Farmville is a community in southeastern
Chatham County,
North Carolina, United States, which was once called Coal Glen. The area was the site of
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
activities from the 18th century up the mid-1950s, and was the site of the 1925
Coal Glen mine disaster
The Coal Glen mine disaster was a series of explosions that occurred on May 27, 1925, at a coal mine in Farmville, Chatham County, North Carolina, Coal Glen, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. At least ...
.
By the time of the 1925 disaster, the town consisted of several homes and a
company store.
The
Deep River coal field, long, included the Coal Glen and Egypt (
Cumnock) mines.
A historical marker noting the mine disaster was dedicated June 3, 2017 at Farmville Community Church at
U.S. 15-501 and Walter Bright Road north of
Sanford.
Geography
Farmville is located at latitude 35, 34, 15, N, and longitude 79, 13, 12, W. The elevation is .
References
UNC Library: This Month in North Carolina History: The Coal Glen Mine Disaster*William S. Powell, ''The North Carolina Gazetteer'' (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1968).
External links
Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
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