Bonlee is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in western Chatham County,

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, United States. It is located south of Siler City and north of Bear Creek along Old

U.S. Route 421 U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highway runs for from Fort Fisher, North Caro ...

. Bonlee sits at an elevation of . The community is home to several poultry feed mills and a K-8 school. The ZIP Code for Bonlee is 27213. Bonlee was established in 1894 as Dunlap Mills. Four years later it was renamed Causey, after local resident Joshua Causey. It took the name Bonlee in 1913. The town was incorporated in 1913, but had its incorporation revoked in 1936.The Mount Vernon Springs Historic District was listed on the

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in 1987.

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Atlantic & Yadkin Railway
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, North Carolina {{ChathamCountyNC-geo-stub