Auburn is an unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, United States, just southeast of Raleigh.
The North Carolina Railroad established a depot at Auburn, halfway between Garner and Clayton.
[1] The Wayland E. Poole House is located in Auburn and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The now-closed Mount Auburn School (a former elementary school and later Wake County Sheriff's Office training site) and the Clemmons Educational State Forest also lie near Auburn.
A small industrial park on Greenfield Parkway lies immediately to the west of the community.