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Welcome to Cognac ...

Cognac is located in Richmond County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cognac, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Cognac is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cognac lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cognac: 910 & 472<3>

Communities Also Named Cognac ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cognac - it's located in Louisiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cognac.

Websites for Cognac ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.richmondcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cognac, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Cognac ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cognac.

  • Pinehurst
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Southern Pines
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Laurinburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockingham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Aberdeen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamlet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinebluff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Foxfire
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Foxfire is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
  • Ellerbe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylortown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Taylortown is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cognac. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cognac.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cognac. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cognac.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cognac. See our Newspapers Page for Cognac.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cognac ...

Looking for more information about Cognac? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cognac, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cognac.

Adding Cognac to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cognac in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cognac was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cognac post office opened in 1900. The Cognac post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cognac.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Richmond, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cognac - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Cognac area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Cognac area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/