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Alamance County is located in the heart of North Carolina,
an area known as the Piedmont,  which
extends from Raleigh to Charlotte. Our area joins two
major metropolitan areas: the Triad (Greensboro, High
Point and Winston-Salem) and the Triangle (Raleigh,
Durham and Chapel Hill). Two major interstates and an
excellent state highway network puts any city in the
Piedmont within an hour's drive for county residents.
Population:
Alamance County ...... 135,453
Burlington ........ 42,000
Graham (county seat) ...... 12,833
Year Formed: 1849
Area:
428 square miles
Elevation:
656 feet above sea level
Taxes:
Sales & Use tax: 7%
Local Lodging tax: 3%
Municipalities:
9 in the county; cities and towns are Burlington,
Graham, Mebane, Town of Elon, Haw River, Village of
Alamance, Green Level, Gibsonville and Swepsonville.
Accessibility:
Interstates 85 and 40 makes the county accessible
from the north, south, east and west. Only 35 minutes
from the Piedmont Triad International Airport (in Greensboro)
and 45 minutes away from Raleigh/Durham International
Airport.
Click here for more information on how to travel to
Alamance County
Climate:
Located in the Sunbelt, visitors can enjoy a mild
year-round climate with four seasonal changes. Average
rainfall is approximately 45 inches. Average annual
frozen precipitation is 4.0 inches.*
Temperatures:
| Month |
High |
Low |
Average |
| January |
55.26 |
33.26 |
44.26
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| February
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54.43 |
33.11 |
43.27 |
| March |
58.58 |
34.00 |
46.29 |
| April |
72.23 |
48.40 |
60.32 |
| May |
77.90 |
55.68 |
66.79
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| June |
83.40 |
64.10 |
73.75
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| July |
89.42 |
70.19 |
79.81
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| August |
90.66 |
68.40 |
79.53
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| September |
80.27 |
59.07
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69.67
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| October |
69.26 |
48.00 |
58.63
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| November |
67.53 |
42.20 |
54.87
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| December |
54.26 |
31.94 |
43.10
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*Information provided by the Alamance
County Area Chamber of Commerce, the Burlington/Alamance
County Convention and Visitors' Bureau and the State
Climate Office of North Carolina at NC State University.
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