Toms Creek

Toms Creek is a hamlet in Marion Township, McDowell, North Carolina. Toms Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Hankins, as well as near Garden Creek.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shiflet Field.

Shiflet Field

Aerodrome

Shiflet Field is a public use airport located three nautical miles north of the central business district of Marion, a city in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Marion Airport Commission. Shiflet Field is situated 2½ miles southeast of Toms Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marion.

Marion

Town

Photo: Tomgoble, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marion is a city in and the county seat of McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox". Marion is situated 4½ miles southeast of Toms Creek.

Toms Creek

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Tom Creek”
Category: locality
Location: Marion Township, McDowell, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.7404° or 35° 44′ 25″ north

Longitude

-82.04983° or 82° 2′ 59″ west

Elevation

1,463 feet (446 metres)

Open location code

867VPXR2+53

OpenStreetMap ID

node 154049966

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4495252

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