Tramway is an area of

Lee County, North Carolina Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,285. The county seat is Sanford. It was established on March 6, 1907, from parts of Chatham and Moore counties, and named for ...

, United States which politically forms part of Sanford. It is located on U.S. 1/ 15/

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, north of the road's intersection with

North Carolina Highway 78 North Carolina Highway 78 (NC 78) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway connects the Tramway community with Sanford's Jonesboro Heights neighborhood. Route description NC 78 is a two-lane ...

. Its elevation is 499 feet or 152 meters. According to one local source, the name of the area derives from a 19th-century

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

way used to transport timber to a sawmill inaccessible by wagons, and, presumably, the lumber returned.

References

* Geography of Lee County, North Carolina Neighborhoods in North Carolina {{LeeCountyNC-geo-stub