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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]
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.
Pittsboro is located east of the center of Chatham County. U.S. Highways 15 and 501 run concurrently through the center of the town as Hillsboro Street and Sanford Road, leading north 17 miles (27 km) to the center of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina, and south 17 miles (27 km) to Sanford.
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
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Siler City is located in western Chatham County. U.S. Route 64 passes through the northern part of the town as 11th Street, leading east 16 miles (26 km) to Pittsboro, the Chatham County seat, and west 21 miles (34 km) to Asheboro.