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Welcome to Volunteer ...

Volunteer is located in Stokes County<1>.

Volunteer is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Volunteer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Volunteer: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Volunteer ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Volunteer.

Communities near Volunteer ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Volunteer.

  • Lewisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mount Airy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • King
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • King is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <4>
  • Walkertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rural Hall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tobaccoville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dobson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Pilot Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Boonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Volunteer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Volunteer.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Volunteer. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Volunteer.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Volunteer. See our Newspapers Page for Volunteer.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Volunteer ...

Looking for more information about Volunteer? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Volunteer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Volunteer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Stokes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Volunteer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Volunteer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Volunteer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.