Hill's Burlington (Alamance County, N.C.) City Directory [1946], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 674


USA > North Carolina > Alamance County > Burlington > Hill's Burlington (Alamance County, N.C.) City Directory [1946] > Part 1


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59


MIELVILLE DAIRY Grade "A" Dairy Products


Telephone 1600


The Hood System Industrial Bank


The Friendly Bank


Savings Accounts


310 S. SPRING


THE HOOD WEEKLY LOA SYSTEM


Industrial Loans


TEL. 61


Member F. D. I. C.


Cobb Motor Company Complete One Stop Service Station


Wrecking Service and General Repairs Specializing in Frame, Axle and Wheel Service


Expert Body and Fender Repairing PHONES 128 - 729 CHURCH and DAVIS


RICH & THOMPSON FUNERAL SERVICE


Mortuary and Chapel - Church St. and Glenwood Ave. AMBULANCE SERVICE Telephone :1076


CHAS. V. SHARPE, Inc.


GENERAL INSURANCE


Bonds - Real Estate - Rentals


PHONES 382 - 383 457 S. MAIN ST.


COAL


Armette Coal Co., Inc. -- Quality Coal "Dependable Service": Phone 202


COAL


BURLINGTON'S OLDEST-AND RELIABLE FLORIST


TROLLINGERS FLORISTS


THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA


LUX


LIBEATA


THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY Burlington Public Library


taple and Fancy Groceries


Fruits -- Vegetables


Meats


livery Service CE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS


C971.1 B96h 1946


'eet Grocery


e Food Store CK, Proprietor


601 Church St.


Tel. 948


GREEN & MCCLURE


"DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1907" Quality Furniture


Individual Groupings


.


Suggestive Layouts


Estimates Gladly Furnished


Phone 251 Graham


Home of COURTESY, QUALITY and PRICE


(1946) HILL DIRECTORY COS


B


Lea Taxi Company, Inc.


Safe, Dependable and Comfortable Taxi Service


Phones 777


214 W.


UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 00040620328


FOR USE ONLY IN


THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION


M & B Tra


Safe, Dep Comfortabl


Phones 77


214 W.


BURLINGTON CITY DIRECTORY (1946)


F


C


LOANS


· Personal Loans


· Automobile Loans


· Real Estate Loans


23 Years of Helpful Financial Service


THE MORRIS PLAN


The Morris Plan Industrial Bank


· OF BURLINGTON, N. C.


Mark every grave


ASKEW STONE WORKS


W. W. ASKEW, Owner Fine Granite and Marble Monuments - All Kinds of Cemetery Fixtures 1200 S. Main St. Opposite Pine Hill Cemetery Telephones 1687 and 2583-W


(1946) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S


HILL'S BURLINGTON


(ALAMANCE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1946 VI


Including Graham, Haw River and Elon College


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a


BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete


Classified Business Directory


FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX PRICE $15.00


THE


RY CO


1896


50


1946


YEAR


SERVES


SOUTH


E


Hill Directory Co., Inc., Publishers 7 N. 2d Street, Richmond 19, Va.


DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


Copyright, 1946, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


Member Association of North American Directory Publishers


1896 1946 50 years OF SERVING SOUTHERN BUSINESS


THE year 1946 is the fiftieth Anniversary for the Hill Directory Co., Inc. Half of a century of Service to cities and industries of the South.


WE HAVE grown a lot in fifty years, and we plan to keep on growing. We feel younger than ever. Our real future still is ahead of us . . . because the real future of our Country lies ahead.


IN 1896 J. L. Hill, the Founder of this Company, laid down a fundamental policy of Good Service . . . Honest Service. That policy still is basic with us. Our growth in experience, in skill, in size, came about only because we built on that solid old foundation of Service.


SO, ON OUR fiftieth Anniversary, we thank you for doing business with us ... for guiding us along the way. We want any and all of our Services to be even more valuable to you in the years to come . . . and we pledge our best efforts to that end.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC. . RICHMOND 6, VIRGINIA DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS . AUTOMOBILE OWNER LISTS CONSUMER MARKET RESEARCH Associate Offices in 39 Principal Cities


GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


28


Alphabetical List of Names.


29


Apartment Buildings 530


Associations and Clubs-Commercial. 531


Banks and Trust Companies.


