Bynum is an unincorporated community in northeastern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States on the banks of the Haw River.

Retired loggers, business people, and mill workers often sat on the bench in front of the store passing on news and rumors and telling stories.

[3] Tift Merritt started her music career playing on the General Store's front porch.

The existing tenants, who had been paying less than $10 a month rent to the mill, were given the chance to buy their homes with favorable long-term mortgages.

Many of the mill workers, suddenly in possession of rapidly appreciating assets, sold to newcomers and bought more modern homes elsewhere.

[6] It was closed to motor vehicle traffic in 1999,[citation needed] but it is currently a pedestrian bridge and part of the statewide designated bicycle route as well as being a gathering place for the community on Halloween where many local folks artfully carve Jack-o'-lanterns and display them along the sides of the bridge.

Hundreds of Jack-o-lanterns line the old bridge rails on Halloween night from dark until midnight, and local artist and musicians perform.

There are haunted houses and trick or treaters at the Bynum Methodist Church and Ruritan Club near the old bridge.

Chatham County's Earl Thompson Park is also on Bynum Hill Road and has playground and a baseball field.

The Robert Joseph Moore House and Dr. E. H. Ward Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.