Swepsonville North Carolina Map

About Swepsonville, North Carolina

Swepsonville is a locality in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,445. The population density is 661.5 people per km². Swepsonville is located at 36.0212°N, 79.3614°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Swepsonville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27253, 27359.

Swepsonville occupies a low-slung bend of the landscape where the Haw River carves a persistent, dark-water path through the red clay of the North Carolina piedmont. It lies 4.0 miles south-southeast of Graham, NC (from Graham, NC: bearing 146°T), and is situated 6.7 miles southeast of Burlington. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the silt of the riverbank and illuminating the dense, encroaching woodland that separates the houses from the open fields. Beyond the immediate canopy of oaks and pines, the distant outline of Poplar Ridge sits as a faint, jagged scratch against the western sky, serving as a silent boundary to the horizon. A mile away, the surface of Piedmont Crescent Golf Course Lak holds the reflection of passing clouds, remaining a quiet contrast to the constant, rhythmic motion of the nearby riverbed.

Swepsonville carries the quiet weight of a place defined by the long-vanished hum of textile looms, which once anchored the local economy and dictated the daily schedules of its inhabitants. While the industrial roar has faded into a memory of brick chimneys and floorboards polished by decades of work, the legacy of that era remains in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the streets. Residents often look toward the Alamance County - Great Alamance Creek Paddle Access when they seek the water, maintaining a connection to the natural geography that predates the mills. Life here moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, favoring the shade of a front porch and the steady, neighborly acknowledgment of those passing by, as the community balances its industrial heritage with the slow, persistent reclamation of the land by the surrounding woods.

About This Swepsonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Swepsonville, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.021249, -79.361408. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Swepsonville includes the ZIP code (27253, 27359), telephone area code (336), county seat of Alamance County (Graham), and school district assignment (Alamance-Burlington Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.