Alert is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northern Franklin County,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, United States. It is located northeast of Louisburg, at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m). The primary cross roads where the community is located are Alert Road (SR 1407), Pete Smith Road (SR 1412) and Alert-Gold Sand Road (SR 1407).North Carolina Department of Transportation: State Mapping Resources -- Franklin County
, Retrieved Jan. 15, 2015.

References

Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-geo-stub