Durham County, North Carolina

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administrative division county

Durham County, North Carolina is an urban county in the central part of the state, best known as home to the city of Durham and Duke University.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division → county →
borders	Chatham County, North Carolina → Granville County, North Carolina → Orange County, North Carolina → Person County, North Carolina → Wake County, North Carolina →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
contains	City of Durham → Research Triangle Park (partial) → Town of Chapel Hill (partial) →
country	United States of America →
FIPSCode	37063 →
formedFrom	Orange County, North Carolina → Wake County, North Carolina →
GNISID	1020084 →
governmentType	county government →
hasAirport	Raleigh–Durham International Airport (nearby, partly associated) →
hasAreaCode	919 → 984 →
hasCommunityCollege	Durham Technical Community College →
hasCourthouse	Durham County Courthouse →
hasHistoricIndustry	textile industry → tobacco industry →
hasLegislativeBody	Durham County Board of Commissioners →
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 40 → Interstate 85 → U.S. Route 15 → U.S. Route 501 → U.S. Route 70 →
hasPublicSchoolSystem	Durham Public Schools →
hasUniversity	Duke University → North Carolina Central University →
isUrban	true →
knownFor	Duke University → Research Triangle Park → health care and biomedical research → technology and research industries →
largestCity	Durham, North Carolina →
locatedIn	Piedmont region of North Carolina →
namedAfter	Bartlett S. Durham →
partOf	Durham–Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area → Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area → Research Triangle metropolitan region →
regionCode	NC-063 →
seat	Durham, North Carolina →
state	North Carolina →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (52)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Tobacco Historic District → Buckquarter Creek Trail → Downtown Durham Historic District → Durham County Courthouse → Durham Division → Fanny’s Ford Trail → Laurel Bluffs Trail → Little River (Durham County, North Carolina) → Museum of Life and Science → Pump Station Trail → Research Triangle Park →	locatedIn
Buckquarter Creek Trail ("Durham County") → Durham Public Schools → Durham, North Carolina → Eno River State Park → Fanny’s Ford Trail ("Durham County") → Laurel Bluffs Trail → Lucky Strike water tower → Pump Station Trail →	county
Durham County Attorney (for legal counsel to the board) → Durham County Courthouse → Durham County Manager → Durham Public Schools →	jurisdiction
Morrisville ("Durham County") → Wake County, North Carolina →	adjacentTo
Chatham County, North Carolina → Person County, North Carolina →	borderedBy
Orange County, North Carolina → Orange County, North Carolina →	borders
Eno River → Little River (Durham County, North Carolina) →	flowsThrough
Duke Regional Hospital → Durham Performing Arts Center →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Chapel Hill, North Carolina → Town of Chapel Hill →	partlyIn
Granville County, North Carolina →	borderingCounty
Raleigh–Durham area ("Durham County") →	contains
The Triangle ("Durham County") →	containsCounty
Durham County Attorney (for legal counsel to the board) ("Durham County Government") →	employer
Durham County Board of Commissioners →	governs
Durham County Board of Commissioners →	hasJurisdiction
Research Triangle ("Durham County") →	hasPart
Durham County Courthouse ("Durham County courts") →	houses
Durham, North Carolina →	isCountySeatOf
Durham County Board of Commissioners ("Durham County government") →	isPartOf
Durham Bulls Athletic Park ("Durham County") →	locatedInCounty
James E. Shepard Memorial Library →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Durham County Board of Commissioners ("Durham County public health services") →	oversees
Durham County Courthouse ("Durham County government") →	ownedBy
Durham Technical Community College →	primaryServiceArea
Raleigh–Durham Airport Authority →	regionServed
Durham County Courthouse →	serves