Cucumber, West Virginia
Cucumber, West Virginia | |
|---|---|
 Cucumber post office | |
  Cucumber  Cucumber | |
| Coordinates: 37°16′40″N 81°37′36″W / 37.27778°N 81.62667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | McDowell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
| • Land | 0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,542 ft (470 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 94 |
| • Density | 210/sq mi (80/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EST) |
| ZIP codes | 24826 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1554238[3] |
Cucumber is a census-designated place (CDP) in McDowell County, West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, its population was 94.[2] It is centered on mining. Named either for nearby Cucumber Creek[4] or for the cucumber trees in the area,[5] it is the only community in the United States with this name. Its post office was still active as of October 2011 (see image).
Mine collapse
On January 13, 2007, a tunnel collapse at a Brooks Run Mining Company coal mine killed two miners in the town.[6][7] Between 2005 and 2008, the Brooks Mining Company extracted 2,093,165 tons of coal.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cucumber, West Virginia
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 194.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 30.
- ^ "Tunnel collapse kills 2 miners in West Virginia". CNN International. Archived from the original on January 15, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
- ^ "McDowell cave-in kills two miners". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
- ^ Brooks Mining Company info, wvminesafety.org; accessed May 14, 2014.
External links
Media related to Cucumber, West Virginia at Wikimedia Commons
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