536


Buildings-Office and Public. 540


541


Buyers' Guide preceding Classified


Cemeteries 542


Chamber of Commerce. 85


Churches 543


City Government. 86


Classified Business Directory 529


545


Clubs


547


County Government


32


Fire Department


86


Halls


564


Homes and Asylums


565


Honor Roll


8


Hospitals and Dispensaries


567


Hotels


567


Labor Organizations


573


Libraries


574


Newspapers


579


Parks and Playgrounds.


580


Police Department


86


Post Office


424


Railroads


584


Schools-Public


587


Schools, Colleges and Academies.


588


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal. 590


Societies-Miscellaneous 590


Societies-Patriotic 590


Street and Avenue Guide 597


United States Government. 423


811127


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


Clergymen


honor Roll


Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide


Name


Est.


Business


For further information see


Page


A A Coal Co., Inc ..


Coal.


. back cover and 20


Aetna Loan & Finance Co.


Veterinarian right bottom lines and 63


Alamance Awnings. 1936


Drugs. .right side lines and 31


*Abernethy Pascal M. 1918 Loans


Acme Drug Co., Inc ..


Awnings. .right top lines and 9


Alamance Book & Stationery Co.


Office Supplies


55


Alamance Broadcasting Co.


Radio Station. left center lines and 58


Alamance Hotel. 1925 Hotel. left top lines and 43


Alamance Industrial Loan Co.


Loans.


.right center lines and 51


Alamance Lumber Co., Inc .. .


Alamance Printing Co.


Printers


.right top lines and 57


Armette Coal Co., Inc.


Coal .. front cover and 21


Askew Stone Works


Monumental Works


C 5


Auto Parts & Electric Co.


Automobile Accessories Bakers. .right side lines and 9


Barnwell Insurance Service.


1945


Belk-Beck Co., Inc ...


Department Store . . right center lines and 29


Bell's Shoe Shop & Men's Department Store


Boston Cleaners


Clothes Cleaners


19


Bradshaw & Thompson .


Seeds 61


Brown C. C. Plumbing & Heating Co.


Brown W. W. & Sons


Bryan Jennings M ..


1925


Insurance.


left side lines and


48


1900 Funeral Directors 37


1912 Automobiles. right bottom lines and 5


Business College 17


Burlington Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.


Bottlers


14


Burlington Drug Co., Inc ..


Drugs


31


Burlington Finance Co ... 1944


Loans right center lines and 52


Burlington Fish & Oyster Co ... 1929


Sea Food. 61


Burlington Ice Delivery Co., Inc ...


Ice.


right bottom lines and 44


*Burlington Merchants Association, Inc. 1918


Burlington Retreaders.


Burlington Roofing Co. 1939


Carolina Casualty Insurance Co ..


Carolina Soda Shop


Beer-Billiards


13


Cates J. N. & Sons Coal Co ..


Coal. .


back cover and 22


Coal, Building Material


56 Chapman's Studio & Camera Store ... 1943 Photographers front stencil and pages 17 and 25


Cherokee Flooring Corp


Flooring Mfrs. back cover and 35


A


City Radio Service


Radios right center lines and 58 Automobile Tires . right side lines and 5


Clapp-Coble Furniture Co. Cobb Motor Co ...


Automobiles .


. front cover and


2


Beer, Billiards 13


Community Federal Savings & Loan Association


Savings & Loan Assn. 60


Cooper-McElroy Funeral Home. 1939 Funeral Directors. . .right side lines and 39 Insurance 48


Crowson Mortimer W ..


Drugs. left top lines and 32


Dennis C. R. Florist. 1935 Florist. right center lines and 37 Jewelers 49


Doyle's


Duke Power Co.


Light, Heat and Power


.back cover and


Y


Duncan W. H. Esso Station 1934 Service Station. 6


Economy Auto Supply Inc.


Automobile Accessories. 6


Efird's Department Store.


Department Store ... left bottom lines and 29


Faucette Coal Sales Co., Inc.


1925


Coal.


right bottom lines and 23


Fesperman's Esso Service.


Service Station. .


3


Savings & Loan Assn .. . ribbon bookmark and 60


First Federal Savings & Loan Associa- tion of Burlington.


1936 Furniture .. left top lines and 40


Colonial Club Billiard Parlor.


. left side lines and 31


City Tire & Supply Inc.


Mercantile Agency .... right side lines and 25 Automobile Tires .... left center lines and 5 Roofers. .right bottom lines and 60 Insurance 48


Cates J. W., Inc .. .


