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History · Seven Devils

Half of Seven Devils’ homes were built after 1992

Most of Seven Devils was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Seven Devils’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Seven Devils are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Seven Devils came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Seven Devils.

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In the mid-1960s, seven men from the Winston-Salem area established the unincorporated community of Seven Devils with the vision of creating a recreational resort. The seven founders included four brothers, Herbert Reynolds, Frank Reynolds, Galloway Reynolds and Dan Reynolds, and their partners George Kempton, Ray Smith and Gardner Gidley. They wanted a unique name to attract visitors and decided upon Seven Devils based on a combination of factors. There were seven founders and seven distinct peaks from the ridge line of the Blue Ridge Parkway that viewed the area, and locals often said that "the wind blows like the devil up there in the winter time."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Seven Devils on the map, 1934 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Seven Devils. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Seven Devils on the 1934 USGS mapSeven Devils on the 1944 USGS mapSeven Devils on the 1960 USGS mapSeven Devils on the 1978 USGS mapSeven Devils on the 1994 USGS map1934Valle Crucis sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Seven Devils.

People over time

Seven Devils, census by census

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Grew from 54 people in 1980 to 313 in 2020, 5 times over.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Seven Devils’ Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Valley Creek

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

FoscoeIts storyDSugar MountainIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Seven Devils’ history

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.