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Colon is an unincorporated community in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. It was also known as Buckner.

Colon, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°31′37″N 79°9′8″W
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Lee
Elevation	318 ft (97 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1019743[1]

Coal from the Egypt Mine used to be delivered to the Seaboard Railroad station here.[2] Gas-fired brick was also made here.[3] A post office was established as "Bucker" in 1891 and was renamed "Colon" in 1892.[4]

References

"Colon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Colon, Piedmont and Western Railroad Club, Retrieved 27 June 2022
Zucchino, David (1 February 2015). North Carolina community fights Duke Energy plan to dump toxic coal ash, Los Angeles Times
The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed, p. 122 (2010)

v t e 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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