Tramway, North Carolina

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Tramway, North Carolina, is an area of Lee County, North Carolina 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.

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  • "Tramway". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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



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