Abandoned Record
About Ceramic
Ceramic is a ghost town in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately ten miles southeast of the county seat of Danbury, near Belews Lake. Ceramic as a community ceased to exist at least 6 decades ago.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Ceramic, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Ceramic is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Ceramic
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1953 Winston-Salem sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Winston-Salem sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Winston-Salem sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1971 Belews Lake sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1977 Belews Lake sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Winston-Salem sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 2000 Belews Lake sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Ceramic
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our North Carolina index.
- Avalon11.0 mi NE · Rockingham
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Ceramic, North Carolina": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q5063645.
- USGS GNIS 1023600.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).