Cucumber, West Virginia | |
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![]() The main area of Cucumber, West Virginia, viewed from West Virginia Route 16 | |
Coordinates: 37°16′40″N 81°37′36″W / 37.27778°N 81.62667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | McDowell |
Area | |
• Total | 0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
• Land | 0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,542 ft (470 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 74 |
• Density | 160/sq mi (63/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EST) |
ZIP codes | 24826 |
GNIS feature ID | 1554238[3] |
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).
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]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 94 | — | |
2020 | 74 | −21.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[10] |