Burlington, North Carolina Burlington, North Carolina Official seal of Burlington, North Carolina Location of Burlington inside North Carolina Location of Burlington inside North Carolina State North Carolina Burlington is a town/city in Alamance County in the U.S.
State of North Carolina.
It is the principal town/city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Travel Destination which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the town/city is located, and is a part of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point CSA.
The populace was 50,042 at the 2010 census, which makes Burlington the 17th biggest city in North Carolina.
Alamance County was created when Orange County was partitioned in 1849.
The need of the North Carolina Railroad in the 1850s to locate territory where they could build, repair and do maintenance on its track was the genesis of Burlington, North Carolina.
On January 29, 1856, the last spikes were driven into the final tie of the North Carolina Railroad project, uniting the metros/cities of Goldsboro and Charlotte by rail.
With Alamance County's position along the new line, it became the logical choice for the shops' location.
In 1886, the North Carolina Railroad Company transferred its operations to Spencer, North Carolina.
Company Shops was reborn as Burlington on February 14, 1893.
The town/city of Burlington was incorporated, and a charter was issued by the State Legislature.
From the establishment of this single factory, Alamance County interval to eventually operate 30 cotton mills and 10 to 15 yarn manufacturing plants employing 15,000 citizens .
Throughout this period, Burlington became a prosperous and vibrant little town/city filled with schools, churches, newspapers, telegraph and telephone lines, roads and a streetcar line all in keeping with the latest "modern progress" of the times.
Originally the center of commerce for Company Shops, the downtown region still serves as the heart of today's improve with financial services, government services, an period library, small shops, eateries and a restored theater.
The Alamance Hotel, Allen House, Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building, Beverly Hills Historic District, Downtown Burlington Historic District, East Davis Street Historic District, Efird Building, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church of Burlington, Polly Fogleman House, Holt-Frost House, Horner Houses, Lakeside Mills Historic District, Mc - Cray School, Menagerie Carousel, Moore-Holt-White House, South Broad-East Fifth Streets Historic District, Southern Railway Passenger Station, St.
Burlington is positioned at 36 5 23 N 79 26 44 W (36.089636, -79.445578). Located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, Burlington is characterized as having mostly flat territory with a several rolling hills.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.4 square miles (65.7 km2), of which 25.2 square miles (65.2 km2) is territory and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), or 0.82%, is water. Climate data for Burlington, North Carolina There are a range of parks that can be found in Burlington, including Joe Davidson Park, Cedarock Park, and the Burlington City Park.
The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Commission is composed of seven citizen volunteers and one representative from both the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education and the Alamance County Board of Commissioners.
ACRPD Mission Statement: The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Department will furnish parks, trails and programs that inspire visitors and welcome all participants.
The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Department manages parks and improve centers at the following locations: The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Department manages accesses to the Haw River Paddle and Hiking Trail at the following locations: The small-town school fitness is known as the Alamance-Burlington School System, which was created by a consolidation between the Alamance County School System and the Burlington City School System in 1996.
Local enhance schools in Burlington include: Alexander Wilson Elementary School Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School Homer Andrews Elementary School Eastern Alamance High School Eastlawn Elementary School Elon Elementary School Garrett Elementary School Grove Park Elementary School Haw River Elementary School Highland Elementary School Hillcrest Elementary School Holt Elementary School Everett Jordan Elementary School Newlin Elementary School North Graham Elementary School Pleasant Grove Elementary School Smith Elementary School Southern Alamance High School South Graham Elementary School South Mebane Elementary School Sylvan Elementary School Western Alamance High School Yoder Elementary School Alamance Christian School The Burlington School Burlington is about 35 miles from the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro and about 48 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville.
Burlington is expected to open its first enhance transit service, Link Transit, in the summer of 2016.[needs update] In addition, transit services are available to its inhabitants through the Alamance County Transportation Authority.
The Burlington Royals, a rookie-level farm team of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals, have played in Burlington since 2007.
Lab - Corp is Alamance County's biggest employer, employing over 3,000 citizens in the county.
The Times-News is Burlington's only daily newspaper, and the area's dominant media outlet.
Just off I-85/40 at Exit 145 is North Carolina's initial supply mall, Burlington Outlet Village(formerly BMOC). Burlington is known to have the most restaurants per capita in the state of North Carolina. In 2011 Burlington was ranked 29th overall in metros/cities with the best Restaurant Growth Index (RGI) with an RGI score of 167.
Burlington has 322 restaurants positioned throughout the city; prominent ones include Zack's Hotdogs, Biscuitville, Mike's Deli, The Cutting Board, Prego's, Taaza Indian Bistro, Hursey's Bar-B-Q, The Village Grill, da Vinci's Table, Grill 5.8.4, La Fiesta, Boston Sandwich Shop, Danny's Cafe, Pano's Cafe, Stavros Grill, Vesuvio's Pizzeria, The Tuscany Grille, Maria's Cafe, Sal's, Victoria's Pizza, Blue Ribbon Diner, Skid's, Piedmont Ale House, The Park, Apollo's, little Italy, Harrison's and Mykonos Grill. Samuel Bason, former state senator; banker and businessman in Yanceyville; attended high school in Burlington Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina) a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Burlington city, North Carolina, revision 08-09-2012".
Climate Summary for Burlington, North Carolina The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina on wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
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