Cucumber, West Virginia

Cucumber is a census-designated place (CDP) in McDowell County, West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, its population was 94.[2] It is centered on mining. Named either for nearby Cucumber Creek[4] or for the cucumber trees in the area,[5] it is the only community in the United States with this name. Its post office was still active as of October 2011 (see image).

Cucumber, West Virginia
Cucumber post office
Cucumber
Cucumber
Coordinates: 37°16′40″N 81°37′36″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMcDowell
Area
  Total0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2)
  Land0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,542 ft (470 m)
Population
  Total94
  Density210/sq mi (80/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP codes
24826
GNIS feature ID1554238[3]

Mine collapse

On January 13, 2007, a tunnel collapse at a Brooks Run Mining Company coal mine killed two miners in the town.[6][7] Between 2005 and 2008, the Brooks Mining Company extracted 2,093,165 tons of coal.[8]

See also

References

  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cucumber, West Virginia
  4. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 194.
  5. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 30.
  6. "Tunnel collapse kills 2 miners in West Virginia". CNN International. Archived from the original on January 15, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
  7. "McDowell cave-in kills two miners". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
  8. Brooks Mining Company info, wvminesafety.org; accessed May 14, 2014.

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