Elon

The Piedmont Triad is an urban region in central North Carolina, halfway between the and . The three cities that make up the Triad are , , and .
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  • Type: Town with 7,120 residents
  • Description: town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Elon, NC” and “Elon, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhodes Stadium.

Stadium
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is a 14,000-seat American football located in Elon University of Elon, North Carolina. Named for trustee Dusty Rhodes, his wife, Peggy, and their family, the stadium opened in 2001 and is home to the Elon Phoenix football team.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gibsonville and Burlington.

Town
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is a town in both and counties in the U.S. state of . Most of is situated in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem- Combined Statistical Area and the eastern portion is in the Metropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing all of Alamance County. is situated 2 miles west of Elon.

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is a city in predominantly in the U.S. state of . The city is located in the , where it is the principal city of the , NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, located directly east of the -High Point Metropolitan Area.

Elon

Latitude
36.10291° or 36° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
-79.50669° or 79° 30′ 24″ west
Population
7,120
Elevation
705 feet (215 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US QEN
Open location code
87824F3V+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158364612
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4465285
Wiki­data ID
Q2030224
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Satellite Map

Discover Elon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Elon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيلون”
  • Basque: “Elon”
  • Cebuano: “Elon”
  • Chechen: “Итон”
  • Chinese: “Elon College”
  • Chinese: “埃伦”
  • Chinese: “埃倫 (北卡羅來納州)”
  • Chinese: “埃隆”
  • Dutch: “Elon College”
  • Dutch: “Elon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده الون”
  • French: “Elon”
  • German: “Elon”
  • Gilaki: “ایلان (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “ایلان”
  • Haitian: “Elon, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hungarian: “Elon”
  • Italian: “Elon”
  • Japanese: “イーロン”
  • Ladin: “Elon”
  • Lombard: “Elon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Elon College”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elon”
  • Norwegian: “Elon”
  • Persian: “الون”
  • Polish: “Elon”
  • Portuguese: “Elon College”
  • Portuguese: “Elon”
  • Russian: “Елон”
  • Russian: “Илон (Северная Каролина)”
  • Russian: “Илон”
  • Russian: “Колледж Илон”
  • Russian: “Милл-Пойнт”
  • Russian: “Перекрёсток Буна”
  • Russian: “Элон (Северная Каролина)”
  • Serbian: “Елон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elon, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الون، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Elon (Carolina del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Elon”
  • Tatar: “Итон”
  • Ukrainian: “Ітон”
  • Urdu: “ایلون، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Elon College”
  • Uzbek: “Elon, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Elon”
  • Volapük: “Elon, North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Elon”
  • Welsh: “Elon, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Elon”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Elon Community Church and Fonville Fountain.

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