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Cruso, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Old Cruso School
Old Cruso School
Cruso is located in North Carolina
Cruso
Cruso
Cruso is located in the United States
Cruso
Cruso
Coordinates: 35°25′03″N 82°48′38″W / 35.41750°N 82.81056°W / 35.41750; -82.81056
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyHaywood
Elevation
2,936 ft (895 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code828
GNIS feature ID1019875[1]

Cruso (also Crusoe) is an unincorporated community in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States.[1]

Cruso is near Pisgah National Forest.[2]

History[edit]

Cruso was named upon establishment by its first postmaster, who reportedly had just read the novel Robinson Crusoe by Englishman Daniel Defoe.[3]

On August 17, 2021, six people died as a result from flooding from Tropical Storm Fred. As of June 2022, there are still piles of debris in and around Cruso.[4][5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Cruso, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Cruso Populated Place Profile / Haywood County, North Carolina Data".
  3. ^ "Cruso search". NCpedia. October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024.
  4. ^ WRAL (August 27, 2021). "Cruso man marks sixth confirmed death in Haywood County after flooding from Fred". WRAL.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Body of final missing person found in Haywood County". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruso,_North_Carolina

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