Sophia, North Carolina

Sophia is an unincorporated community in central Randolph County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located along U.S. Highway 311, just northwest of the route's intersection of with I-73/I-74/US 220 and southeast of Archdale, North Carolina. It is the location of WGHP-TV's (Fox 8) television transmitter tower. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Sophia citizens protested the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) on its plan to route I-74 through the center of town, essentially removing the community from existence. After a hearing with locals, the NCDOT decided to shift the planned corridor about 1 mile to the north.

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Coordinates: 35°49′23″N 79°51′39″W / 35.82306°N 79.86083°W / 35.82306; -79.86083

Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Asheboro

Cities	Archdale‡ Asheboro High Point‡ Randleman Thomasville‡ Trinity

Towns	Franklinville Liberty Ramseur Seagrove Staley

Unincorporated communities	Cedar Falls Cedar Grove Coleridge Erect Farmer Level Cross Pisgah Sophia Ulah Whynot

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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