Cunningham, North Carolina

Cunningham, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°32′18″N 79°04′42″W
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Person
Elevation	574 ft (175 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1006170

Cunningham^[1] is an unincorporated community within the Cunningham Township of Person County in North Carolina, United States, which bears the name of a local landowner and planter, John W. Cunningham, according to Powell.^[2] Also, a post office was established there, possibly as early as 1822. It is also home to Waverly Plantation which was built circa 1830 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

External links

• Cunningham, NC Hometown Locator
• GNIS Cunningham, NC

References

1. "Cunningham, NC". Hometown Locator.
2. Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. University of North Carolina Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-8078-1247-1.