Union Cross, Surry County, North Carolina

Union Cross is a small unincorporated community in the Dobson Township of central Surry County, North Carolina. The community is roughly centered on the intersection of Dobbins Mill Road and Twin Oaks Road. Prominent landmarks include Union Cross Baptist Church, Union Cross Baptist Church cemetery, the Dockery Family Cemetery, and a local Ruritan club. The land for the Union Cross Ruritan Club was donated to the community for this purpose by Mrs. Minnie Shinault Dockery, widow of T. Alvin Dockery, a prominent local farmer and owner of the local general store. This Community is served by the Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department, which was founded in 1980. The Current Fire Chief is Jake Cline.

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Cross, Surry County, North Carolina

Coordinates: 36°20′46″N 80°45′29″W / 36.346°N 80.758°W / 36.346; -80.758

Municipalities and communities of Surry County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Dobson

City	Mount Airy

Towns	Dobson Elkin‡ Pilot Mountain

CDPs	Flat Rock Lowgap Toast White Plains

Unincorporated communities	Albion Ararat Ash Hill Bannertown Blackwater Blevins Store Boones Hill Bottom Burch Cedar Hill Combstown Copeland Crooked Oak Crutchfield Devotion Fairview Franklin Hills Grove Holly Springs Indian Grove Jenkinstown Ladonia Level Cross Little Richmond Long Hill Mount Herman Mountain Park Mulberry New Hope Oak Grove Pine Hill Pine Ridge Poplar Springs Red Brush Rockford Round Peak Salem Salem Fork Sheltontown Shoals Siloam Slate Mountain State Road Stony Knoll Thurmond Turkey Ford Union Cross Union Hill Westfield‡ White Sulphur Springs Woodville Zephyr

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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