Southeast

Burlington

Alamance County, NC

Population

56,951

Walk Score

70 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$947

Median home value

$167,000

Founded

1857

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Beverly Hills Historic District · listed 2009
  • Copland Fabrics · listed 2024
  • Downtown Burlington Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1990
  • East Davis Street Historic District · listed 2000
  • Lakeside Mills Historic District · listed 1984
  • South Broad-East Fifth Streets Historic District · listed 2001
  • West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District · listed 1984

Notable landmarks

  • Alamance Hotel · listed 1984
  • Allen House · listed 1970
  • Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building · listed 1984
  • Aurora Cotton Mills Finishing Plant-Baker-Cammack Hosiery Mills Plant · listed 2022
  • Clapp's Mill and Dam Site
  • Efird Building · listed 1984
  • Faust Mill
  • First Baptist Church · listed 1984
  • First Christian Church of Burlington · listed 1984
  • Fogleman, Polly, House · listed 1993
  • Holt-Frost House · listed 1984
  • Horner Houses · listed 1984
  • Low House
  • May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill · listed 2016
  • McCray School · listed 1986
  • Menagerie Carousel · listed 1982
  • Moore-Holt-White House · listed 1984
  • Southern Railway Passenger Depot
  • Southern Railway Passenger Station · listed 1980
  • St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter · listed 1979
  • Stagg House · listed 1984
  • Sunny Side · listed 1987
  • US Post Office · listed 1988
  • Western Electric Company-Tarheel Army Missile Plant · listed 2016
  • Windsor Cotton Mills Office · listed 1984

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