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Moncure, founded in 1881, is a small rural unincorporated community in southeastern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. Moncure and the neighboring community of Haywood form the Moncure census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 711 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ]
[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location City or town Description 1: Alston-DeGraffenried House: November 18, 1974 (West of Pittsboro off U.S. Route 64; also the northern side of U.S. Route 64, 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west of its junction with NC 1564
Chatham County (locally / ˈ tʃ æ t əm / CHAT-əm) [1] is a county located in the Piedmont area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is also the location of the geographic center of North Carolina, northwest of Sanford. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,285. [3] Its county seat is Pittsboro. [4]
Lockville Dam, Canal and Powerhouse is a historic dam, canal, and powerhouse located near Moncure, Chatham County, North Carolina. The dam was built in 1922 and replaced an earlier log dam built by the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company. The canal stone walls appear to date from the mid-1850s.
Anne Moncure Crane (1838–1872), American writer and novelist; John Moncure Daniel (1825–1865), United States minister to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1854–1861; Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977), American poet and essayist; Moncure Robinson (1802–1891), American civil engineer, railroad planner and builder and a railroad and steamboat owner
Rocky River rises in a pond in Liberty, North Carolina at the Rocky River, Sandy Creek, and North Prong divide. From the divide it flows in a southeasterly direction through the middle of Chatham County to meet the Deep River about 3 miles west of Moncure, North Carolina. Rocky River is the largest tributary in area and discharge on the Deep River.
Cape Fear Township, population 1,323, is one of thirteen townships in Chatham County, North Carolina. Cape Fear Township is 54.26 square miles (140.5 km 2) [2] in size and located in southeast Chatham County. Cape Fear Township does not contain any municipalities within it, but does contain Moncure, a census designated place.
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) [5] blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carolina) in the town of Moncure, North Carolina.