Asbury is a rural unincorporated community in the northwestern corner of Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed, p. 14 (2010) ("community in nw Stokes County between Dan River and Big Creek. Alt. 1,279.")(23 February 2023). The Old Paths: Jumping on the revival bandwagon, The Stokes News ("..which had attracted the attention of a pastor from the Asbury community in upper Stokes. (Please forgive me that I had forgotten such a community even existed in my home county.)")The heritage of Stokes County, North Carolina (1981) (book includes multiple references to the Asbury community, e.g., p. 472 - "resided in the historic Asbury community, an area located in the Northwest corner of Stokes near the borders of Surry County in North Carolina and Patrick County in Virginia") It is located about 10 miles north of Pilot Mountain, 11 miles east of Mount Airy, and 1.5 miles south of the Virginia border.
The Smith-Simmons house is a well known Neo-Classical Revival house in the Asbury community.Stokes County historic inventory : final report (1989), p. 59
See also Asbury, North Carolina (disambiguation)
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