Cucumber is a census-designated place (CDP) in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Its population was 74 at the 2020 census.[4] The community is centered on mining. Named either for nearby Cucumber Creek[5] or for the cucumber trees in the area,[6] it is the only community in the United States with this name. Its post office was still active as of October 2011 (see image).
Mine collapse
On January 13, 2007, a tunnel collapse at a Brooks Run Mining Company coal mine in town killed two miners.[7][8] Between 2005 and 2008, the Brooks Mining Company extracted 2,093,165 tons of coal.[9]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 94 | — | |
| 2020 | 74 | −21.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[10] | |||
See also
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cucumber, West Virginia
- ^ "Cucumber CDP, West Virginia - Census Bureau Profile". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ 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. pp. 193–94.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 30.
- ^ "Tunnel collapse kills 2 miners in West Virginia". CNN International. Archived from the original on January 15, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
- ^ "McDowell cave-in kills two miners". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
- ^ Brooks Mining Company info Archived February 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, wvminesafety.org; accessed May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External links
Media related to Cucumber, West Virginia at Wikimedia Commons
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |