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Sissipahaw The Sissipahaw or Haw were a Native American tribe of North Carolina. They are also variously recorded as ''Saxahapaw'', ''Sauxpa'', ''Sissipahaus'', etc. Their settlements were generally located in the vicinity of modern-day Saxapahaw, North ...

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, the area known as the Hawfields, and the Haw River. European settlers entered the region in the late 17th century chiefly following Native American trading paths, and set up their farms in what they called the "Haw Old Fields," fertile ground previously tilled by the Sissipahaw. The paths later became the basis of the railroad and interstate highway routes. Alamance County was named after

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, site of the

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(May 16, 1771), a pre-Revolutionary War battle in which militia under the command of Governor

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crushed the Regulator movement. Great Alamance Creek, and in turn Little Alamance Creek, according to legend, were named after a local Indian word to describe the blue mud found at the bottom of the creeks. Other legends say the name came from another local Indian word meaning "noisy river," or for the

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region of

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,

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, where many of the early settlers came from. During the

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, several small battles and skirmishes occurred in the area that became Alamance County, several of them during the lead-up to the

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, including Pyle's Massacre, the

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, and the Battle of Clapp's Mill. In the 1780s, the

Occaneechi The Occaneechi (also Occoneechee and Akenatzy) are Native Americans who lived in the 17th century primarily on the large, long Occoneechee Island and east of the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers, near current-day Clarksville, Virginia. ...

Indians returned to North Carolina from

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, this time settling in what is now Alamance County rather than their first location near Hillsborough. In 2002, the modern Occaneechi tribe bought of their ancestral land in Alamance County and began a Homeland Preservation Project that includes a village reconstructed as it would have been in 1701 and a 1930s farming village. During the early 19th century, the

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industry grew heavily in the area, so the need for better transportation grew. By the 1840s, several mills were set up along the Haw River and near

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and other major tributaries of the Haw. Between 1832 and 1880, at least 14 major mills were powered by these rivers and streams. Mills were built by the Trollinger, Holt, Newlin, Swepson, and Rosenthal families, among others. One of them, built in 1832 by Ben Trollinger, is still in operation. It is owned by Copland Industries, sits in the unincorporated community of Carolina and is the oldest continuously operating mill in North Carolina. One notable textile produced in the area was the "Alamance plaids" or "Glencoe plaids" used in everything from clothing to

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s. The Alamance Plaids manufactured by textile pioneer Edwin M. Holt were the first colored cotton goods produced on power looms in the South, and paved the way for the region's textile boom. (Holt's home is now the Alamance County Historical Society.) But by the late 20th century, most of the plants and mills had gone out of business, including the mills operated by

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, a company based in Burlington. Alamance Cotton Mill Edwin M Holt photograph 1837

By the 1840s, the textile industry was booming, and the railroad was being built through the area as a convenient link between

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and Greensboro. The county was formed on January 29, 1849 from Orange County.

Civil War

In March 1861, Alamance County residents voted overwhelmingly against North Carolina's secession from the Union, 1,114 to 254. Two delegates were sent to the State Secession Convention, Thomas Ruffin and Giles Mebane, who both opposed secession, as did most of the delegates sent to the convention. At the time of the convention, around 30% of Alamance County's population were slaves (total population around 12,000, including roughly 3,500 slaves and 500 free blacks). North Carolina was reluctant to join other Southern states in secession until the

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in April 1861. When Lincoln called up troops, Governor John Ellis replied, "I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country and to this war upon the liberties of a free people. You can get no troops from North Carolina." After a special legislative session, North Carolina's legislature unanimously voted for secession on May 20, 1861. No battles took place in Alamance County, but it sent its share of soldiers to the front lines. In July 1861, for the first time in American history, soldiers were sent in to combat by rail. The 6th North Carolina was loaded onto railroad cars at Company Shops and transferred to the battlefront at

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(

First Battle of Manassas The First Battle of Bull Run (the name used by Union forces), also known as the Battle of First Manassas

). Although the citizens of Alamance County were not directly affected throughout much of the war, in April 1865, they witnessed firsthand their sons and fathers marching through the county just days before the war ended with the surrender at Bennett Place near

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. At Company Shops, General Joseph E. Johnston stopped to say farewell to his soldiers for the last time. By the end of the war, 236 people from Alamance County had been killed in the course of the war, more than any other war since the county's founding.

Kirk-Holden War

Some of the Civil War's most significant effects were seen after it ended. Alamance County briefly became a center of national attention when in 1870 Wyatt Outlaw, an

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town commissioner in

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, was lynched by the

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. He was president of the Alamance County Union League of America (a progressive reform branch of the Federal Government), helped to establish the Republican party in North Carolina, and advocated establishing a school for African Americans. His offense was that Governor William Holden had appointed him a

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, and he had accepted the appointment. Outlaw's body was found hanging 30 yards from the courthouse, with a note pinned to his chest reading, "Beware! You guilty parties – both white and black." Outlaw was the central figure in political cooperation between blacks and whites in the county. On July 8, 1870, Governor Holden declared

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to be in a state of

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and sent North Carolina militiamen to Caswell and Alamance Counties, under the command of Union veteran George W. Kirk, beginning the so-called Kirk-Holden War. Kirk's troops ultimately arrested 82 men. The Grand Jury of Alamance County indicted 63 klansmen for felonies and 18 for the murder of Wyatt Outlaw. Soon after the indictments were brought, Democrats in the legislature passed a bill to repeal the law under which the indictments had been secured. The 63 felony charges were dropped. The Democratic Party then used a national program of "Amnesty and Pardon" to proclaim amnesty for all who committed crimes on behalf of a secret society. This was extended to the klansmen of Alamance County. There would be no justice in the case of Wyatt Outlaw. Holden's support for

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led to his

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and removal by the North Carolina Legislature in 1871.

Dairy industry

The county was once the state leader in

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production. Several dairies including Melville Dairy in Burlington were headquartered in the county. With increasing real estate prices and a slump in milk prices, most dairy farms have been sold and many of them developed for real estate purposes.

World War II and the Cold War

During

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,

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built airplanes at a plant on the eastern side of Burlington. Among the planes built there was the AT-21 gunner, used to train bomber pilots. Near the Fairchild plant was the

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Burlington works. During the

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, the plant built radar equipment and guidance systems for missiles and many other electronics for the government, including the guidance system for the

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missile. The plant closed in 1992 and sat abandoned until 2005, when it was purchased by a local businessman for manufacturing. The USS ''Alamance'', a ''Tolland''-class attack cargo ship, was built during and served in and after World War II.

21st Century

Alamance County's population has grown significantly, with the city of Mebane tripling in size between 1990 and 2020. The county has seen significant business and industry growth, including the additions of the North Carolina Commerce Park and the North Carolina Industrial Center, as well as new retail opportunities near Interstate 85/40 on the eastern (Tanger Outlets) and western (University Commons and Alamance Crossing) sides of the county. Some growth has been attributed to illegal immigration, which has led to ongoing legal issues. In 2012, the Department of Justice found the Alamance County Sheriff's Office to use discriminatory policing, however the case was dismissed by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas D. Schroeder, finding that the government failed to demonstrate that the ACSO had engaged in discriminatory policing. Beginning in 2014, the county has been home to a number of political demonstrations. In October, 2020, during a demonstration prior to the

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, Alamance County sheriff's deputies and Graham police used pepper spray against crowd members. Law enforcement reported that pepper spray had been deployed to disperse the crowd following an assault on an officer who was trying to shut down a generator the march organizers had brought, in violation of a signed agreement.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (2.5%) are covered by water. The county is in the

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physiographical region. It has a general rolling terrain with the

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rising to over in the south-central part of the county just north of

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. Bass Mountain, one of the prominent hills in the range, is home to a world-renowned

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festival every year. Also, isolated

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s are in the northern part of the county that rise to near or over above sea level. The largest river that flows through Alamance County is the

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, which feeds into Jordan Lake in Chatham County, eventually leading to the

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. The county is also home to numerous creeks, streams, and ponds, including

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, where a portion of the

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was fought. The three large municipal reservoirs are: Lake Cammack, Lake Mackintosh, and Graham-Mebane Lake (formerly Quaker Lake). The southwest end of the county is drained by North Rocky River Prong and Greenbrier Creek, two tributaries of the

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in the Deep River system.

State and local protected areas/sites

* Alamance Battleground State Historic Site * Bass Mountain Summit * Burlington Downtown Depot * Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area *

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* Graham Regional Park * Lake Cammack Park & Marina * Shallow Ford Natural Area

Major water bodies

*

Great Alamance Creek Great Alamance Creek, also called Big Alamance Creek, is a 37-mile longMeasurement Tool on Alamance County GIS found on theAlamance County Website/ref> creek that is a tributary of the Haw River. The creek's headwaters are in Guilford County, ...

*

Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, left bank) Cane Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance and Orange Counties, North Carolina. This Cane Creek is on the left bank of the Haw River. Course Cane Creek rises on the divide between Cane Creek and Crabtree Creek ( ...

*

Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, right bank) Cane Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance County, North Carolina. This Cane Creek is located on the right bank of the Haw River. Course Cane Creek rises northwest of Pleasantville, North Carolina in Alamance Coun ...

* Haw River * Lake Cammack *

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* Little Alamance Creek * Poppaw Creek * Quaker Creek Reservoir * Sellers Manufacturing Company Lake * Stagg Creek

Adjacent counties

*

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- north * Orange County - east * Chatham County - south-southeast * Randolph County - southwest *

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- west * Rockingham County - northwest

Major highways

Alamance County has several state and federal highways running through it. I40i85NC

Going east-west in the county: *

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/

Interstate 40 Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...

(concurrent), also known as the Sam Hunt Freeway, named after a former North Carolina Secretary of Transportation. Interstates 85/40 run east-to-west through the central part of the county, extending to Hillsborough and Greensboro, respectively. * US 70

U.S. Highway 70. Highway 70 nearly parallels 85/40 a few miles north of the interstates as it passes through the downtown sections of Burlington, Haw River, and Mebane. * NC 49

N.C. Highway 49 runs southwest to northeast from the

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area (Randolph County), through Burlington, Graham, and Haw River, to the Pleasant Grove Community area, before turning northeast and continuing into Orange County. * NC 54

N.C. Highway 54 runs from its northwestern end at its intersection with U.S. Highway 70 in Burlington southeast to the Orange County line in the southeast part of the county. * NC 62

N.C. Highway 62 runs southwest to northeast entering from

Guilford County Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population is 541,299, making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat, and largest municipality, is Greensboro. S ...

into Kimesville, then through Burlington, to Pleasant Grove. It then turns north and heads to

Caswell County Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville. Partially bordering the state of Virgin ...

. *

N.C. Highway 87 serves as the main north–south route through the county. It enters from the south at the Chatham County line into Eli Whitney, then through the major cities of Graham and Burlington, and a small part of Elon, before continuing north and heading through the Altamahaw-Ossipee area, finally moving into Caswell and Rockingham Counties. * NC 100

N.C. Highway 100 forms a loop through downtown Burlington, starting at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Chapel Hill Road before moving north, then northwest, then going through Elon and moving on to Gibsonville and

Guilford County Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population is 541,299, making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat, and largest municipality, is Greensboro. S ...

. *

N.C. Highway 119 runs roughly north from its southern terminus at an intersection with N.C. Highway 54, moving through Mebane and heading north into Caswell County.

Major Infrastructure

* Burlington–Alamance Regional Airport * Burlington Station

Demographics

The Latino population rapidly expanded between 1990 and 2005 due to immigration.

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 171,415 people, 64,316 households, and 41,793 families residing in the county.

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 151,131 people, 59,960 households, and 39,848 families residing in the county. The

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was 347.4 people per square mile (134.1/km²). There were 66,055 housing units at an average density of 151.9 per square mile (58.6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 71.1%

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, 18.8%

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or

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, 0.7% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.02%

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, 6.1% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. 11% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 59,960 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were

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living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.98. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 19, 7.2% from 20 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.7 years. For every 100 females there were 92.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.00 males. The median income for a household in the county was $44,430, and the median income for a family was $54,605. Males had a median income of $31,906 versus $23,367 for females. The

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for the county was $23,477. About 13.7% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the

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, including 25% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Government and politics

Alamance County Board of Commissioners meeting

Lying between overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic Orange County and Durham County to the east, equally Democratic

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to the west, and heavily conservative and Republican Randolph County to the southwest, Alamance leans Republican, though not as overwhelmingly as many other suburban counties in the Piedmont Triad. The last Democratic nominee for president to carry Alamance County was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Alamance County is a member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments. The county is led by the Alamance County Board of Commissioners and the County Manager, who is appointed by the Board of Commissioners. County residents also elect two other county government offices: the

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and

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. Alamance County has provided North Carolina with three of its governors and two U. S. senators: Governor Thomas Holt, Governor and U. S. Senator Kerr Scott, Governor Robert W. (Bob) Scott (Kerr Scott's son), and U. S. Senator B. Everett Jordan.

