Thurmond Fact Sheet:
Can you sit on your back porch, kick your shoes off, and drink iced tea while enjoying your own personal view of the Blue Ridge Mountains? Most residents of Thurmond, NC, could answer "yes" to that question. The Thurmond community is a rural area located on the Surry / Wilkes County line in the Foothills of North Carolina. Almost all of Thurmond has beautiful mountain views and is just minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway . This community has areas of open farm land, and most houses have acreage with them. Thurmond is also just minutes from the nearby Town of Elkin. And, if you should decide to "visit the big city," it's just 45-minutes to Statesville, NC; a one-hour drive to Winston-Salem, NC; or about 90-minutes to Charlotte, NC.
Thurmond is an unincorporated community in western Surry County, North Carolina along the border with Wilkes County. The community lies between US Highway 21 and the Mitchell River. Thurmond has an elevation of 1,402 feet above sea level
Thurmond Education Information:
Surry County School System -or- Wilkes County School System
30-minutes from Surry Community College in Dobson, NC
45-minutes from Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC
An hour from area colleges and universities in Winston-Salem, NC
1 ½ hours from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC
Less than two hours away from colleges and universities in Charlotte, NC
Thurmond Medical Data:
20-minutes from Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin, NC
An hour from Forsyth Medical in Winston-Salem, NC
An hour from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC
Thurmond Area Shopping
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Residents of Thurmond are 20-minutes from shopping in nearby Elkin, North Carolina. Or, from Thurmond you can take a 30-minute drive to shopping in Wilkesboro, North Wilkesboro, and Sparta. If you prefer larger shopping centers and malls, Thurmond is less than an hour from shopping malls in Winston-Salem, Mt. Airy, and Statesville, NC.
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