Tuckasegee, North Carolina | |
|---|---|
  Tuckasegee  Tuckasegee | |
| Coordinates: 35°16′13″N 83°07′22″W / 35.27028°N 83.12278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Jackson |
| Elevation | 2,165 ft (660 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 28783[1] |
| Area code | 828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 996296[2] |
Tuckasegee (Cherokee: ᏛᎧᏏᎩ, romanized: Dvkasigi), named after the historic Cherokee town of that name located near here,[3] is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. It followed the earlier Cherokee town as developing on the upper Tuckaseegee River, at the confluence of its East and West forks.
Today North Carolina Highway 107 and North Carolina Highway 281 intersect at this community, southeast of Forest Hills. Tuckasegee has its own post office and a couple of gas stations/convenience stores. The rest of the community has residences.
- ^ "Tuckasegee ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Webber, Mabel L. (October 1918). "An Indian Land Grant in 1734". The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. 19 (4): 157–161. JSTOR 27569468. Retrieved October 13, 2020.