Colon
Colon is an unincorporated community in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. It was also known as Buckner. Coal from the Egypt Mine used to be delivered to the Seaboard Railroad station here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Buckner”, “Colon, NC”, and “Colon, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanford.
Sanford
Photo: Bigbird78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanford is a city of about 30,000 people in the North Carolina countryside, in between the Piedmont Triad, Research Triangle, and Fayetteville. Sanford is known for its large brick production as well as local pottery, and offers outdoor activities and historic districts.
Colon
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Lee, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.52682° or 35° 31′ 37″ northLongitude
-79.15224° or 79° 9′ 8″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
8772GRGX+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 157572662OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Colon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科隆 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “科隆”
- French: “Colon”
- Japanese: “コロン (ノース・カロライナ州)”
- Japanese: “コロン (ノースカロライナ州)”
- Japanese: “コロン”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Northview and Hawkins Run.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Turners Chapel Church and Sanford Municipal Golf Course.
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