing presence of light industry offering new avenues of employment. The legacy of hardworking families, many of whom have called this place home for centuries, is evident in the well-maintained farmsteads and the friendly, unhurried pace of daily life that defines Midway.

About This Midway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Midway, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.273469, -79.788922. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Midway and Rockingham County.

Detailed location data for Midway includes the ZIP code (27320), telephone area code (704, 980, 336), county seat of Rockingham County (Wentworth), and school district assignment (Davidson County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Midway is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.