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Lemon Springs, North Carolina

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Coordinates: 35°23′23″N 79°11′40″W / 35.3895997°N 79.1944681°W / 35.3895997; -79.1944681
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Lemon Springs, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Lemon Springs is located in North Carolina
Lemon Springs
Lemon Springs
Lemon Springs is located in the United States
Lemon Springs
Lemon Springs
Coordinates: 35°23′23″N 79°11′40″W / 35.3895997°N 79.1944681°W / 35.3895997; -79.1944681
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyLee
Elevation
390 ft (120 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code919
GNIS feature ID988346


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 about 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.

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


References

  1. ^ "Lemon Springs Volunteer Fire Department". GNIS.
  2. ^ "Lemon Springs Volunteer Fire Department". Hometown Locator.
  3. ^ "Lemon Springs Post Office". GNIS.
  4. ^ "Lemon Springs Post Office". Hometown Locator.
  5. ^ "Lemon Springs United Methodist Church". United Methodist Church.
  6. ^ "Lemon Springs United Methodist Church History" (PDF). North Carolina United Methodist Church.
  7. ^ "Lemon Springs United Methodist Church". Find-A-Grave.
  8. ^ "Lemon Springs United Methodist Church". Cemetery Census.
  9. ^ "Lemon Springs Baptist Church". Southern Baptist Convention.
  10. ^ "Lemon Springs Baptist Church". Find-A-Grave.
  11. ^ "Calvary Apostolic Church". Calvary Lemon Springs.
  12. ^ "Lemon Springs Quarry". GNIS.



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