Elon
The Piedmont Triad is an urban region in central North Carolina, halfway between the Research Triangle and Charlotte. The three cities that make up the Triad are Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
- Type: Town with 7,120 residents
- Description: town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Elon (Carolina del Norte)”, “Elon, NC”, “Elon, North Carolina”, “Илон (Северная Каролина)”, “Колледж Илон”, “Милл-Пойнт”, “Перекрёсток Буна”, and “Элон (Северная Каролина)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Rhodes Stadium.
Rhodes Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibsonville and Burlington.
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Elon
- Categories: town in the United States, city of North Carolina, and locality
- Location: Alamance, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.10291° or 36° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
-79.50669° or 79° 30′ 24″ west
Population
7,120
Elevation
705 feet (215 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US QEN
Open location code
87824F3V+58
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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: “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”
- Serbian: “Елон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elon, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elon”
- South Azerbaijani: “الون، قوزئی کارولینا”
- Spanish: “Elon”
- Tatar: “Итон”
- Ukrainian: “Ітон”
- Urdu: “ایلون، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “Elon College”
- Uzbek: “Elon”
- Volapük: “Elon”
- Welsh: “Elon, Gogledd Carolina”
- Welsh: “Elon”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Westview and Country Club Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Elon Community Church and Fonville Fountain.
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Worth a closer look: Charlotte and Raleigh.
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