Orange County, North Carolina

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administrative territorial entity county

Orange County, North Carolina is a historic central North Carolina county that includes the university town of Chapel Hill and parts of the Research Triangle region.

Aliases (2)

Orange Co., NC ×1
northwestern Orange County, North Carolina ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borders	Alamance County, North Carolina → Caswell County, North Carolina → Chatham County, North Carolina → Durham County, North Carolina → Person County, North Carolina →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
containsEducationalInstitution	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill →
containsSettlement	Carrboro, North Carolina → Chapel Hill, North Carolina → Hillsborough, North Carolina → Mebane, North Carolina →
country	United States of America →
establishedIn	1752 →
FIPSCode	37135 →
formedFrom	Bladen County, North Carolina → Granville County, North Carolina →
GNISID	1021780 →
governmentType	county government →
hasAreaCode	919 → 984 →
hasCountySeat	Hillsborough, North Carolina →
hasHistoricSignificance	site of colonial-era settlements in central North Carolina →
hasLegislativeBody	Orange County Board of Commissioners →
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 40 → Interstate 85 → U.S. Route 15 → U.S. Route 501 → U.S. Route 70 →
hasMajorIndustry	health care → higher education → research and development →
hasNotableTownCharacteristic	university town (Chapel Hill) →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.orangecountync.gov/ →
isPartOf	United States South Atlantic states → United States Southeast →
locatedIn	North Carolina →
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area →
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	North Carolina Piedmont →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	William III of England (Prince of Orange) →
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea	Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area →
partOfRegion	Piedmont region of North Carolina → Research Triangle region →
postalAbbreviation	Orange Co., NC →
stateCapitalNearby	Raleigh, North Carolina →
usesTimeZoneDST	Eastern Daylight Time →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cox Mountain Trail → Eno Quarry Trail → Eno River State Park → Fews Ford primitive campground → Mebane, North Carolina → Town of Chapel Hill →	county
Chapel Hill, North Carolina → Cox Mountain Trail → Duke Forest → Eno Quarry Trail → Fews Ford primitive campground →	locatedIn
Alamance County, North Carolina → Chatham County, North Carolina → Person County, North Carolina →	borderedBy
Chatham County, North Carolina → Durham County, North Carolina →	formedFrom
Durham County, North Carolina →	borders
Chapel Hill, North Carolina →	countySeatOf
Alamance County, North Carolina →	createdFrom
Eno River →	flowsThrough
Mebane, North Carolina →	isPartOf
Orange County, North Carolina ("Orange Co., NC") →	postalAbbreviation
Durham Technical Community College →	primaryServiceArea
Eno River ("northwestern Orange County, North Carolina") →	sourceLocation