Lemon Springs is an unincorporated community in southern Lee County, North Carolina, United States. It lies south of Sanford, and southeast of Tramway. The community is centered on The Fastop Convenience store, now known as Eagles when the long-standing Fastop was sold, the business shares a building with the Fastop Grill. The Greenwood Elementary School is the only one in the Lemon Springs community, before there were closer Middle and High schools, Greenwood was for grades K-12. The Lemon Springs area is only approximately one mile across, but features a volunteer fire department,[1][2] a post office,[3][4] a Methodist Church,[5][6][7][8] a Baptist Church,[9][10] an Apostolic Church,[11] a quarry,[12] and a Gas Station.

Lemon Springs, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Lee
Elevation	390 ft (120 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	919
GNIS feature ID	988346

Upper Little River, a tributary of the Cape Fear River, rises in a pond about 1 mile east of Lemon Springs.

External Links

• Lemon Springs, NC GNIS
• Lemon Springs Post Office GNIS
• Lemon Springs Volunteer Fire Department
• Lemon Springs, NC Weather

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