Pineola, North Carolina

Pineola
—  Unincorporated  —
Pineola Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°01′42″N 81°53′29″W / 36.02833°N 81.89139°W / 36.02833; -81.89139Coordinates: 36°01′42″N 81°53′29″W / 36.02833°N 81.89139°W / 36.02833; -81.89139
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Avery County
Elevation	3,550 ft (1,082 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	28662
Area code(s)	828
GNIS feature ID	1021936[1]

Pineola is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina. Its boundaries, in general, span out in a three mile radius from the intersection of US Highway 221 and NC 181.^[2] The area was known as "Saginaw" until the early 20th century.

Pineola is the site of several businesses, including an asphalt plant, a concrete plant, a general store, a sawmill, and a small hotel. The Linville River flows through the area, and is impounded by a dam into a small lake for a resort community. The Blue Ridge Parkway passes through the southeast portion of the area.

During the early 1900s it was notably the site of a large logging operation and sawmill, owned by the W.M. Ritter Company. The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ("Tweetsie") operated in the community until 1939, when it received permission, by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to abandon Pineola.

See also

• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Brown Mountain
• Grandfather Mountain
• Grandmother Mountain
• Linville River

External links

• Calloway Cemetery

References

v d e Municipalities and communities of Avery County, North Carolina, US County seat: Newland Towns Banner Elk Beech Mountain‡ Crossnore Elk Park Newland Seven Devils‡ Villages Grandfather Sugar Mountain Unincorporated communities Altamont Cranberry Frank Gragg Heaton Ingalls Linville Linville Falls‡ Minneapolis Montezuma Pineola Plumtree Roaring Creek Three Mile Vale Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties