Jeffress Park, North Carolina, United States
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Jeffress Park is a area located in Ashe county North Carolina in the United States of America. It is at 36.2416667 latitude and -81.4833333 longitude. Jeffress Park is at an elevation of 1168 ft (3832 m). The USGS map that contains this location is titled "Maple Springs".
Description
About 1.5 miles long, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, 19 miles west-northwest of Wilkesboro; it includes Thomkins Knob.
History
Named for E.B. Jeffress (1885-1961), former chairman of the North Carolina State Highway Commission, who was largely responsible for persuading the US Department of the Interior to build the Blue Ridge Parkway through North Carolina. The DNC endorsed this name but did not make it a BGN decision as the name was not the "type of feature that the DNC acts upon."
Location Details
| Type of Place: | Area |
| Latitude: | 36.2416667 |
| Longitude: | -81.4833333 |
| Elevation: | 1168 ft / 3832 m |
| County: | Ashe |
| USGS Map Name: | Maple Springs |