Church Street Grocery. 1944 Grocers


City Drug Co ... 1912 Drugs


Plumbers . left center lines and 57 Real Estate. 58


*Burke Funeral Home.


*Burlington Auto Co .. Burlington Business College.


Building Materials. . back cover and 15


Bamby Baker's, Inc .. ..


Insurance


47


Department Store . left side lines and 30


51


Each * indicates 25 years in business.


Davis Street Pharmacy Inc ..


Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide


Name


Est. Business


For further information see


Page


Florence Millinery Shop


Milliners 53


Fonville D. R. Agency.


Insurance


47


Freedman Jacob H. Gant Cecil .. 1930


Cotton Goods


25


Gate City Motor Sales Inc ..


Automobiles


6


Graham Plumbing & Heating Co ..


Plumbers


Z


Graham Underwriters Agency Inc ..


Insurance


Green Grill.


Beer, Billiards.


Green & McClure.


Funeral Directors . front cover, left


Gulf Oil Corp. H & H Auto Parts Co ..


bottom lines and A 3 Oils and Lubricants. .. right top lines and 55 Automobile Accessories. .


*Hadley's The Jewelers. 1898 Jewelers.


Hal's Men's Shop.


1936 Clothing


17


Harris J. C. Lumber Co ..


Building Materials


16


Harris R. E. Esso Service


Service Station 6


Holland-Cammack Co ..


1944 Office Supplies


55 32


Home Finance Co ..


Loans. . right center lines and 52 Sporting Goods .right side lines and 63


Hood Sporting Goods ..


Hood System Industrial Bank The. ..


1926 Bank.


Horne Dry Cleaners ..


Hub's Bee-Line Wheel Service.


Huffman Oil Co., Inc .. 1933


Oils and Lubricants. 56


7


Hughes Motor Co., Inc ..


Automobiles


4


Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co ..


Imperial Life Insurance Co.


Jeffrey's Paint & Paper Co.


1938 Paint and Wall Paper right bottom lines and 56


Jewel Box Inc.


K & H Motor Sales.


Automobiles left center lines and


7


Kester Machinery Co.


Mill Supplies. .left side lines and 52


King Electric Co ...


Electrical Contractors.


. left center lines and 34


Lea Taxi Co., Inc ..


Taxicabs


right top lines and


B


Levin Bros .. Life Insurance Company of Va.


Insurance 49


*Linberg Engineers The. 1921


Civil Engineers 18


Long's Sign & Display Studio


Signs


Lowe Funeral Home.


Funeral Directors.


39


M & B Transit Lines Inc.


Bus Line. . left top lines and B


May McEwen Kaiser Co ..


Hosiery Manufacturers.


left bottom lines and 42


Melville Dairy.


Modern Laundry & Cleaners


Modern Shoe Shop ...


Morris Plan Industrial Bank The ..


Morton-Miller Inc .. .


Shoe Repairers left bottom lines and 61 Bank. right side lines and C Curtains and Draperies. left side lines and 26 Electrical Repairs 34


Myers P. L. Electric Repair Co.


National Bank of Burlington The .. 1932 Bank. bottom stencil and 11


Neese-Shoffner Furniture Co .. Norton-Russ Automotive Co.


Pate-Dawson Co ..


Peele Electrical Co.


7 37 1932 Electrical Contractor .. right top lines and 33 1902 Department Store .. right bottom lines and 30 Insurance. . back cover and 45


*Penney J. C. Co ... Peoples Insurance Agency Inc. Pet Dairy Products Co. Piedmont Hotel ..


Dairy right center lines and 44 Hotel


43


Pritchett Lloyd W. 1921 Oils and Lubricants. .right top lines and 55 Raylass Department Stores. Department Store Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. 31 Furniture left top lines and 40 Rich & Thompson.


*Rich & Thompson Funeral Service Inc.


1902 Funeral Directors. front cover and 38 Jewelers . left center lines and 51


Robert's Jeweler. Rock Creek Dairy.


Salvation Army The.


Sandlin Furniture Co ..


Social Service. Furniture


*Sears, Roebuck and Co .. 1886 Department Store. . left top lines and 28 54


Security Bank Building.


Office Building


Security National Bank.


Sellars B. A. & Sons Inc. Sellers C. V. Art Store.


Bank. ... . back cover, left top lines and 12 Department Store .... right top lines and 30 Picture Framing. 56


Sharpe Charles V. Inc ..


