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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 ]
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.
Haywood is an unincorporated community in southeastern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Moncure census-designated place. Along with several other unincorporated communities, it lies along the panhandle of Chatham County between Lee County and Wake County. Haywood lies at an elevation of 246 feet (75 m). [1]
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]
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
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51-kilometer) [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.
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.
The line was completed a year later and its first passenger train operated on December 20, 1886. The Pittsboro Railroad was subsequently leased to the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad, which the Pittsboro Railroad connected with in Moncure, North Carolina. The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad then operated the Pittsboro Railroad as a branch line.