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Alamance CountyNorth Carolina

Alamance County is a county in North Carolina with its seat in Graham. The county was created on April 19, 1849, and named after Great Alamance Creek.

  • Founded1849
  • County seatGraham
  • Named forGreat Alamance Creek
  • Land area423 sq mi + 11 sq mi water
  • Population171,415 2020 Census
  • Parcels mapped79,916 checked 15 October 2026
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OrangeCaswellChathamGuilford Graham Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Alamance on the map of North Carolina

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History

Formed in 1849 from Orange County

An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.

Alamance County was created from Orange County on April 19, 1849. In 1895, Alamance gained territory from Chatham County when county commissioners redrew the boundary between the two counties.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

  1. 1849
    Alamance County created Alamance created from Orange.
    from Orange
    · N.C. Sess. Laws 1848-1849, ch. 14, sec. 1/pp. 39-40, and ch. 15, secs. 22-25, 28/pp. 40-48; N.C. Sess. Laws 1852-1853, ch. 22, secs. 1, 3/pp. 71-72
  2. 1851
    Changed Boundary between Alamance and Orange defined (no change).
    Orange
    · N.C. Sess. Laws 1850-1851, ch. 43, sec. 1/p. 111
  3. 1895
    Gained territory Alamance gained from Chatham when county commissioners drew the boundary between the two counties south of the line surveyed in 1771.
    from Chatham
    · Corbitt, 247-248; N.C. Sess. Laws 1895, pub., ch. 303, sec. 1/pp. 378-379
  4. 1897
    Gained territory Boundary change of 29 May 1895, whereby Alamance gained from Chatham, repealed by legislature; repeal overturned by voters in local referendum (no change).
    from Chatham
    · N.C. Sess. Laws 1897, pub., ch. 39, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 88-90

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Alamance

Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.

Official
from the office that keeps the record
Good enough
a reliable statewide or national copy
Fallback
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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Alamance by the Census

Population
171,415 2020 Census count
Housing units
73,385 2020 Census count
Land area
423 square miles
Water area
11 square miles
People per sq mi
405 population ÷ land area

Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Rules and offices

Who to ask before you build, dig or sell

Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.

Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.

Records

Permits

Zoning and code

GIS and maps

County government

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Questions

Common questions about Alamance County

When was Alamance County founded?
Alamance County was founded in 1849, formed from Orange County, and named after Great Alamance Creek.
What is the county seat of Alamance County?
The county seat of Alamance County is Graham.
Is there an online parcel map for Alamance County?
Yes. A public source publishes a parcel map of 79,916 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Alamance County's boundary or name changed?
Alamance County was created in 1849 from Orange County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 1 later change, chiefly involving Chatham County.
Who issues building permits in Alamance County?
The county's page on building permits: Permits. Inside a city or town, ask that city first.
Who issues septic and well permits in Alamance County?
The county's page on septic systems and wells: Agency Announcements.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Alamance County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

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