Ravensford
Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Ravensford, NC” and “Ravensford, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mountain Farm Museum and Oconaluftee Visitor Center.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center is a tourism office.
New Kituwah Academy
School
The New Kituwah Academy, also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy, is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade, located in Cherokee, North Carolina, in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherokee.
Cherokee
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.
Ravensford
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.50443° or 35° 30′ 16″ northLongitude
-83.29665° or 83° 17′ 48″ westElevation
2,175 feet (663 metres)Open location code
867RGP33+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 154369854OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Ravensford” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雷文斯福德 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “雷文斯福德”
- French: “Ravensford”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yellowhill and Oconaluftee Indian Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piney Grove Church and Cherokee Riverfront RV Park.
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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 “Ravensford”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.