Red Cross North Carolina Map

About Red Cross, North Carolina

Red Cross is a locality in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 903. The population density is 76.5 people per km². Red Cross is located at 35.2674°N, 80.3556°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28129.

Red Cross, North Carolina, lies in a landscape where the gentle sweep of the Piedmont begins to hint at the coming Blue Ridge foothills, a region defined by fertile, loamy soil that cradles scattered farmsteads and groves of mature hardwoods. It lies 10.5 miles west-southwest of Albemarle, NC (from Albemarle, NC: bearing 237°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east of Locust. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a fragrance that deepens as the sun dips low, painting the western sky in shades of bruised plum and fiery orange. Creeks, often little more than silver threads in the dry seasons, swell with the rains, their banks lined with a tenacious green growth that clings to the rich, brown earth. The land itself feels both yielding and enduring, a quiet testament to the slow, persistent work of wind and water. The history of Red Cross is intertwined with the agricultural backbone of North Carolina, a story of families who cleared the land and coaxed sustenance from its bounty, fostering a local economy built on the cultivation of tobacco and the hardy fiber of cotton. While major textile mills once dominated the broader region, Red Cross itself often represented the smaller, more intimate scale of rural enterprise, a place where generations knew each other’s names and the rhythm of the seasons dictated the pulse of daily life. The courteous Southern register still echoes in the greetings exchanged at the general store, a subtle reminder of a time when neighborliness was the primary currency, and the distinctive drawl of the region’s inhabitants seemed to absorb the very stillness of the landscape.

About This Red Cross Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Cross, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 35.267366, -80.355619. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Red Cross and Stanly County.

Detailed location data for Red Cross includes the ZIP code (28129), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Stanly County (Albemarle), and school district assignment (Stanly County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Red Cross is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.