Official Name: | Almond, North Carolina |
Named For: | Bud Almond[1] |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Swain |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1722 |
Coordinates: | 35.3697°N -83.5653°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28702 |
Area Code: | 828 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1018806 |
Almond is an unincorporated community in Swain County, North Carolina, United States. Almond is located on the Little Tennessee River and North Carolina Highway 28 7.9miles west-southwest of Bryson City.
Almond has a post office with ZIP code 28702, which opened on March 17, 1886.[2] [3] The community was named for Bud Almond, who provided the land on which the town was founded. At one time, Almond was a scheduled stop with a depot for the Southern Railway on the Murphy Branch.
During the construction of Fontana Dam, the post office, school, and railway depot located here were moved during 1943. Today, most of Almond is now covered by Fontana Lake.[4]