The first NC 38 was formed in 1934 to replace NC 301, it ran from
US 17 in Folkstone to the New River. In 1937, NC 38 was renumbered
NC 86. That same year, the current NC 38 was re-established as a renumbering of NC 771; which connected with the newly renumbered
SC 38. NC 38 has not changed since.
North Carolina Highway 771 North Carolina Highway 771 (
NC 771) first appeared as a new primary routing in 1930, traveling from
US 311/
NC 77, east of
Winston-Salem, to
US 421/
NC 60, in
Kernersville. In 1936, NC 771 was replaced by an extension of
NC 150. The second NC 771 was established as new primary routing in 1936, from Hamlet to the South Carolina state line, where it continued as
SC 96. In 1937, both sides changed the number to 38. ==Major intersections==