Insurance. front cover and 46


Sharpe Funeral Home ...


Funeral Directors. 40


Smith Electric Repair Co ..


. left side lines and 32 Electrical Repairing.


Somers C. G. Agency The Realtor. . . 1928 Real Estate.


. backbone, left bottom lines and 59


49


1928 Jewelers


7 . front cover and 10 Clothes Cleaners .... left bottom lines and 19 Automobile Wheel Alignment.


Hughes Ken Motor Co ..


Automobiles


Furniture. top stencil and X Insurance


50


Building Material. 14


62


1927 Dairy . . front cover, left bottom lines and 27 1936 Laundry 51


Furniture. left top lines and 41 Automotive Equipment Fruits and Produce


Furniture 42


Dairy. . right top lines and 26 18 42


Each * indicates 25 years in business.


Insurance. left bottom lines and 48


49 14


left center lines and 50


Holt G. Marvin. . 1934 Electrical


Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide


Name


Est. Business For further information see Page


Spence Motors.


Automobiles . left side lines and 8


Spinks Shoe Repairing.


1938 Shoe Repairers. .right side lines and 62


Spoons Auto Service.


Automobile Repairing.


4


Supreme Dry Cleaners


House Movers. .. ...... right top lines and 44 Clothes Cleaners. . right bottom lines and 18 Plumbers


Sykes Plumbing & Heating Co.


Thomas S. B. Co ..


Sheet Metal Workers.


61


Tillman's Jewelers. 1935


Jewelers. right center lines and 50


Tire Sales Co ..


Automobile Tires. right side lines and 8


k*Trollinger H. W .. 1892 Coal.


.back cover and 24


Trollingers Florists.


Florists.


.front cover and 36


Vera's Beauty Shop


Beauty Shops


13


Victor's Credit Clothing Co.


Clothing


19


Victory Taxi Cab Co. Inc ..


Taxicabs


63


*Ward Hotel. 1904 Hotel


42


Warren's Esso Service.


Service Station


Western Auto Associate Store.


Zimmerman Lumber Co ..


Each * indicates 25 years in business.


8 8 Automobile Accessories. . left side lines and Building Materials. 17


57


*Times-News Publishing Co. The. 1885 Newspapers


53


Stearns D. B .. . .


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1946 edition of the Burlington City Directory, which also includes Graham, Haw River and Elon College.


Confidence in the growth of Burlington's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Burlington to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Burling- ton Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 29 to 464, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Burlington and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 64, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Burlington and vicinity. The ad- vertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive com- munity like Burlington, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvous. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 529 to 596, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages


12


INTRODUCTION


597 to 666. In this section the names of the streets are ar- ranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order un- der the name of each street, and the names of the house- holders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their re- spective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broad- cast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Burlington and vicinity.


The Burlington Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Burling- ton City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose super- vision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


Burlington and Alamance County


(Courtesy Burlington Chamber of Commerce)


STATISTICAL REVIEW (CITY OF BURLINGTON)


Form of Government-Council-manager.


Population-21,830 (special U. S. Census in 1944). Amer- ican born, 99.4%.


Area-7 square miles.


Altitude-656 feet above sea level


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59.6 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 50.21 inches.


Parks-3, with total of 46 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$21,550,751.10, with $1.50 per $100 tax rate, based on 65% valuation.


Bonded Debt-$1,745,500.


Financial Data-2 commercial and 2 industrial banks. 2 building and loan associations.


Telephones in Service-5,462 (local exchange).


Churches-35, representing 15 denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,338,706 in city and immediate suburbs (average in a nor- mal year).


Real Estate-6,140 homes, with about 58% owned by occupants.


Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory: Manufacturing and agriculture. 68 manufacturing establishments, employing 15,000 workers, and paying wages of $18,875,610 annually (metropolitan area only). Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, rayon, silk, dairy products and aircraft.


Trade Area-Extends 8 miles west and 20 miles in other directions, with total population of 125,000.


Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.


Hotels-2 principal, with total of 153 rooms. Numerous smaller hotels.


Railroads-Southern.


Highways-U. S. 70; State 49, 54, 62, 87, 93, 100 and 103. Airports-1, commercial.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,000 per- sons. 4 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,500 persons. 1 golf course.


Hospitals-5, with total of 62 beds.


Education-Elon College 4 miles west. 11 public schools, including 1 senior high and 1 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,240; teachers, 152.


