Cumnock, North Carolina | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Cumnock |
Coordinates: | 35.555°N -79.2378°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lee |
Elevation Ft: | 272 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 27237[1] |
Area Code: | 919 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1019884 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Cumnock, formerly known as Egypt,[2] is an unincorporated community in northwestern Lee County, North Carolina, United States. It lies on Cumnock Road, about a mile north of U.S. Route 421.
Endor Iron Furnace is located near the community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Deep River Camelback Truss Bridge was listed in 1995.
Egypt (now Cumnock) was the site of the Egypt Coal Mine which operated between 1855 and 1928.[2]