North Carolina Highway 705 (NC 705) is a primary

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in the U.S. state of

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. The route is marked as the Pottery Highway or Pottery Road and as a North Carolina Scenic Byway due to the large number of potters in and surrounding Seagrove.

Route description

NC 705 begins at a northern terminus near

Seagrove, North Carolina Seagrove is a town in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 285 at the 2019 census. It was named after a railroad official when the area was connected by rail. The center of population of North Carolina is located a fe ...

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US 220 U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways which run east-west. US 220 extends for fr ...

exit 45. It passes through Seagrove, crossing US 220 Alternate. The highway travels southeasterly in

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where it passes through the community of Whynot southeast of Seagrove. The route passes into Moore County just north of the communities of Dover and Westmoore. It continues southwesterly through

Robbins, North Carolina Robbins is a city in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,097 at the 2010 census. History The town, now known as Robbins, actually began in 1795 when gunsmith Alexander Kennedy and his family left Philadelphia ...

where it junctions with

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just south of Robbins at the community of Garners Store. From the junction, the route turns southeasterly and continues through the community of Zion Grove until it ends in the community of Elberta near

Eagle Springs, North Carolina Eagle Springs is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina, Moore County, North Carolina, United States, situated near the southern terminus of North Carolina Highway 705, on North Carolina Highway 211, we ...

Pottery Road

The route takes the traveler through historic areas of North Carolina which have been making and selling hand-turned or "hand-thrown" pottery since the eighteenth century. The area potters produce traditional functional pottery as well as artistic pottery. The Cole, Auman, Owen, Teague, and Albright families are eighth- and ninth-generation potters in Seagrove and the surrounding areas. Some of the oldest, historic pottery locations still in operation include the "Original" Owens Pottery founded in 1895 and Jugtown Pottery founded in 1921.Encyclopedia of North Carolina :: UNC Press
/ref> Jugtown is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

Plank Road

Portions of the route are part of the

Fayetteville and Western Plank Road The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road was a plank road from Fayetteville, NC to the Moravian settlement at Bethania, NC. The road was constructed from 1851-1852 using funds raised by boosters and accompanying funds provided by the state of Nor ...

connecting the city of

Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville () is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city. Fayetteville has received the All-America C ...

with Moravian settlements near

Bethania, North Carolina Bethania is the oldest municipality in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and was most recently incorporated in 1995, upon the reactivation of the original 1838/1839 town charter. In 2009, Bethania celebrated the 250th anniversary of ...

(northwest of

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

History

Junction list

References

External links

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NCRoads.com: N.C. 705
*https://discoverseagrove.com/ American potters Transportation in Moore County, North Carolina Transportation in Randolph County, North Carolina

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