County manager

Alamance County adopted the council-manager form of government in the 1970s, where the day-to-day management of county business is done by an individual hired by the commissioners' board. Since the establishment of the office, the following persons have served as county managers:

Current manager

Heidi York (July 2022 – present).

Past managers

* Bryan Hagood (March 2017 – March 2022) * Craig Honeycutt (April 2009 - March 2017) * David I. Smith (August 2005 - December 2008) * David S. Cheek (July 1998 - June 2005) * Robert C. Smith * Hal Larry Scott * D. J. Walker Walker and David Smith held dual roles as county manager and county attorney during their terms.

Arts and recreation

The arts

The Paramount Theater serves as a center of dramatic presentations in the community. To the south there is the

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Outdoor Drama which has plays from late spring to early fall in the evenings. Alamance County is also home to the Haw River Ballroom, a large music and arts venue in

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.

Parks

Alamance County, Burlington, Graham, Elon, Haw River, Swepsonville, and Mebane all have small parks that are not listed here. Major parks include: *

Cedarock Park Cedarock Park is a nature preserve, historic farm, and passive-use park located near Bellemont in Alamance County, North Carolina. The park opened in 1975 with Ronald Dean Coleman being the Parks Director at the time in the county. He envisi ...

, located south of the intersection of Interstate 85/40 and NC Highway 49. The park is home to the Cedarock Historic Farm, an old mill dam, and two

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courses. * Great Bend Park at Glencoe, located north of the intersection of US Highway 70, and NC Highways 87, 62, and 100 in downtown Burlington. Great Bend Park contains parts of the Haw River Land and Paddle Trails and the

Mountains-to-Sea Trail The Mountains-to-Sea State Trail (MST) is a long-distance trail for hiking and backpacking, that traverses North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks. The trail's western endpoint is at Clingman's Dome, where it connects ...

, along with picnicking, fishing, and other opportunities. The park was built around the site of the Glencoe Mills, an area that is currently under renovation with an old mill that has been listed on the

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.

Sports

Professional

The Burlington Royals are a rookie league

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based in Burlington. They were previously known as the Burlington Indians, but changed affiliations in 2006 from

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to

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. This version of the team has been active since 1985, but Burlington hosted a minor league baseball team for many years under the Burlington Indians and Burlington Bees.

Collegiate

The

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Phoenix play in the town of Elon. The Phoenix compete in the

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's Division I ( Championship Subdivision in football)

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. Intercollegiate sports include

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,

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, cross-country,

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,

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,

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, and

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for men, and basketball, cross-country, golf, indoor

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, outdoor track, soccer,

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, tennis, and

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for women.

Economy

Today, Alamance County is often described as a "bedroom" community, with many residents living in the county and working elsewhere due to low tax rates, although the county is still a major player in the textile and manufacturing industries. The current county-wide tax rate for Alamance County residents is 58.0 cents per $100 valuation. This does not include tax rates imposed by municipalities or fire districts. The top employers in Alamance County are:

Education

Alamance County is served by the Alamance-Burlington School System, several private elementary and secondary schools, Alamance Community College, and

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctora ...

.

Communities

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Cities

* Burlington (largest city) *

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(county seat) *

Mebane Mebane is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and member of the U.S. Congress. It was incorporated ...

(portion)

Towns

* Elon * Gibsonville (portion) * Green Level * Haw River * Ossipee * Swepsonville

Village

* Alamance

Townships

The county is divided into thirteen townships, which are both numbered and named. * 1 (Patterson) * 2 (Coble) * 3 (Boone Station) * 4 (Morton) * 5 (Faucette) * 6 (Graham) * 7 (Albright) * 8 (Newlin) * 9 (Thompson) * 10 (Melville) * 11 (Pleasant Grove) * 12 (Burlington) * 13 (Haw River)

Census-designated places

* Altamahaw * Glen Raven *

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* Woodlawn

Unincorporated communities

Over 54,000 people do not live in an incorporated community in Alamance County. * Bellemont * Carolina * Dogwood Acres *

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* Glencoe * Hawfields * Mandale * Mount Hermon * Pleasant Grove *

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Ghost towns

According to a 1975 study of the history of post offices in North Carolina by Treasure Index, Alamance County has 27

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s that existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Additionally, five other post offices no longer exist. These towns and their post offices were either abandoned as organized settlements or absorbed into the larger communities that now make up Alamance County. * Albright - site located approximately south of exit 153 on

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* Carney - Near the site of

Cedarock Park Cedarock Park is a nature preserve, historic farm, and passive-use park located near Bellemont in Alamance County, North Carolina. The park opened in 1975 with Ronald Dean Coleman being the Parks Director at the time in the county. He envisi ...

