North Carolina Highway 705

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NC 705

Length:

26 mi (42 km)

Formed:

1931

North end:

US 220

I-73

I-74 near Seagrove, NC

Major
junctions:

in Seagrove

NC 24/NC 27 south of Robbins

South end:

NC 211 near Eagle Springs, North Carolina

Counties:

Randolph, Moore

Major cities:

Seagrove, Robbins, Eagle Springs

North Carolina highways
< NC 704		NC 710 >

NC 705 is a state highway in central North Carolina; it travels mostly through the southern Piedmont Triad. The route is marked as the Pottery Highway or Pottery Road and as a North Carolina Scenic Byway^[1] due to the large number of potters in and surrounding Seagrove.

1 Route
- 1.1 Randolph County
- 1.2 Moore County
2 Pottery Road
3 Plank Road
4 References

[edit] Route

[edit] Randolph County

NC 705 begins at a northern terminus near Seagrove, North Carolina at I-73/I-74 US 220 exit 45. It passes through Seagrove, crossing US 220 Alternate. The highway travels southeasterly in Randolph County where it passes through the community of Whynot southeast of Seagrove. An anecdote concerning the naming of the community suggests that after hours of disagreement upon the name of the community (e.g., "Why not name it A?" or "Why not name it B"), someone finally suggested naming the community Whynot.

[edit] Moore County

The route passes into Moore County just north of the communities of Dover and Westmoore. It continues southwesterly through Robbins, North Carolina where it junctions with NC 24/NC 27 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.

[edit] 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^[2]. The area potters specialize in traditional functional pottery as well as artistic pottery.

The Cole, Potts, King, Auman, Owen, McNeill, Teague, and Albright families are eighth- and ninth-generation potters in Seagrove and the surrounding areas.

Some of the historic pottery locations still in operation include Owens Pottery^[3] and Jugtown Pottery^[4] started in the late 1800s and early 1900s respectively. Jugtown is on the National Registry of Historic Places.