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3.9 HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP PROFILE: SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Hillsborough Township, located in the center of orange County, occupies 15,100 acres, approximately 6% of the total County land area. The major growth and development center in Hillsborough Township is the Town of Hillsborough, located in the Township's geographic center. The Town and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, which together encompass 5,200 acres, splits the Township into northern and southern tiers. The section of the Township south of interstate 85 is influenced, to some degree, by the northward development patterns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This level 4U as tra of influence , will increase with the completion of Interstate Park I Hill, ---Ua—rrboro and �Researca- ti-me to Chape -ija�—J-w --- decreases. Township wide, though, the Town Of Hillsborough remains the dominant urban influence. socio-Economic _Features According to the 1980 Census, Hillsborough Township had 8,599 persons,, 11.2% of the County's total population. Ten years prior, the Township had a population of 5,866 residents, average growth rate of 3.91% annually indicating an the throughout the decade. This rate was sligh ly hi her than - that of the Count_ y w a. During that Sam e time, Hill from 11444 to 3j,019 increase Towi6f sborough grew of that over 7% per year. growth rate averaging took place as the result of annexat The growth rate of the 1970's has continued throe h the wn to an Township had qro estimated h rate -from -427� s translates to-an -aver- T1j, peop e. 1 -- hp- 1"o to 1987 o 4.15 er ea r wh e. As a result of natural in -=atign, as a i t s and Wn-ne n the Town o Hillsbo rou h alno kA]Rt psirip-nts- in gro rate re -In the An estimated additiona), 60Q- Towli*s extra erritoria The economic character of the Township is shaped by two factors. The first is the major transportation corridor that