| State: | NC |
| Type: | NC |
| Route: | 61 |
| Map: | NC 61 map.svg |
| Length Mi: | 19.8 |
| Length Round: | 1 |
| Established: | 1930 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | near Alamance |
| Junction: |
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| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | in Osceola |
| Counties: | Guilford |
| Previous Type: | NC |
| Previous Route: | 60 |
| Next Type: | NC |
| Next Route: | 62 |
North Carolina Highway 61 (NC 61) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as the main north - south highway in eastern Guilford County, connecting Whitsett and Gibsonville.
NC 61 is a two-lane rural highway from NC 62, located between Julian and Alamance, to NC 150, in Osceola. Serving primary as a farm-to-market, it connects the farms in eastern Guilford County with Whitsett and Gibsonville.
Established in 1930 as a new primary routing, it traversed from NC 109, in Thomasville, to NC 60, in Julian.[1] In 1936, NC 61 was extended northeast to US 70, near Whitsett. In 1940, NC 61 was truncated at its current southern terminus, its former routing south to Thomasville replaced by NC 62.[2] In 1961, NC 61 was extended on new primary routing north and onto NC 100 to Gibsonville; there, it continued north to its current northern terminus at NC 150, in Osceola.[3]