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Welcome to Gordonton ...

Gordonton is located in Person County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gordonton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Gordonton is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gordonton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gordonton: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Gordonton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gordonton.

  • Mebane
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mebane is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <4>
  • Roxboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillsborough
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Haw River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Level
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Level is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
  • Yanceyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Milton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hurdle Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Prospect Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
  • Kindful Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gordonton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gordonton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gordonton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gordonton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gordonton. See our Newspapers Page for Gordonton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gordonton ...

Looking for more information about Gordonton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gordonton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gordonton.

Adding Gordonton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gordonton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Gordonton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gordonton post office opened in 1830. The Gordonton post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gordonton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Person, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gordonton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Gordonton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Gordonton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/