Tuxedo, North Carolina

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Tuxedo, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Tuxedo
Coordinates: 35°13′31″N82°25′46″W / 35.22528°N 82.42944°W / 35.22528; -82.42944 [1]
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Henderson County
Elevation
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2,054 ft (626.0592 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern Daylight Time
ZIP code
28784 [2]
Area code 828
GNIS feature ID996378

Tuxedo is an unincorporated community in southern Henderson County, North Carolina, United States, which was originally called Lakewood.

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Etymology

Early in the 20th century, the newly formed village of Lakewood, North Carolina, changed its name to Tuxedo (after a town in NY State) to avoid confusion with a similarly named town in North Carolina. [3] [4] Tuxedo is claimed to be a corruption of an Indian phrase of unknown origin, p'tauk suttough, supposedly meaning "place of the bears." [5] The name of Tuxedo, New York, however, originally derives from the Lenape word ptukwsiit (Munsee dialect) or tùkwsit (Unami dialect), meaning "round foot" or Wolf Clan. [6]

History

A large mill, the Green River Manufacturing plant, employed some 250 area workers after its completion in 1910. [3] That same year, the post office was renamed Tuxedo (after having used Lakewood name since its 1908 establishment), and remained in operation until 1993. [7] The mill, at the time called WestPoint Pepperell–Tuxedo, closed for good in 1990. [3]

Camp Arrowhead, located in Tuxedo, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [8] Tuxedo is also home to camps Mondamin, Green Cove, Talisman, Greystone and Falling Creek Camp.

Location

Tuxedo is located on U.S. Route 25 and U.S. Route 176, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of the South Carolina border, at 2,054 feet (626 m) above sea level. It is home to North Carolina's Green River Nature Preserve. [3]

Nearby Lake Summit was formed in 1920 by an impoundment of the Green River when additional power was needed for area businesses in the past. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tuxedo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tuxedo Zipcode Zipcode" . Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 History of Lake Summit & Tuxedo, NC [ usurped ]; History of Henderson County website; The "Official site of Henderson County Tourism Development Authority;" accessed November 2015
  4. ↑ Izard, Missy Craver (March 4, 2023). "Historic Tuxedo". Flat Rock Together. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Kramp, Penn (February 22, 1987). "Tuxedo: It's Not Formal Wear". The Times-News. p. 27. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Lenape Talking Dictionary | Detailed Entry View - place of wolf clan people, Tuxedo NY". talk-lenape.org. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Henderson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ National Register Information System; National Register of Historic Places; National Park Service; archived July 2010.


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