State Road North Carolina Map

About State Road, North Carolina

State Road is a locality in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². State Road is located at 36.3260°N, 80.8676°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28676.

State Road unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, where the sky seems to stretch wider than usual, a vast canvas painted with the soft blues and grays of the Piedmont. It lies 37.6 miles north of Statesville, NC (from Statesville, NC: bearing 2°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north of Elkin. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a topography that has shaped the lives of those who have called it home, with fields of corn and tobacco yielding to stands of hardwood trees. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, ethereal shadows, lending a quiet dignity to the scattered farmhouses and the occasional weathered barn, their timbers whispering tales of seasons past. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of tilled soil, pine needles, and the sweet, subtle scent of ripening fruit from nearby orchards, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of State Road. This stretch of Surry County has a long memory, its roots reaching back to the early days of settlement, when families cleared the land and built lives from the very earth. The local economy, once heavily reliant on tobacco and now embracing a more diversified approach, still finds its pulse in the rhythm of planting and harvest, in the quiet hum of tractors and the occasional rumble of trucks carrying produce to market. State Road isn't a place of grand pronouncements or bustling thoroughfares; its distinction lies in its understated resilience, in the enduring traditions that are passed down through generations, and in the quiet pride of its inhabitants. The faint, almost imperceptible echo of country music can sometimes be heard drifting from open windows, a soundtrack to the unhurried pace of life that defines this corner of North Carolina.

About This State Road Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of State Road, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.325967, -80.867572. 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 State Road and Surry County.

Detailed location data for State Road includes the ZIP code (28676), telephone area code (828), county seat of Surry County (Dobson), and school district assignment. 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 State Road is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.