NC Gazetteer

Cumberland Knob

A knob in Surry County
NW Surry County. Alt. 2,885. Construction on the Blue Ridge Parkway began there September 11, 1935. Cumberland Knob Recreation Area with picnic grounds and hiking trails is there. Said to have been named by Dr. Thomas Walker, a Virginia explorer, for his patron, the Duke of Cumberland, in the 1750s.