Editing Elon, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Elon began in 1881 as a [[North Carolina Railroad]] depot in between the stations of Goldsboro and Charlotte, called "Mill Point” because it was envisioned to be a shipping point for area cotton mills. Locals called it “Boone’s Crossing.” Because of a growing population, a post office was built, which established a more permanent residency in 1888.<ref name="townofelon.com">{{Cite web |url= https://www.townofelon.com/our-community/history-of-elon/ |title=History of Elon
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In 1889, the local Christian Assembly created an institution of higher learning called the “Graham Normal College”. The founders of Elon College named the school “Elon”, because they understood that to be the Hebrew word for oak, and the area contained many oak trees.<ref name="townofelon.com"/> The town was called "Elon College" until the college known as Elon College became Elon University. The town then changed its name officially to Elon.