Loafers Glory, North Carolina

Loafers Glory, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Postcard of Loafers Glory
Postcard of Loafers Glory
Loafers Glory is located in North Carolina
Loafers Glory
Loafers Glory
Loafers Glory is located in the United States
Loafers Glory
Loafers Glory
Coordinates: 36°00′47″N 82°11′14″W / 36.01306°N 82.18722°W / 36.01306; -82.18722
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyMitchell County
Elevation
2,313 ft (705 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28705
Area code828
GNIS feature ID1021254[1]

Loafers Glory is an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.[1] Located at the intersection of NC 226 and NC 226A, along the banks of the North Toe River; 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Bakersville.

It was named for the idle, or loafing, men who were a fixture at the town's general store.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Loafers Glory, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  2. ^ Federal Writers Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. WPA. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-403-02182-6.
  3. ^ Bowden, Barry (August 28, 1986). "State Filled With Strange Town Names". The Dispatch. p. 25. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 76.