Sherrills Ford, North Carolina
| Sherrills Ford, North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community area | |
 Location of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates: 35°36′48″N 80°59′10″W / 35.61333°N 80.98611°WCoordinates: 35°36′48″N 80°59′10″W / 35.61333°N 80.98611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Catawba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.8 sq mi (20.2 km2) |
| • Land | 7.8 sq mi (20.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 941 |
| • Density | 121.0/sq mi (46.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 28673 |
| Area code(s) | 828 |
| FIPS code | 37-61320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1022598 |
Sherrills Ford is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 941 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census it was included within the Lake Norman of Catawba CDP. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sherrills Ford is located at 35°37′19.12″N 80°59′14.28″W / 35.6219778°N 80.9873000°W within area code 828, ZIP code 28673, and FIPS place code 61320.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 7.8 square miles (20 km2), 0.13% of which is water. It sits at an elevation of 204 m (670 ft).
Neighboring communities include Terrell to the south and Catawba to the northwest.
Sherrills Ford is so named due its being the site of the fording of the Catawba River from east to west by Adam Sherrill et al. ca. 1747. (The apostrophe in "Sherrill's Ford" was inadvertently dropped.) The Sherrills, of English ancestry, had come from northeast Maryland, most probably trekking through modern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. Many Sherrill descendants still reside in Sherrills Ford.
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