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About Red Cross, North Carolina

Red Cross is a locality in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 762. The population density is 82.2 people per km². Red Cross is located at 35.2674°N, 80.3556°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Red Cross is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28129.

Red Cross occupies a quiet expanse of the North Carolina piedmont, where the land stretches out in a series of low, deliberate swells covered in deep-rooted pines and hardwoods. It lies 10.5 miles west-southwest of Albemarle, NC (from Albemarle, NC: bearing 237°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-southwest of Hills. The horizon remains wide and open, though the distant, hazy blue shapes of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunt the western skyline when the air is thin and cold. Stony Run cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil nearby, its waters moving with a steady, unbothered purpose that defines the drainage of these fields. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, heavy clarity, turning the dusty red earth a deep, bruised violet as the shadows of the timber lengthen across the fallow ground.

Red Cross maintains a character defined by the slow, seasonal labor of the fields and the persistent hum of industry that has long anchored this region. Local life centers on the rhythms of agriculture and the proximity of the Town of Oakboro - Oakboro Community Park, where the social pulse of the vicinity is felt most keenly among the pines. While the waters of Smiths Lake offer a quiet stillness a short drive away, the economy remains tied to the steady output of the soil and the legacy of craftsmanship that has sustained the families here for generations. This is a place where the past is not a museum piece but a layer of the present, felt in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying hollows and in the polite, measured pace of those who travel the local roads to their daily work.

About This Red Cross Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Cross, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.267366, -80.355619. 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 Red Cross includes the ZIP code (28129), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Stanly County (Albemarle), and school district assignment (Stanly County Schools).

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.