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Welcome to Sutphin ...

Sutphin is located in Alamance County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sutphin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Sutphin is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sutphin: 336 & 743<3>

Websites for Sutphin ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.alamancechamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sutphin, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Sutphin ...

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

  • Chapel Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Burlington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Carrboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mebane
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Graham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Graham is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <4>
  • Elon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elon is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
  • Siler City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gibsonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillsborough
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Elon College
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Sutphin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sutphin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sutphin. 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 Sutphin.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sutphin ...

Looking for more information about Sutphin? 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 Sutphin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sutphin.

Adding Sutphin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sutphin 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 Sutphin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sutphin post office opened in 1891. The Sutphin post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sutphin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Alamance, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sutphin - 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 Sutphin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Sutphin 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/