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History of Stokes - The Piedmont’s Tallest,
Best-Kept Secret: The Sauratown Mountains
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Stokes County is located in northwest North Carolina and is home to the Sauratown Mountain range which rises the southwest edge of the county and extends northeast for over half the width of the county. The Sauratown Mountains were named for the Saura Indians, a tribe that inhabited this area during the second century.
The Saura Indians are first mentioned in the journals of explorer Ferdinand DeSoto, who in the year 1540, came upon a small band on the banks of the Pee Dee River, near the present North-South Carolina boundary.
The Sauras left no written history. All that is known of these people is found in the few records of the wilderness explorers, and what modern archaeologists have been able to uncover from their village sites. More information and artifacts are available for viewing at the Hanging Rock State Park Visitor Center.
Today, the Sauratown Mountains provide many interesting destinations for visitors, including such places as Moore’s Springs, Piedmont Springs, Cascade Falls, Tories Den, Hanging Rock State Park, the Rock House, Moratock Iron Furnace, and the Dan River. All are easily accessible by automobile.
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