Old Town

Old Town is a former unincorporated community in which was annexed by . It was located near , , and along NC 67.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: settlement in the US
  • Also known as: Bethabara” and “Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bethabara Moravian Church and John Jacob Schaub House.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a Protestant congregation of the Moravian Church located in . Founded as the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina on November 17, 1753, Bethabara served as the center of Moravian work in the South until 1766. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Old Town.

House
is a historic home located in C. G. Hill Memorial Park at , . It was built in 1829–1830, and is a two-story, two bay by two bay, single pile brick dwelling. is situated 2½ miles west of Old Town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bethania and Pfafftown.

Village
is the oldest municipality in , , United States, and was most recently incorporated in 1995, upon the reactivation of the original 1838/1839 town charter.

is an unincorporated community in , United States which has been partially annexed into the cities of in and , also in .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community between northern and in , United States. Most of the community has been annexed by Winston-Salem. is situated 4 miles northeast of Old Town.

Old Town

Latitude
36.16625° or 36° 9′ 59″ north
Longitude
-80.33366° or 80° 20′ 1″ west
Elevation
869 feet (265 metres)
Open location code
868X5M88+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153995104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4483379
Wiki­data ID
Q7085245
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Old Town” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina
  • French: Old Town
  • German: Old Town
  • Portuguese: Old Town

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Town”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.