Names and Locations of "Ghost Towns" in Alamance County, N.C., 1975

You may not find the name of your ancestors' home town on a current map of Alamance County, N.C. According to Wikipedia, Alamance County has 27 "ghost towns," meaning towns that existed in the 18th and 19th century and no longer exist. Here's a guide to these ghost towns. (From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina)


According to a 1975 study of the history of post offices in North Carolina history by Treasure Index, Alamance County has 27 ghost towns that existed in the 18th and 19th centuries that no longer exist. Additionally, five other post offices no longer exist. These towns and their post offices were either abandoned as organized settlements, or were absorbed into the larger communities that now make up Alamance County.^[

• Albright - site located approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) south of exit 153 on Interstate 40
• Carney - Near the site of Cedarock Park
• Cane Creek
• Cedarcliff - located between Swepsonville and Saxapahaw
• Clover Orchard - approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Snow Camp
• Curtis (Curtis Mills) - located approximately 1/2 mile southeast of the current village of Alamance
• Glenddale - site approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Pleasant Grove near the Alamance-Caswell county line
• Hartshorn - about 1½ miles south southeast of the Alamance Battleground Historic Site
• Holmans Mills - site approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Snow Camp
• Iola - about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Altamahaw nearly due north of Glencoe
• Lacey - Located about 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Eli Whitney
• Leota - approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) south of Eli Whitney
• Loy - Located at the northern base of Bass Mountain
• Manndale
• Maywood - approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Altamahaw
• McCray (McRay) - located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of Glencoe
• Melville - Located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west-southwest of the intersection of Interstate 40 and NC Highway 119
• Morton's Store - approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Altamahaw
• Nicholson - Located near the Intersection of NC Highway 87 and Bellemont-Mount Hermon Road
• Oakdale - Located in the southwest of the county, near the intersection of NC Highway 49 and Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road
• Oneida
• Osceola
• Pleasant Grove - Located in the far northeast part of the county, 2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of the current community of Pleasant Grove
• Pleasant Lodge - Located 1-mile (1.6 km) to the west of the site of Oakdale, near the Alamance-Guilford county line
• Rock Creek - located 4 miles (6.4 km) due south of Alamance
• Shallow Ford - Located 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Ossipee
• Shady Grove
• Stainback - Located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of 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 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Alamance-Caswell county line
• Vincent - Located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northeast of Pleasant Grove