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25 <br /> Aft <br /> 3.10 ENO TOWNSHIP <br /> TOWSHIP PROFILE: sufaMY AND ANALYSIS <br /> Eno Township, c24, eriOges 000 n acres and contais 9% of the total <br /> Countyr occupi <br /> County land area. <br /> The character of ' the TownsThhe is def in6d by a number of <br /> use features. area of the Township north Of <br /> existing land urally based and marks the <br /> St. Mary-Is Road is agricult belt that extends north into <br /> southern limit of the tobacco <br /> Little River Township and Caswell county• . The southern <br /> portion of the Township is traversed by interstate 85, us <br /> line of the southern Railway, all Of <br /> Highway 70, and a main ion. <br /> which roughly parallel each other in an east-west direct <br /> The Eno River flows east from Hillsborough to the center of <br /> the Township and then flows directly south before trnng <br /> east again just north of the intersection Of US70 and 1u-85i <br /> The southeastern portion of the Township lies adjacent to the <br /> City of Durham. Residential development focused on Durham has <br /> been and continues to occur in the area. Development pressure <br /> will continue in this area during the twenty year plan <br /> period. <br /> Soci -Economic Features <br /> Population figures from the 198o Census reported that Eno <br /> Township gained 1,900 residents from 1970 to 19801 jumping <br /> from 2,550 resiavera ents in 1970 to 4,450 ten years later. This <br /> f growth of 7.05% an10aS11YAA <br /> represented an g e rate 0 w At that <br /> rate more than douEno Townshi ble; that of thwoul e Cou:atdouble r as a 1Po la -ion is.......... <br /> ra d a <br /> FUT....................... .................................... <br /> every e-c-a-d e- <br /> 3 of the 1970's has leveled off sin" <br /> The hi h Frowth rat( T_ <br /> �I I 111111111 . 11'11111' _residents <br /> 11 ,I -u a t-on estimate f 5 <br /> ME The 1987 0 annual <br /> cT t <br /> into averaqe =Ow_th rate of 3.04% <br /> translates _g _2w -he !9W <br /> owe- than that of zountyo <br /> since 1980, a rate s1_1_q_u_v-_LN_-L <br /> .............. ­ 0" that Eno Towns has become salsas <br /> " lies t <br /> This in no w im—A <br /> r o�wt h <br /> B r -contrast the Townsh:1 <br /> live. 5 <br /> desirable place to live. <br /> desi orinq Durham <br /> 0 is still e al to that of nei - fug <br /> rate since 198 11 UEF—action <br /> and Count LThe s-Lowing of t irowtn rate <br /> City )ig�� 11- . The <br /> 0 numerous factors � man'r sRARII-12 -;) the <br /> iven <br /> of land for develODment at a <br /> include�_ P_ and <br /> 1 a�b a <br /> theil 1 ty _L 3� <br /> and ca Ot. infrastruct"- <br /> ttime, aVa abilitr _a _�11.......... <br /> in <br /> of no River Stata, Park. <br />