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 7.9 miles (12.7 km) west-southwest of Bryson City.

[3][4] The community was named for Bud Almond, who provided the land on which the town was founded.

[2] 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.