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Cumnock town in East Ayrshire, Scotland

Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just outside the town boundaries, Craigens, Logan and Netherthird, with the former ironworks settlement of Lugar also just outside the town, contributing to a population of around 13,000 in the immediate locale. A new housing development, Knockroon, was granted planning permission on 9 December 2009 by East Ayrshire Council.

Cumnock, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Cumnock is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the now closed cross-country railway line from Molong to Dubbo. The town is located in Cabonne Shire. At the 2011 census, Cumnock had a population of 275 people. Cumnock is named after the Scottish town in Ayrshire, the home of an early settler named Straborn.

Cumnock, North Carolina Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States

Cumnock is an unincorporated community in northwestern Lee County, North Carolina, United States. It lies on Cumnock Road, about a mile north of U.S. Route 421.

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East Ayrshire Council area of Scotland

East Ayrshire is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquarters of the council are located on London Road, Kilmarnock. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the former county of Ayrshire.

Cumnock Juniors F.C.

Cumnock Juniors Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Cumnock and Doon Valley

Cumnock and Doon Valley was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1973 to 1996.

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from parts of the old Ayr and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies. It has been represented since 2017 by Bill Grant of the Scottish Conservative Party.

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Scotland. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. Half of the constituency was incorporated into the new Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency, with the remainder incorporated into the new Central Ayrshire constituency and the expanded Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.

River Afton river in Scotland

The River Afton is a small river in Ayrshire, Scotland. which flows North from Alwhat Hill in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills, through Afton Reservoir and then for eight miles down Glen Afton before joining the River Nith at New Cumnock.

A76 road road in Scotland

The A76 is a major trunk road in south west Scotland.

Cumnock and Holmhead, a police burgh of Ayrshire, Scotland, on the Lugar, 33¾ miles S. of Glasgow by road, with two stations on the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The population in 1901 was 3088.

New Cumnock town in East Ayrshire, Scotland

New Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It expanded during the coal-mining era from the late 18th century, and mining remained its key industry until its pits were shut in the 1960s. The town is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) south-east of Cumnock, and 21 miles (34 km) east of Ayr.

Arthur Cumnock American football player

Arthur James Cumnock was an American football player. He and Amos Alonzo Stagg were selected as the ends on the first College Football All-America Team in 1889. Cumnock invented the first nose guard. He is also credited with developing the tradition of spring practice in football; in March 1889, Cumnock led the Harvard team in drills on Jarvis field, which is considered the first-ever spring football practice.

Springbank Football Club was a short-lived Scottish senior football team based in the town of Cumnock, Ayrshire. They were formed in 1892 and that year joined the South of Scotland Football League for its inaugural but ill-fated 1892–93 season. The club played their home games at New Station Park, Cumnock, but folded in 1894.

Lanemark Football Club was based in the town of New Cumnock, and was one of a number of football clubs formed in the late nineteenth century in and around the Ayrshire coalfield. The club took its name from the Lanemark Coal Company which was formed in 1865 to work coal in the vicinity of Lanemark Farm in New Cumnock. As the coal industry grew so did the demand for workers, so the coal company built small basic houses in terraces known as “rows” in the South Boag area of the town.

The 2014–15 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was the thirteenth Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The season began on 30 August 2014. The winners of this competition were eligible to enter round one of the 2015–16 Scottish Cup. The two last placed sides are relegated to the Super League First Division. The third-bottom placed side will enter the West Region league play-off, a two-legged tie against the third placed side in the Super League First Division, to decide the final promotion/relegation spot.

Cumnock, Ontario Unincorporated rural community in Ontario, Canada

Cumnock is an unincorporated rural community in Centre Wellington Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Cumnock was part of Nichol Township until 1999.

Bill Grant (politician) Scottish Conservative Party politician; Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock since June 2017

William "Bill" Grant is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock UK Parliamentary constituency since June 2017.