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'''Corinth''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. The community is located in the [[Salient (geography)|panhandle]] of Chatham County, southeast of [[Moncure, North Carolina|Moncure]],<ref>[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/983551 "Corinth, Chatham County, North Carolina"]. ''Geographic Names Information System''. United States Geological Survey.</ref> on route [[North Carolina Highway 42|N.C. 42]].<Ref name="corinthnuclear">Story, Justin (16 June 2007). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chapel-hill-herald-living-in-shearon/207858477/ Living in Shearon Harris' shadow], ''The Chapel Hill Herald'' (and article [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chapel-hill-herald-corinth-page-2-o/207858649/ part two])</ref>  It was named in homage to the ancient Greek city of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Powell| first = William S.| title = The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places| publisher = The University of North Carolina Press| date = 1976| location = Chapel Hill| isbn = 9780807812471|page=120}}</ref>

The area near Corinth was previously called Martha's Vineyard.<Ref name="marth1">(29 April 1982). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chatham-record-new-book-reflects-eas/207872390/ New book reflects eastern county history], ''The Chatham Record''</ref><Ref name="1834book">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Treasury_of_Knowledge_and_Library_of/ImNTAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq= The Treasury of Knowledge], (5th Ed. 1834), p. 181 (cites Martha's Vineyard as both the island of Massachusetts and as the name of "Town of Chatham County, N. Carolina")</ref>  When local resident William Avent campaigned to have a post office put in the community, which opened in 1891, he chose the name of Corinth for it.<Ref name="post1">(7 July 1961). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sanford-herald-corinth-makes-amends/207857843/ Corinth Makes Amends - Flag Now Flies Over Postoffice Station], ''Sanford Herald''</ref><ref name="carolana">[https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Chatham_POs_Sorted.htm Chatham County, NC Post Offices -- 1785 to 1971], carolana.com, Retrieved 8 October 2026</ref>  

In 1913, a rail station was built at Cornith for a section of new line of the [[Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982)|Norfolk Southern Railway]] running from [[Varina, North Carolina|Varina]] to [[Colon, North Carolina|Colon]].  The depot was built near the road crossing at T.H. Buchanan's store.<Ref name="rail1">(2 July 1913).  [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chatham-record-the-rc-srr-ra/207868921/ The R.C. & S.R.R.], ''Chatham Record''</ref>  A discussion of the community in a 1925 newspaper article describes it as "quite rugged in contrast with [nearby] [[Brickhaven, North Carolina|Brickhaven]].  The Norfolk and Southern depot is in a considerable valley or gorge.  The several stores are dotted about on separate hills.  The merchants of the village are veteran L.H. Mims, E.V. Dickens, and E.S. Marks."<ref name="1925profile">(16 April 1925). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chatham-record-getting-acquainted-t/207870157/ ], ''The Chatham Record''</ref>

A community center building was built in 1953, at which time a local paper described Corinth as having a population of "100-odd people."<ref name="comm1">(19 Jan 1953). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sanford-herald-corinth-people-work-o/207865454/ Corinth People Work on Community House], ''Sanford Herald''</ref>  The post office was closed in 1956.<Ref name="post1"/>

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, North Carolina]]