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Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Alamance
Founded	1849
Incorporated	1851
Named for	William A. Graham
Area
• Total	10.49 sq mi (27.17 km2)
• Land	10.42 sq mi (26.99 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation	594 ft (181 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	17,157
• Density	1,646.39/sq mi (635.66/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	27253
Area code(s)	336
FIPS code	37-27280
GNIS feature ID	2403722

Graham is a city and the county seat of Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census the population was 17,153.

History

Graham was laid out in 1849 as the county seat of the newly formed Alamance County, and was incorporated as a town in 1851; it became a city in 1961. It was named for William Alexander Graham, U.S. senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and governor of North Carolina (1845–1849).

The killing of Wyatt Outlaw, the first African-American Town Commissioner and Constable of Graham, on February 26, 1870, by the Ku Klux Klan , along with the assassination of State Senator John W. Stephens at the Caswell County Courthouse, provoked Governor William Woods Holden to declare martial law in Alamance and Caswell Counties, resulting in the Kirk-Holden War of 1870.

The Alamance County Courthouse, Cedarock Park Historic District, Graham Historic District, William P. Morrow House, North Main Street Historic District, and Oneida Cotton Mills and Scott-Mebane Manufacturing Company Complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

Graham is located at 36°3′52″N 79°23′53″W / 36.06444°N 79.39806°W / 36.06444; -79.39806 (36.064486, -79.397941). It is bordered to the north and the west by the city of Burlington and to the northeast by the town of Haw River. The Haw River runs along the east edge of Graham, and the city extends south as far as Alamance Creek. Interstate 85 runs through the city, leading east to Durham and west to Greensboro.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.1 km²), of which 9.6 square miles (24.9 km²) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km²), or 0.67%, is water.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Graham has a Humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Education

The local school system is known as the Alamance-Burlington School System, which was created by a merger between the Alamance County School System and the Burlington City School System in 1996.

Local public schools in Graham include:

• Southern Alamance High School
• Graham High School
• Graham Middle School
• Southern Middle School
• Alexander Wilson Elementary School
• B. Everett Jordan Elementary School
• North Graham Elementary School
• South Graham Elementary School

Private schools include:

• Alamance Christian School

Graham is also home to Alamance Community College, a two-year technical college.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,157 people, 6,412 households, and 3,962 families residing in the city.

See also

In Spanish: Graham (Carolina del Norte) para niños