Tramway, North Carolina

Tramway^[1] is an area of Lee County, North Carolina, United States which politically forms part of Sanford. It is located on U.S. 1/15/501, north of the road's intersection with North Carolina Highway 78. Its elevation is 499 feet or 152 meters. According to one local source,^[specify] the name of the area derives from a 19th-century tramway used to transport timber to a sawmill inaccessible by wagons, and, presumably, the lumber returned.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tramway, North Carolina

35°26′41″N 79°12′52″W / 35.4445983°N 79.2144670°W / 35.4445983; -79.2144670

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Municipalities and communities of Lee County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Sanford

City

Sanford

Town

Broadway‡

Unincorporated
communities

Colon
Cumnock
Lemon Springs
Tramway

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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