* Cane Creek * Cedarcliff - between Swepsonville and

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* Clover Orchard - approximately northeast of

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* Curtis (Curtis Mills) - approximately 1/2 mile southeast of the village of Alamance * Glenddale - approximately north of Pleasant Grove near the Alamance- Caswell county line * Hartshorn - about 1 miles south-southeast of the Alamance Battleground Historic Site * Holmans Mills - approximately east of Snow Camp * Iola - about east of Altamahaw, nearly due north of Glencoe * Lacey - about east of Eli Whitney * Leota - approximately south of

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* Loy - at the northern base of Bass Mountain * Manndale * Maywood - approximately northeast of Altamahaw * McCray (McRay) - about east-northeast of Glencoe * Melville - approximately west-southwest of the intersection of Interstate 40 and NC Highway 119 * Morton's Store - approximately north of Altamahaw * Nicholson - near the intersection of NC Highway 87 and Bellemont-Mount Hermon Road * Oakdale - in the southwest of the county, near the intersection of NC Highway 49 and Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road * Oneida * Osceola * Pleasant Grove - in the far northeast part of the county, east-northeast of the current Pleasant Grove * Pleasant Lodge - to the west of the site of Oakdale, near the Alamance-

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county line * Rock Creek - due south of Alamance * Shallow Ford - east of Ossipee * Shady Grove * Stainback - about east-northeast of Green Level * Sutpin - on the same latitude as Snow Camp, approximately halfway between Snow Camp and Eli Whitney * Sylvester * Union Ridge - near the east bank of Lake Cammack, about from the Alamance-Caswell county line * Vincent - north-northeast of Pleasant Grove

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2022 estimate of Alamance County. † ''county seat''

Notable people

Governor Thomas Michael Holt North Carolina

* Jacob Brent, born in Graham, starred as "Mr. Mistoffelees" in the

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and movie version of

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's ''

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'' *

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, Center for the

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, from 1977 to 1988 grew up in Burlington. * Several generations of

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's family may have lived in Alamance County, as noted in his 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family'' - coming from

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, to

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to Alamance County and moving to

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after the

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. * Thomas Michael Holt, Governor of North Carolina from 1891 to 1893 * John "John Boy" Isley, born and raised in Graham, "John Boy" of the John Boy and Billy Show *

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, born in Alamance County,

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player * B. Everett Jordan, U. S. senator (Class 2) from 1958 to 1973 * Don Kernodle, born in Burlington, five-time NWA champion and tag team partner of Sgt Slaughter; appeared in '' Paradise Alley'' with

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* Jack McKeon, manager of the

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champion

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*

Blanche Taylor Moore Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore (born February 17, 1933) is an American convicted murderer and possible serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina. Moore is awaiting execution in North Carolina for her boyfriend's 1986 arsenic poisoning. She ...

, convicted murderer, whose life story was portrayed in the television movie "Black Widow: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story," starring Elizabeth Montgomery *

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, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner (2001–2003) * Tequan Richmond, born in Burlington, stars as Drew Rock in ''

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'', and played a young Ray Charles in the movie ''

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'' * Jeanne Robertson, humorist and professional speaker * Robert W. (Bob) Scott (Kerr Scott's son), Governor of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973 *

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, Governor of North Carolina from 1949 to 1953, U. S. senator (Class 2) from 1954 to 1958 * Brandon Tate, born in Burlington, American football wide receiver for the

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of the

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* Will Richardson, American football Offensive Linemen for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League

References

External links

*
Alamance County Public Libraries
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History

Civil War

Kirk-Holden War

Dairy industry

World War II and the Cold War

21st Century

Geography

State and local protected areas/sites

Major water bodies

Adjacent counties

Major highways

Major Infrastructure

Demographics

2020 census

2010 census

Government and politics

County manager

Current manager

Past managers

Arts and recreation

The arts

Parks

Sports

Professional

Collegiate

Economy

Education

Communities

Cities

Towns

Village

Townships

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Population ranking

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading

External links