Burlington, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Raleigh. It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the east of Burlington and has a population of 276,093 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Greensboro. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the west of Burlington and has a population of 223,891 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apex	SE	41 mi [66 km]	33,075	63.64% increase
	Asheboro	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	24,609	13.55% increase
	Carrboro	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	18,162	8.22% increase
	Cary	SE	41 mi [66 km]	129,545	37.03% increase
	Chapel Hill	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	52,542	7.86% increase
	Durham	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	223,284	19.38% increase
	Eden	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	15,469	2.76% decrease
	High Point	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	101,835	18.63% increase
	Kernersville	W	35 mi [56.3 km]	22,392	30.75% increase
	Lexington	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	20,407	2.28% increase
	Sanford	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	29,284	26.12% increase
	Thomasville	W	37 mi [59.5 km]	26,526	34.05% increase
	Winston-Salem	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	217,600	17.13% increase
	Danville (VA)	N	34 mi [54.7 km]	44,660	7.75% decrease
	Martinsville (VA)	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	14,543	5.66% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alamance	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	357	15.16% increase
	Altamahaw	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Elon College	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Elon	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Florence Town	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Gibsonville	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	4,738	8.37% increase
	Glen Raven	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Graham	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	14,533	13.25% increase
	Granite Village	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Green Level	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,149	5.24% increase
	Haw River	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	2,012	5.45% increase
	Morgantown	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Ossipee	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Swepsonville	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,053	14.21% increase
	Whitsett	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	726	5.83% increase

Alamance County

Burlington is primarily located in Alamance County. A portion of Burlington extends into Guilford County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alamance: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph and Rockingham.

While not sharing a border with Alamance, the counties of Person and Durham are close to Burlington.

Below are counties that are near Burlington (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Burlington:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Burlington
	Caswell County	N	Matkins	12 miles [19 km]
	Chatham County	S	Crutchfield Crossroads	18 miles [28 km]
	Davidson County	W	High Point	30 miles [48 km]
	Durham County	E	Lochnora	26 miles [41 km]
	Forsyth County	W	Oak Hollow Lake	30 miles [48 km]
	Granville County	E	Cozart	37 miles [59 km]
	Guilford County	W	Whitsett	6 miles [9 km]
	Lee County	SE	Blacknel	37 miles [59 km]
	Orange County	E	Lakeview Acres	11 miles [17 km]
	Person County	NE	Gordonton	23 miles [37 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Burlington. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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