Mebane, North Carolina
city in North Carolina, United States
Mebane ( MEB-ən) is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and member of the U.S. Congress. It was incorporated as "Mebanesville" in 1881, and in 1883 the name was changed to "Mebane". It was incorporated as a city in 1987. The population as of the 2020 census was 17,797.
Mebane is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in North Carolina. Mebane straddles the Research Triangle and Piedmont Triad Regions of North Carolina. The bulk of the city is in Alamance County, which comprises the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, itself a component of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. Two slivers in the eastern portion of the city are in Orange County, which is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, itself a component of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area.
History
The town was incorporated as Mebanesville in 1881.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mebane, North Carolina” as city in North Carolina, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in North Carolina, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q931859. VIAF identifies the subject as 158297420. The Library of Congress control number is n82070895. Authority coordinates are 36.096, -79.271. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1881, 1883, 1987 and 2020.
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