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Green Level’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Green Level is a town in 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 3,156.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,100 to 3,152 (+50%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Green Level yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Green Level

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Loudon Wainwright IIILoudon Wainwright IIIChapel Hill · 22 miTSTaylor SheridanChapel Hill · 22 miElizabeth CottenElizabeth CottenChapel Hill · 22 miThomas Hart BentonThomas Hart BentonHillsborough · 14 miFCFloyd CouncilChapel Hill · 22 miLHLaurel HollomanChapel Hill · 22 mi
By decade

Green Level, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Green Level is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Green Level has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Griffis-Patton House in Woodlawn, 1.6 miles away.

Green Level and the nearest listed places

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Griffis-Patton HouseGranite MillGranite-Cora-Holt Mills Historic DistrictCharles T. Holt HouseWoodlawn SchoolOld South Mebane Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Closest to Green Level

Griffis-Patton HouseWoodlawn · Built 18391.6miGranite MillHaw River · Building2.5miGranite-Cora-Holt Mills Historic DistrictHaw River · District2.5miCharles T. Holt HouseHaw River · Built 18972.8miWoodlawn SchoolWoodlawn · Built 19102.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Griffis-Patton House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Green Level?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Green Level’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Haw River📜 Mebane📜 Graham📜 Swepsonville
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