Public Libraries-1, with 21,750 volumes. Also school libraries maintained separately.


14


INTRODUCTION


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 75, with 45 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 30; sewers, 70. Number of water meters, 4,300. Capacity of water works (municipal), 18,000,- 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 2,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 53. Fire department has 6 paid men and 38 vol- unteers, with 2 stations and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 20 men, with 1 station and 3 pieces of motor equipment, including radio.


IN THE PIEDMONT REGION


Availability


Within 600 miles from the boundaries of Piedmont Caro- linas lie New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleve- land, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Little Rock, New Orleans and Miami.


In other words, any part of this section is only about one day's railroad travel from the nation's chief centers of population and industry-a consideration that counts heav- ily in the distribution and marketing of manufactured goods.


From any part of the Piedmont it is only a few hours by automobile over modern paved roads to the wonderful recreational facilities of the mountains in the western Caro- linas, to the world-known resorts in the Sandhills-inter- nationally famous for their golf courses-and to the great seaside resorts along the Atlantic Coast.


Labor


Greater than any other resource of Piedmont Carolinas is the character of its men and women. This has made the industrial development possible and attracted a host of manufacturers.


Long before the Revolution these pioneers ranged down the valleys of the Appalachians from Pennsylvania, Mary- land, and other states. Largely of English stock, with ad- mixtures of German and Scotch-Irish, they settled in the hilly Piedmont section. Their descendants are true to those early traditions. They are energetic and ambitious. It is these qualities that years ago overcame the handicap of debt and stagnation left by the Civil War. They are keen to take their place in the forefront of the nation's development.


Manufacturers coming from older, over-industrialized sections, have been struck by the ready intelligence of these people, their eagerness to be taught, and their loyalty.


National Market


Piedmont Carolinas is 300 miles closer to the country's center of population than, for example, New York City. Based on the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau studies, careful percentages have been worked out for every county in the U. S. in terms of ability to buy.


A 600-mile circle (the economical marketing radius) center on New York reaches 44.5% of the national pur- chasing power. Centered on areas farther north and east, a smaller proportion of the national market will be included.


A similar circle drawn from Piedmont Carolinas em- braces 66.8% of the country's purchasing power-a 50% greater availability to the national market.


15


INTRODUCTION


U. S. Post Office


Cost of Living


It has been estimated by one authority that the cost of living averages each Piedmont workman several dollars per week less than an equal standard of living costs in more highly industrialized parts of the country. Houses cost less; food costs less. The mild climate requires lower fuel and clothing costs. Naturally labor costs less.


CIVIC FEATURES


Location and Area


Alamance County is located in the famous rapidly- developing industrial area known as the Piedmont Section. It lies between north latitude 35 degrees 52 minutes and 36 degrees 17 minutes and west longitude 79 degrees 16 minutes and 79 degrees 34 minutes, in the north central section of the state. (Burlington's altitude is 656 feet). The county has 492 square miles land area, or 314,880 acres.


History and Peoples


The following is quoted from a study by John W. Harden, entitled "Alamance County : Economic and Social," and pub- lished by the University of North Carolina: "It is not known exactly when the early settlers came to the region which is now Alamance County, but in 1700, when Lawson, an English explorer and adventurer, journeyed through this locality, he found it heavily forested and in the hands of the Saxaphaw Indians, with only a few scattered whites present.


"It seems that this section of the state was first settled by emigrants from the Rhine River section of Germany, known as the Palatine.


"These early settlers were augmented in 1720 by immi- gration of settlers from the North, and it was this move- ment that gave the region its first white inhabitants in any number. These came from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even the more distant New England. The newcomers were mostly Scotch-Irish, German and English families, the last being mainly Quaker in religion."


.


16


INTRODUCTION


Population


In 1930 the population with Burlington's city limits was 9,737, with several thousand in the immediate suburbs. According to the 1944 special U. S. Census, the city's popu- lation was 21,830.


Within a 134-mile radius of the City Hall there are now 22,491, while a four-mile radius will take in over 30,000, or over 50% of the population of the entire county.


The following are 1940 population percentages for Bur- lington:


Native white 88.0%


Foreign-born white 0.6%


Negro 11.4%


Total native-born 99.4%


The same census showed that for the U. S. the per- centge of increase in population during the period of 1920 to 1930 was 16.1%. North Carolina was 23.9%.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.