Gibsonville, North Carolina

Gibsonville
Main Street
Main Street
Nickname: 
"City of Roses"
Location in Guilford County and the state of North Carolina.
Location in Guilford County and the state of North Carolina.
Gibsonville is located in North Carolina
Gibsonville
Gibsonville
Gibsonville is located in the United States
Gibsonville
Gibsonville
Coordinates: 36°06′03″N 79°32′32″W / 36.10083°N 79.54222°W / 36.10083; -79.54222
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountiesGuilford, Alamance
Founded1855
Incorporated1871
Named forJoseph Gibson[1]
Area
 • Total
3.96 sq mi (10.26 km2)
 • Land3.94 sq mi (10.19 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation705 ft (215 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
8,920
 • Density2,266.84/sq mi (875.13/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
27249
Area code336
FIPS code37-25980[4]
GNIS feature ID2406565[3]
Websitewww.gibsonville.net

Gibsonville ("City of Roses") is a town in both Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of Gibsonville is situated in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area and the eastern portion is in the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area,[5] encompassing all of Alamance County. According to the 2020 census, the population of Gibsonville was 8,971.[6]

  1. ^ "North Carolina Gazetteer". Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gibsonville, North Carolina
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "May 2021 OEWS Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions".
  6. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 9, 2022.