About Elon University

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Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which provide bachelor’s degrees and several of which present master’s degrees or professional doctorate degrees.

Located in North Carolina’s Piedmont region, Elon is situated upon a 656-acre suburban campus in the midst of the cities of Greensboro and Raleigh. Fewer than twenty percent of Elon’s undergraduates are original to the let pass of North Carolina. Elon’s intercollegiate energetic teams compete in NCAA Division I athletics as a fanatic of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Elon /ˈiːlɔːn/ is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is allowance of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population as of the 2010 census was 9,419. The town of Elon is home to Elon University.

Elon began in 1881 as a North Carolina Railroad depot in amid the stations of Goldsboro and Charlotte, called “Mill Point” because it was envisioned to be a shipping dwindling for Place cotton mills. Locals called it “Boone’s Crossing.” Because of a growing population, a herald office was built, which established a more surviving residency in 1888.

In 1889, the local Christian Assembly created an institution for later learning called the “Graham Normal College”. The founders of Elon College named the school “Elon,” because they understood that to be the Hebrew word for oak, and the area contained many oak trees. The town was called “Elon College” until the moot known as Elon College became Elon University. The town after that changed its publish officially to Elon.

The economy of the Town of Elon consists of a variety of locally owned small businesses, manufacturing, retirement communities, and Elon University. Downtown Elon is house to exceeding 20 locally owned and operated businesses including Pandora’s Pies, The Root Trackside, Magerks Elon, Smitty’s Home Made Ice Cream, All That Jas, Simply Oak Boutique, Cynthia Huffines and Associates Interior Design, The Oak House, Skid’s, Mediterranean Deli & Grocery, Coming Attractions Salon, The Wash Board, and the Acorn Inn.