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, United States. It was also known as Buckner. Coal from the Egypt Mine used to be delivered to the Seaboard Railroad station here.Colon
Piedmont and Western Railroad Club, Retrieved 27 June 2022 Gas-fired brick was also made here.Zucchino, David (1 February 2015)

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'' A post office was established as "Bucker" in 1891 and was renamed "Colon" in 1892.The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed
p. 122 (2010)

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