Nelson was a community in Durham County, North Carolina, United States.

All of the farms have been paved over and old farmhouses and barns torn down to accommodate the huge corporations and other business entities.

A few of the older small homes are still there, as well as the Cedar Fork Baptist church, but the community itself essentially no longer exists.

[3] In 1880s, a small rail station was established along the North Carolina Railroad line in the area,[4] and the post office was reestablished as Nelson in 1885.

[6] By 2010, the original community had been largely overtaken by urban development centering around the Research Triangle Park.