Burlington

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Burlington is a city in North Carolina known historically as a railroad and textile manufacturing hub in the Piedmont region of the state.

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Burlington canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
areaCode 336
743
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Alamance County, North Carolina
surface form: Alamance County
developedAround North Carolina Railroad workshops
economyHistoricallyBasedOn hosiery mills
railroad maintenance shops
textile mills
FIPSCode 37-09060
GNISFeatureID 2405285
governingBody Burlington City Council
governmentType council–manager government
hasAttraction Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
surface form: Alamance Battleground (nearby)

Burlington City Park
Burlington Historic Depot
hasEducationalInstitution Elon University
surface form: Elon University (nearby in Elon, NC)
hasMajorIndustry logistics
manufacturing
textiles
hasNearbyWaterBody Alamance Creek
Haw River
hasNickname The Hosiery Center of the South
hasRailService Amtrak
hasTransportation Interstate 40
Interstate 85
U.S. Route 29 (nearby)
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED
hasUTCOffset UTC−05:00
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00
historicalRole railroad hub
textile manufacturing center
incorporatedAsCity 1893
locatedEastOf Greensboro, North Carolina
locatedInRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedWestOf Raleigh
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
namedAfter Burlington, New Jersey
surface form: Burlington (New Jersey)
originalName Company Shops
partOf Alamance County, North Carolina
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point–Burlington CSA
partOfMetropolitanArea Burlington metropolitan area
surface form: Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area
postalCodeRange 27215
27217
region Central North Carolina
state North Carolina

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Snake Alley city Burlington