Editing Alamance County, North Carolina (section)

===Ghost towns===
According to a 1975 study of the history of post offices in North Carolina by Treasure Index, Alamance County has 27 [[ghost town]]s that existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Additionally, five other post offices no longer exist. These towns and their post offices were either abandoned as organized settlements or absorbed into the larger communities that now make up Alamance County.<ref>Burlington Times-News, December 11, 1975</ref>
* Albright, site located approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} south of exit 153 on [[Interstate 40]]
* Carney, Near the site of [[Cedarock Park Historic District|Cedarock Park]]
* Cane Creek
* Cedarcliff, between [[Swepsonville, NC|Swepsonville]] and [[Saxapahaw, North Carolina|Saxapahaw]]
* Clover Orchard, approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of [[Snow Camp, North Carolina|Snow Camp]]
* Curtis (Curtis Mills), approximately {{convert|1/2|mi|km}} southeast of the village of [[Alamance, North Carolina|Alamance]]
* Glenddale, approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of [[Pleasant Grove, Alamance County, North Carolina|Pleasant Grove]] near the Alamance-[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell]] county line
* Hartshorn, about {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} south-southeast of the Alamance Battleground Historic Site
* Holmans Mills, approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} east of Snow Camp
* Iola, about {{convert|3|mi|km}} east of Altamahaw, nearly due north of Glencoe
* Lacey, about {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} east of Eli Whitney
* Leota, approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} south of [[Eli Whitney, North Carolina|Eli Whitney]]
* Loy, at the northern base of [[Cane Creek Mountains|Bass Mountain]]
* Manndale
* Maywood, approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} northeast of Altamahaw
* McCray (McRay), about {{convert|2|mi|km}} east-northeast of [[Glencoe, North Carolina|Glencoe]]
* Melville, approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} west-southwest of the intersection of Interstate 40 and [[NC Highway 119]]
* Morton's Store, approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of [[Altamahaw, North Carolina|Altamahaw]]
* Nicholson, near the intersection of [[North Carolina Highway 87|NC Highway 87]] and Bellemont-Mount Hermon Road
* Oakdale, in the southwest of the county, near the intersection of [[NC Highway 49]] and Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road
* Oneida
* Osceola
* Pleasant Grove, in the far northeast part of the county, {{convert|2|mi|km}} east-northeast of the current Pleasant Grove
* Pleasant Lodge, {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} to the west of the site of Oakdale, near the Alamance-[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]] county line
* Rock Creek, {{convert|4|mi|km}} due south of Alamance
* Shallow Ford, {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} east of [[Ossipee, North Carolina|Ossipee]]
* Shady Grove
* Stainback, about {{convert|2|mi|km}} east-northeast of [[Green Level, North Carolina|Green Level]]
* Sutpin, on the same latitude as Snow Camp, approximately halfway between Snow Camp and Eli Whitney
* Sylvester
* Union Ridge, near the east bank of Lake Cammack, about {{convert|3|mi|km}} from the Alamance-Caswell county line
* Vincent, {{convert|2|mi|km}} north-northeast of Pleasant Grove